When you live in a city long enough, I think you start to forget about some of what's great about it. And if you were born in the city that you live in? You don't even know what's great about it (until you move away). I have to confess that I had forgotten how incredibly beautiful Pittsburgh is, but I ran into a website that reminded me. The photos on this site are incredible. Seriously, spend a few minutes over there.
Or maybe I'm just easily impressed since this is what Minot, ND (for you newbies, that's where I grew up) looks like:
And oh! how I wish that photo was in some way misleading. But it's not. No wonder Nelson sounded like a good idea.