I am curious why the media seems to romanticize the country life and eschew city life, when the growth of cities and mega cities are continuing trends of the last 70 years. It seems that for the people with less resources, cities with their abundant jobs and cheaper resources are where they should be. The countryside and suburbs seems to be more for people with more resources and money, which makes sense because it is far away from the centralized hub of finance and logistics of the cities.

And yes, you may not be able to afford a house in the city in the beginning, when a house is priced at 100x rent. But not all cities have housing shortages, move to those cities that don’t. Or move to the countryside once you can afford it. No one ‘deserves’ to live in the countryside