I like wide open spaces and I&#x27;d live in the forest with no-one around for miles if I had the means and a suitable 
plot.<p>Land, or at least a small garden or garage (in order of decreasing usefulness), is incredibly useful for woodworking, mechanical tinkering, painting large objects, basically any sort of real world craft that&#x27;s not &#x27;micro&#x27;.<p>My social life is less important than the ability for me to sit on that bit of land that&#x27;s mine and do things that I want to do.<p>The urban equivalent of that seems to be going to find a specialist to do whatever you want doing. Basically, urban living is capitalism embodied - you can get some fantastic things done, better than you could ever do yourself, but you&#x27;re trading for it. And you have to take part in the economy too.