There's only the open space of the region's remaining hillsides and agricultural areas.
Environmentalists are quick to point out that there's nothing green about putting greens.
After a slice of toast and his morning paper, Moreali ambles out to the garage to collect his playing shoes, leather gloves, hat and golf clubs. He throws the clubs into the trunk of his '85 Cadillac and heads five miles from his eastside San Jose home over to the county-owned Spring Valley Golf Course in Milpitas. These days his handicap is 10 strokes higher than it used to be. Age, Moreali explains. It doesn't bother him, though.