This resonates with me. I have moved from a big city to a smallish village right next to the city, which is more quiet and close to the woods. It is much better

This resonates with me. I have moved from a big city to a smallish village right next to the city, which is more quiet and close to the woods. It is much better but I would love to go more rural. I've lived in a really small village in my youth. And though I loved the outdoors where we live - we had a huge garden - the village was backwards as hell and we were the eternal outsiders. I hated it and everyone in it. Even here, I miss the diversity, tolerance and awareness that people in the city seem to have. It is much easier to find communities where you feel at home in the city. Of course it depends a lot on where you are, but an overly romantic view of rural community could be a costly and painful mistake. I can take many years before you are accepted, if at all, and even then you may doubt whether you really want to belong.