Yes and I've lived here for 25 years... our definition of a park  
(green area with play equipment) and an east coaster's definition of a  
park (large open space with trees and water) differ greatly. They call  
what most of our parks are "playgrounds".


On Mar 8, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Justin Kremer wrote:

> On Mar 8, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Robert Brown <rbrown at rawmindz.com> wrote:
>
>> But you will get the impression that these displaced people are
>> superimposed atop a landscape depicting somewhere wholly too urban  
>> and
>> shiny to be really be surrounded by parks.  (In fact, the picture for
>> Woodbury is actually a view of downtown Minneapolis as seen from the
>> river next to the Stone Arch Bridge.)
>
> Too urban and shiny to be surrounded by parks? The Minneapolis park
> system was specifically designed so that you are never more than 6
> blocks from a park when you're in the city of Minneapolis.
> And that photo appears to have been taken from within a park, if I'm
> not mistaken about the location.
> Just though that was worth noting.
>
> And a side side side note, I think this is PROBABLY the sort of email
> that the original sender wanted an off-list reply, which I already  
> did.
> - Justin
>
>
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