I was raised in a rural area and live in one now.I have been to many different places in my time and I do not by default say that city life is bad city dwellers can have just as strong a sense of community as anyone else.
Living in a rural area has its disadvantages for example good work can be hard to find and many people drive to an urban area for work to me that is inefficient.You have to be self employed or part of a small business or retired.There is also an illusion that crime is lower in rural areas perhaps certain types of crime but drug use is rampant in rural areas just as much as it is in urban ones.Some rural communities have been torn apart by drugs like meth.
The place where you live is what you make to a large extent.No one place is a true utopia. I am fairly confident that I can find many places in the world where I would be content and not all of them are in the US.
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