[wolverine876]

Sorry, I'm not trying to dismiss anyone. I do love cities, but that's my thing.

> “Parks” for instance…from my experience, a city would not be where I’d first look for this.

Cities often have all sorts of interesting and varied parks, often beautifully designed, with public art, museums, etc. Look at Central Park, Golden Gate Park, the parks along the lake in Chicago, etc. Look up all the parks in Manhattan alone. LA has wild valleys near the Hollywood Hills. And if you look around, you can find lots of wonderful, unknown, small parks. The economy of scale - resources to design, build, etc. - can lead to some wonderful spaces.

Obviously, out where there's more space, there are larger undeveloped areas; those differ from urban parks.