Edit: major cities such as NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.
I am living in NYC but wonder if Chicago has better topography/ nature access/parks or not. Don’t necessarily want to leave, just curious about other options. Thanks!
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Yeah and you can get to Harriman state park in an hour from NYC. Or be sea kayaking in Jamaica Bay. I could list a shit ton of other places but it seems like you don't know about NYC.
I have a whole other list about train access to other places.
No way LA Is better.
I live in NYV hiked the whole PCT which stays about an hour from LA for a month of walking, and the AT from mid PA to NH along with Harriman a ton and the Catskills and Delaware river and LA is definitely better. Water is a pain, but it's better.
It's an aesthetic choice so I'm not saying it's objectively better, but on the objective metrics: acerage is greater, peak height and prominence is higher there is more diversity of biomes. If you really like deciduous forest and carrying less than 4 liters of water you would make a different choice.
I get it. I'm an East coast guy. But I say that having spent significant time on both coasts. Nature we got. If you want to get lost? Yeah it's the west coast.
But the objective measure was only "nature" and we have that in abundance.
Typical east coast nature cope
I've spent plenty of time on both coasts. It's what I like