for me escaping the constant distractions of the city was crucial
but it took being cornered by economics and physical location for me to drill down to some major cause factors for my general malaise
if you were not half way drowning as i was until very recently then maybe it doesn't matter so much but in my opinion fresh air and non-city people have other benefits such as resilience in time of disaster, and really nobody knows when they'll get caught in something like this