Thoughts: FS2k2 scenery

[Author's note: I'm a newbie to FS2k2. Have FS2k2 Pro, running on
WinXP on a Dell Dimension 8200 (P4/2.0Ghz w/ GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB,
512MB RAM, 80GB HD (It says total space (filled and unfilled) is
74.5GB in properties, oddly, but I remember it being RATED for 80...),
with MS Sidewinder Precision 2 joystick and a Logitech optical mouse
w/ wheel. This is the beginning of a set of monologues on stuff in
FS2k2 as I'm inspired to write about em.]

OK...On scenery in FS2k2.

I was bored last night, so I just went totally random (instead of the
usual flight school stuff I usually do, since I just started playing
this 2 weeks ago or so), and decided to fly out of an airfield close
to home in Jersey, Atlantic City Int'l.

I had all of the scenery stuff set as high as it could go, and I have
to say that...Well...I'm kinda disappointed with what I saw,
particularly in terms of ground scenery.

I took off, fumbled around for a bit, and pointed myself towards what
I figured was the proper way to New York. Turns out I was going
northwest rather than north. When I checked the map and found myself
over Freehold, I turned east to head for the coast.

Now, FYI, when I'm not at school, I live in this area. I know it
pretty well, I'd like to think, and I was flying in the sim at about
2000 feet. Even when I got near the coast, navigation by visual cues
alone was impossible. As it is, there's nothing placed like the
lighthouses or so forth. It was hard to figure out I'd passed Sandy
Hook, too.

I thought "Hey, it's Jersey. Chances are they forgot about us." So I
head north to New York. If it weren't for the Statue of Liberty, I
would've zoomed by.

As it stands, I can't pick what IRL are very different bridges apart.

Let alone flying over Manhattan, that was just...difficult.

Heck, it was hard to tell the Jersey side of the river and Manhattan
apart, at first.

Grr. No way navigating that patch of Earth is that hard IRL.

So, in short, I'll end this with a request.

Where could I get, ahem...Better scenery? Freeware, as I'm in college
and sorta broke.

John