I did leave the big city, though I don’t really agree with your reasons for wanting to. They sound unrealistic to me. In the modern world, the news, internet,

I did leave the big city, though I don’t really agree with your reasons for wanting to. They sound unrealistic to me. In the modern world, the news, internet, social media and politics are everywhere, and everyone is plugged into them 24/7. You can’t escape them by relocating to the countryside. They have internet and cell phones there too. You might be able to escape them by leaving the country. You can definitely escape them by choosing to disengage, which you can even do in midtown Manhattan. The city is a stressful and fast paced place where you compete for resources with lots of highly paid people. It means you need to be running on the treadmill pretty fast in order to not fall off. Outside the city that competition still exists, but the pace is much slower and as a tech worker or former tech worker, you might be so ahead in the race that you forget you are in it. Other people won’t forget. And there still a need to present the right politics and viewpoints in rural areas, they just might be a different set than you are used to.