>>27238787This is not true. I live in the middle of the woods and a huge area marked as nature preserve (EU standards) is 500 meters away from me.
Hiked 10 km today playing Turf zone and from time to time checked if there were any pokemons. Pic related, there was not a single pokemon in the nearby tracker, not even pidgey or paras which are everywhere when I get myself to town which is 25 km away.
