City Vs Country living

Countryside. Definitely. Even just visiting cities for a day has been a fast track to a melt down. People are just generally less polite in a city and if you ask someone for help they look at you as if it's a trick and they expect you to mug them the second they let their guard down. This is why I don't bother watching dystopian future films, you can see it live in the making if you go to London. I've also been mugged there myself (albeit unsuccessfully because PDA and general irritation that was building up to a second meltdown activated with a vengence, grabbed my bag back and fought back literally kicking and screaming and Muggy Muggerson didn't want to deal with any of that and ran away.)

Go to Yorkshire. The people in the city’s are chatty. They will answer questions mostly in a friendly way. They are also outspoken. You’ll hear people arguing politics with strangers at bus stops from time to time. 

Northern  cities are much different than in the south.

Go to Yorkshire. The people in the city’s are chatty. They will answer questions mostly in a friendly way. They are also outspoken. You’ll hear people arguing politics with strangers at bus stops from time to time. 

Northern  cities are much different than in the south.

I'd really rather just not, having to share public transport is a nightmare and walking where there are crowds of strangers is equally bad. I really only cope with strangers in groups of 4 or less per an approx measure of X sqr ft where X is a variable that relies on lower noise volume and general activity to increase that population per area.
Cities are also bad value for money in general and it's not just the manner of the people that make it worse, but that the same people will still be people making noise and being the most dangerous creature to a human being which is another human being, regardless of manners because people who scam you will be nice as pie to your face anyway, and it doesn't make them actually nice people.... So even if people were polite 9/10 of my issue with cities isn't something that can be mitigated... Unless I wake up in the position of the main character of The Day of the Triffids.

Imo I have plenty of mid size towns capable of providing anything I'd ever want from a city,  for half the price and a quarter of the hassle.
I only go in a big city now if I have a large buffer of close friends to deal with people and pay for things, like if it's their treat they can pick any location they want, but I'll never go into a city bigger than say Winchester by choice. It's no good having a "day out" just to have a bad time.

I haven't done a lot of travelling recently but last week drove 500+ miles up to Scotland stopping a few times.  I want to do it again but stop for longer each time.  I love just hearing the different accents for one but yes, people tend to be more immediately open.  Us southeners will open up but you need to know us for a few years first!