There is pressure behind every reason for every choice we make, and that's the entire point. We don't choose between urban and rural areas assuming that everyth

There is pressure behind every reason for every choice we make, and that's the entire point. We don't choose between urban and rural areas assuming that everything else is equal. We choose between fundamentally different lifestyles and opportunities, subject to constraints based on our wealth, connections, marketable skills, formal qualifications, and so on. Besides, in a modern society, unemployment rarely causes people to starve/freeze to death. The choice between urban/rural living is about quality of life, not survival.