Funny enough all of those things wind up being true in large metropolis areas as well but then also with its own basket of downsides. Instead of commuting two

Funny enough all of those things wind up being true in large metropolis areas as well but then also with its own basket of downsides. Instead of commuting two hours to get to better paying work, you end up commuting two hours to afford the house you want. Doctors you can't get ahold of because their office is too busy to see you, wait 7 months, etc. Universities are impossible to get into because there are too many applicants, or the cost is too high. You can work or be educated over the Internet. Instead of having no culture in the city, you can develop or embrace your local traditions or cultural aspects. If there are none, then you can be the first one to start (building cultures is hard work, like maintaining government). You can have a bucolic fantasy just as you can have an urban dream. Both can be ridiculously romanticized.