I live in the countryside and have yet to find a profession performed in the city that isn't also done in the area here. In absolute numbers, there are unquesti

I live in the countryside and have yet to find a profession performed in the city that isn't also done in the area here. In absolute numbers, there are unquestionably more jobs in the city, but there are also more people vying for those jobs. Relatively speaking, I don't see much difference. If you are exceptional at what you do, I think it is fair to say that the most prestigious jobs are most likely to be found in the big city. Major league sports teams, for example, are pretty much only found in cities but even here in the countryside people are paid to play sports in not-so-major leagues. Rural folk pay for entertainment too. However, I will add that even people in prestigious jobs often live in countryside. A surprising number of major league professional athletes, ones you have probably heard of if you follow their respective sports, have homes near me. Given their prestigious careers, they can afford to live away from work for at least part of the year. And not just professional athletes. I regularly bump into the CEO of a very successful tech company (thousands of employees with offices worldwide) who also lives out here in the boonies part of the year.