No, it's because the breathtaking places are breathtaking for a reason, and the infrastructure built up around them before is still relevant now. I'm not discou

No, it's because the breathtaking places are breathtaking for a reason, and the infrastructure built up around them before is still relevant now. I'm not discounting how wonderful, say, a national forest is, but the areas deemed a national park are classified that for a reason. Often that reason may simply reflect where the water is, and how the wildlife follows that water.