Because large cities are full of over-stressed maniacs, criminals, gangs, politicians and all manner of psychosis, it's a gigantic box of dynamite covered with gunpowder just waiting for a lil spark and then BOOM!! total anarchy. Rural life is slower more peaceful the people... yeah a bit xenophobic but salt of the earth when you grow up with them.
I been in the country and I been to the city and I'll take the countryside flyover states 10/10, just my opinion.
"But wait, don't you live in Vancouver (a very large city)?" Yeah and if I could have just the condo out in the boonies I'd do that but until it gets hairy out there this is where I am.
There's nowhere and then there's nowhere, 3rd world nowhere is unlivable by civilized people, you have to be born into it to be forged by it to survive it. I could go for something like bumfvck Australia Outback that's basically just where I lived minus the mountains and trees and animals that don't want to eat you.