I lived in East Cobb County Georgia all my life except during service. High income area, expensive homes, great tax base. Lot’s of transplants from Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut and the like - escaping the costs of liberalism. First thing they wanted was “more parks, more public transit, more sidewalks”. The county responded with all of it - including a perpetual SPLOST.
Parks are a good thing.
There are going to be a LOT of communities that, in the coming months and years as the Obama HUD stuff goes into effect, are going to wish they invested in parks.