There are obvious drawbacks though. You put a foot wrong, i.e. you do something that your community disapproves of, and within hours everybody knows about it.

There are obvious drawbacks though. You put a foot wrong, i.e. you do something that your community disapproves of, and within hours everybody knows about it. I am originally from the Netherlands (very densely populated), and now live in a rural area in the US. I wouldn't want to go back anymore to that kind of life. (Then again, I'm agoraphobic, that probably has something to do with it... :-)