Goodbye golf. The next big luxury amenity is a big wave surf pool

Someday, people could look out their windows and see surfers carving through picture-perfect barrels, hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean.

More and more, it seems that real estate developments have to have a hook. Look at any golf course community around the world. Or the growing number of “lifestyle center” shopping malls built around strollable faux streets. Or even the boxing gyms, bars, and rooftop minigolf courses being integrated into once-boring office buildings. Amenities abound, and they’re getting weirder.

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