Do You Have Any Public Parks Nearby?

Hi Janey guess I am lucky ; right behind my home is a huge public Park - something lime the Hyde Park - but a little smaller - and it is round with a jogging/walking track inside and along the grounds is a waist high parapet - mostly occupied by elders during morning and evening times; also has about 6-7 big cricket pitches, 2 hockey/football, 3 social clubs with 3 tennis grounds and then a local( Indian ) gym without the gadgets one normally finds in a gym but uses old methods for keeping people fit & healthy like wooden clubs, parallel bars( no dumbbells and modern gadgets as I said)and that one coaches small children from age 6 at a very nominal cost as it is a non-profit social organisation; then of course a fountain or two besides special enclosed gardens for Sr citizens;then along the periphery there are huge shade giving trees so throughout the day even in the hot sun one can walk in the shade and recently they have put benches as the parapet gets too crowded to sit in the summers; BUT what is irritating is that this park is used for huge political rallies/meetings & religious functions.Of course some things are good like the flower /fruit/pets and other exhibitions held regularly. And this park is the most favourite of all here as besides being in the center of the city, is also very close to a very big local train station and most of the local public transport buses pass this way; the sea is also across the park behind of the main rods in Mumbai, and opposite is an Olympic sized swimming pool. health club and rifle shooting club. So you see all people not from this area envy people living here and mostly occupied by people who moved in this are about 50-60 years back. How's that for an ideally located park!!?? So most of the time we go there when nothing to do at home, many a times for a walk after dinner too.

About a mile from my house is a large new park, and closer is a school yard that they tell us counts as a park. I also know another large park a few miles the other direction. Austin has quite a few parks, some just a block big and others quite large. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/ParkViewer92/ http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/parks.htm

The area I live in is very green. I have 4 parks that I can think of within a 10 mile radius. One of them is a big one called Panther Creek Park. There are a lot of hiking trails there. Me and my b/f like going there in the summer.

I must say you have some very nice parks there. It is always nice to have some greenery when areas just seem to be getting built on year after year. We have a local park here that is quite small and is where I always walk the dogs most days. Also I am lucky to be very close to Phoenix Park which is one of the biggest in Europe. It is a wonderful place with lots of places to visit within it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park

The small town we live in just redid the town park. It has all new equipment plus a basketball court. We go there a lot in the cooler weather. Once summer hits here in Florida really the only place you want to be is in the pool.

yes we have any public parks nearby where i stay.. actually the place where i work is located in a park, surrounded with green and healthy grasses.. there is a plce there in the park where at night people can freely sit on the grass, children are playing and running, some people do jogging and the like... but the sad thing is that buildings are slowly being established and so i am afraid the park is no more available for the public soon... i hope not...

we have bigger parks farther from me,but i do have "mini-parks" nearby. looks suspiciously like leftover odd size lot,but at least they're undeveloped. i usually plant at least one new thing per year,this year i think we're going to go for some lillies for mom.those orange spotted ones?

Hi Janey, the Philippines lies in Pacific, so we have more white sand beaches and deep sea corals. Most of our fields are agricultural. Sadly, many of these had been turned into subdivisions and golf courses. But in the recent years, many trees had been planted in the city. The country's state university, the University of the Philippines, has a mini forest at the heart of the campus. And the people now come to walk or jog or bike around the 2.2 kilometer oval that encloses the forest. There are tiny parks in the metropolis, aside from the national Rizal Park beside Manila Bay. A sight for sunset viewers. But hey, your parks are great. I enjoyed viewing the photos!

All of those parks look awesome Jane. So green! It really does look like a nice place to live. We have lots and lots of parks throughout our city which are very different in appearance to your parks. In a way I prefer your ones as they look a lot quieter than ours. http://gcparks.com.au/park-finder.aspx Although we have lots of public parks, we are rapidly losing natural bushland areas on the fringes of the city to development as the council and developers try to find more areas to house the massive number of people who keep moving to this area. Due to the climate here, it has been for many years the fastest growing area in Australia and will continue to be for a very long time.

Hi Janey..nice pictures..You are lucky to have such beautiful parks to go to. Here in Florida, we have a couple, but nothing like what you have. Are most of them dog friendly? Thast what I would be interested in most. We only have a couple that have dog parks in them as most don't want any "mess" left behind and sometimes people are inconsiderate about that. As far as trees go, I agree with you. I'm lucky enough to have a huge back yard with lots of fruit trees. Just this past weekend I planted two avacado trees that I started from seed as well as a new cocount palm. We need all the trees we can get in a big city. You get so tired of looking as concrete everywhere you go. Thanks for sharing that web site...J

Yeah, as far as I am concerned, there is always a prk near my home,which can provide us a very good place for us to visit everyday. With the park near us, we have a lot of fun in our daily life. It gives us a lot of happiness and laugh.I am fond of it so much.

We are a small town and so have a mixture of green and urban areas. There is a river with a park around it and another large park about 4 miles away but hardly any small play parks within walking distance. I used to live in London and could access 3 large parks from the area I lived in,all in safe walking distance for a child and all well overlooked. The nearest park to me here is across the river and very enclosed with trees and I would worry about kids under 10 years old being there alone as it also has a skate board /bike area frequented mainly by adults. Most of the young kids who skateboard, do so in the town ,using the pavements and benches because at least it is 'supervised' even if only by the local bobbies telling them to clear out.

Lucky for you, you are surrounded with those beautiful parks. Here in our city we only have a few parks. And its not that beautiful and comfortable to stay at. Because most of the parks we have a lot of beggars are staying. Sometimes you can say that its not safe to stay for awhile in that park.

Yes we always have. Because here in our country you can park at the street but not in the high way so we will always have an public parking for our car. Even it may also cause an traffic at that street as long as you park your car at the best spot or really in right side of the street.

Thanks for the links, its BEAUTIFUL!! Im lucky to live in the country but not far from the city. I have 101 trees on my property. I have my own park in a way with pool and places to sit and all that. I havent been in a park in such a long time...last time must have been in 1985 when there was a show during a holiday in the summer. I can understand the need for parks and trees in abundance as it cleanse the air we breathe and its so nice to look at. Its also great for people who dont have backyards to go to. Where I live, we have one park I think and it was paid for by our mayor. He has a skating rink installed in the winter and he bought his own zamboni to clean the ice. He has money so he does a lot for our small town without digging in our pockets. Im thinking he'll be mayor for a very long time lol.

Our little town here in Spain has undergone some regeneration over the last few years and we have been given lots of public spaces to enjoy which include outside gyms with equpiment and palygrounds for the kids. The spaces we have are not green and wide like in the beautiful Carlisle but we are just a stone's throw away from miles and miles of beautiful beaches, so I suppose we don't really need much in the way of public park areas.

yes we do have a park near us. i visit it for about 3-4 times a week,for jogging purposes. we also consider our garden a small park. it has 8 tress and a bunch of flowering plants