LL was more than baseball. It was a community event. Since the food was good people would sometimes have dinner at the park on off nights. The parents would sit around socializing and half watching the games while the kids would be playing behind the outfield fence or in the batting cages.
Isn't any venue from tee ball to 18U that gets kids on the field a good one?
In our area the Legion programs keep telling anyone who will listen the quality of ball is just as good as any travel/showcase level as the numbers continue to dwindle. The Junior Legion kids show up for high school ball less prepared to face tough competition than 15U travel players. The four best players on my son's high school team played 16U when they were fourteen or fifteen.