Perhaps that’s true in some places of the places you list, but I can barely think of a European city that does _not_ have nature within an hour drive. Or, for

Perhaps that’s true in some places of the places you list, but I can barely think of a European city that does _not_ have nature within an hour drive. Or, for that matter and east coast city. Even New York City has plenty of nature within an hour (the Ramapo mountains in one direction, plenty in most others too).