I disagee.
NVFR training - even more so than IFR where you can stick to the published routes - requires you to figure out you LSALTS. IIRC, my NVFR training involved using all the methods available of determining LSALT - including dead reckoning and using WACs. Using MSAs as another method of determining the LSALT is not unreasonable as long as you know what it means (no different to interpreting a WAC or other) and can figure out when you're 25 or 10m miles out - including by visual identification (but ideally by GPS - with endorsement of course)
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