Replying to Urban and BC - Improving park skills?

Obviously the more you ride park the better you get at park but one thing I've been wondering lately is if you mostly ride urban and backcountry, does it improve your park skills? Sounds like a dumb question but in a way it kind of makes sense if you can wrap your head around both which are more difficult than just rolling up to the lift and making laps all day hitting features the resort set up for you. Wouldn't dealing with unforgiving elements in urban (cops, concrete, shoveling, freezing temps, hard falls etc.) and backcountry (avalanches, cliffs, hidden rocks) make park riding seem like a joke in comparison?