I will never remember who said it, but I do recall reading an article a few years ago wherein an urban expert stated that the three American cities with the most spectacular natural settings were Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Asheville.
Some other cities I can recall as having great settings from photo threads I looked at here were Rapid City, SD; Twin Falls, ID; and Cincinnati. Even our old standbys like New York and Miami have really great natural settings, you have to admit. New York with those rivers and the Palisades across the Hudson and Miami with the barrier island.
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"To sustain the life of a large, modern city in this cloying, clinging heat is an amazing achievement. It is no wonder that the white men and women in Greenville walk with a slow, dragging pride, as if they had taken up a challenge and intended to defy it without end." -- Rebecca West for The New Yorker, 1947
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