I'd definitely agree with this. I live very near Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and it's pretty much that exact thing.
It's a big chunk of land with large grassy areas, roads lined with towering trees, and a sky as huge as you can imagine. Here's a picture I took there about this time last year: http://i.imgur.com/IqlUadN.jpg
Anecdotally, the PNNL people I've worked with were, well not very good at their craft. PNNL is in the middle of nowhere, unless you're at the top of the game doing highly specialized work there that truly can only be done at PNNL (and not kidding yourself either), you're out of touch and not contributing.
It's a big chunk of land with large grassy areas, roads lined with towering trees, and a sky as huge as you can imagine. Here's a picture I took there about this time last year: http://i.imgur.com/IqlUadN.jpg