Twenty years ago my area was very rural. Farms and acres and acres of woods. I would walk a dirt road to the river and spend all day hiking the woods, letting the dogs run. I would never see anyone even down by the river. It was very beautiful. Today their are subdivisions everywhere. Shopping centers everywhere. Cars and people everywhere. There is affluence and culture in rural areas just as there is ignorance and poverty in urban areas. I built a home and I am happy here. After all the city is only and hour away.