I've been transplanted from a city life to a more-rural-life for a few years now. I'd say that a rural life is more rich, but it comes with a cost. This cost can be either your work and/or time, or paying for something or someone to do the work for you. Richness comes from doing things yourself, but you have to be eager to learn. I've learnt countless things (and paid for many of them, too), some of them I was not so eager to learn, but I preferred to do them myself anyway. I've also received much help from many people for which I'm grateful.

This year I've moved back to some city for a quick stint. I felt cozier for a while, as I only had to cook and do some chores from time to time. I had many hours to read/think. But I had to do something to not atrophy physically, so I did many hours of walking. I think I understand why some philosophers liked to walk, as it is one of not so many free things that you can do in a big city. I notice that not many people like to walk just for the sake of walking, most of the time they are forced to do it or choose cars. I wonder whether that's one of the reasons that they feel depressed.

I'd be very wary to recommend someone to just move to the countryside. It comes with a certain cost. But when I was reading this post, I couldn't stop thinking of a word that comes with a big baggage nowadays. This word is "sustainability". I feel that life in a city is, in most cases and in cases recommended by current culture, not sustainable. It will either deplete your mental of physical state if you're not careful. I'm not saying that countryside is sustainable per se, but for me it offers more nice things to recharge myself. When I'm having a bad day, half an hour of wood chopping or just pottering around the garage does wonders. But I also had to learn this. It's not always easy, as there are indeed some things that I miss from my city-dwelling days.

I don't know where I'm going with this comment. I wouldn't like to hijack any of your thoughts. But this was a really interesting read and I hope to give another perspective on those things.

I will watch the movie for sure, as "Dreams" from AK was a eye-opening watch!