It's not just a population map. It's also a map of the western and eastern blocs. Tennis is pretty bourgeois. East Germany is super defined. Although I find the Czech Republic and the Balearic islands interesting. Lots of British tourists want lots of courts?
Germany and East Germany being defined however very much reflect the population density in Germany however.
Also wealth within these blocs. The south of England is super blue even though it doesn’t have a necessarily high population density apart from London. It’s just it’s far more bourgeois and aristoratic than the north.
Is Spain just that much less densely populated or do they just not care for tennis as much as the rest of western Europe? Both?
In Spain, a lot of if tennis courts have been replaced with padel courts (more profitable and trendy).
Is that what they call pickleball there?
It's a different sport that originated in Mexico but has been expanding fast throughout South America and Europe.
I think Pickleball is more of a US thing
I also started wondering if this was just another population density map
The rich can afford to make their tennis courts out of uranium while the poor have to play on hydrogen.
tennis court density, you say. so the darkest blue dots are hard courts and the paler ones are clay courts?
poor iceland
Now do pickleball!
For the map enthused!
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