# Saw a very old thread, urban parks

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**Created:** [February 19, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-very-old-thread-urban-parks/345194 "2006-02-19T10:30:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwakkerhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kwakkerhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwakkerhead)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-very-old-thread-urban-parks/345194/1 "2006-02-19T10:30:29Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_449.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_449.html) - Largest city park?  
I noticed that Cecil mentioned many parks in large cities, but I thought it may be worthwhile to mention a park in a small southern city, [http://hitchcockwoods.org](http://hitchcockwoods.org) - Hitchcock Woods. While it is not a great place to take the kids for playing on the swings or jungle gyms, as Hitchcock woods is a horse riding reserve, it is a beautiful and splendid place, whether you ride horses or not, to spend endless hours hiking and exploring its greater than 2000 acre, wooded expanse.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-very-old-thread-urban-parks/345194/2 "2006-02-19T12:01:30Z")

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Why do you consider Hitchcock Woods to be relevant to the column that you cite? Hitchcock Woods, according to the website you give, is a private park, although the foundation that owns it allows the public to use it. It’s not clear from the description, but is it even within a city? Also, just as a matter of terminology, your first link is not to a thread. It’s to a column by Cecil. That’s quite a different thing.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-very-old-thread-urban-parks/345194/3 "2006-02-19T13:23:44Z")

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Since there is no general question here, I’ll move this to MPSIMS.

**samclem** GQ moderator