My wife and I have lived in the mountains in a small town (Sedona Arizona) for about 16 years. Things are too spread out to walk to stores but we have the exercise advantage of nearby hiking trails (my favorite being 80 meters from our house).<p>We have a perfect lifestyle but we are now talking about living for a while in a city where parks, restaurants, stores, librairies, movies, etc., are all within an easy walk.<p>I think that the one world government forces will continue pushing people to live packed into urban areas for both resource efficiency and tighter control of citizens. Not a good thing in general, but after a long time of living in an out of the way place, a few years of urban lifestyle sounds good.