If your professionnal situation lets you do this, go for it. Problem is, for a lot of people including myself, jobs are in the city. Moreover, here in France, by living in the countryside, you get an additionnal bonus of :
no public transit
no hospital
no doctor
no school
no post office
no bakery (the worst)
(edit: formatting)
Not for everybody. If you're clever enough you can work around every item you listed though.
If your professionnal situation lets you do this, go for it. Problem is, for a lot of people including myself, jobs are in the city. Moreover, here in France, by living in the countryside, you get an additionnal bonus of :
no public transit
no hospital
no doctor
no school
no post office
no bakery (the worst)
(edit: formatting)
Not for everybody. If you're clever enough you can work around every item you listed though.