You sound like a very reasonable gent. Unfortunate but understandable your prior ride left you wary.
If you were local here, we'd be out and about as soon as weather agreed!
I'd concur the local neighborhood and industrial park you mention would be your best logical starting points.
Go slow, go easy, don't push, rather enjoy the experience in learning and perfecting. As you had inferred its both immature and dangerous to fantasize you are Valentino Rossi out there, weaving in and out of traffic!
PS...in riding we ALL miss a shift, hit a false neutral or screw up in some minor way from time to time. NO ONE is immune, but I like to think we minimize error through experience.
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