Translations:Nature & Protected Areas/6/en

Nature areas also have a long documented association with informal gay social history. In many cities, particular wooded areas, dunes or lakesides have been meeting places for decades, sometimes with an established local culture and sometimes with a history of policing and hostility. This history is real and is often discussed in community accounts, but it varies enormously between countries and even between neighbourhoods, and past patterns are not a reliable guide to present conditions.

| Social=The appeal of these settings is frequently described in social rather than practical terms. Walking side by side removes the pressure of sustained eye contact. Conversation can pause without awkwardness. There is no bill to settle, no closing time, and no soundtrack competing with speech. People report that meetings arranged outdoors tend to feel less transactional and less performative than those arranged in venues.