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| - I'm from California, and have traveled. Great cities, large and small, tend to have perks like this;
Scottsdale is blessed to have a greenbelt - not all cities have one, so don't take it for granted!
I've been anywhere from Paris to Farmington, New Mexico, and there is a lot to be said to have been able to find some sort of public trail, or path, provided to the community for running, bicycling, etc.
Considering it's hot, and there's so much grass in the city parks, and especially the greenbelt, there is money spent here to ensure that they look nice and well-maintained.
I ran from Earlle to Chaparral Park and back. It's all paved, is all green, and including the parks that the greenbelt links to, there are a coupla small lakes/ponds,
You see runners and bicyclists, and walkers of all ages. This is a good sign in urban planning - that anybody feels like they can use the path safely.
There were a coupla times in which you couldn't avoid the street, however, the most important thing here is that they designed it with as little or no interruption as possible by using pedestrian bridges and underways (that go underneath aroad) in most other places.
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