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* Most citizens of ''[[Xanth]]'' (magical realm) who travel to "drear Mundania" (non-magical rest of the world) feel that way about it.
* ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' would constitute a [[Trope Codifier]] in that Swift was using the fantastic societies Gulliver encounters to lampoon British society at the time.
* Heaven in ''[[The Salvation War]]'' isn't very appealing to modern humanity. The hills and forests are pretty and air is incredibly clean, but most humans live in slums or on farms outside the Eternal City, working as slaves for the angels, and there are no useful strategic natural resources. For those who were given Salvation a thousand years ago, though, a surplus of crops, a roof over the head and no fear of raiders is indeed paradise.
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* [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E07 Amy's Choice|An episode]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' involves The Doctor trapped (possibly) in a dream world where his two married companions are in a humdrum rural town that is incredibly boring. The Doctor asks, "[[Crosses the Line Twice|So, what do you do to stave off the self-harm?]]" Apparently the [[Call to Agriculture]] is a death knell to him.
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