re: Have you moved from a larger to city to a small town / countryside? How was it?

Moved from Atlanta to a small town east of Athens in 1996 and have not lived anywhere with more than 400K people since. Biggest shock was having to drive 30 miles to a grocery store or a doctors appointment. Second biggest shock was realizing I could drive those 30 miles in about the same amount of time it took me to drive 5 miles in Atlanta. I loved it. The problem is jobs that pay a living wage get scarcer and scarcer the further you get from major cities and schools get worse and worse. Health care is also not nearly as good or readily available. I would not have a child in a rural Georgia school system anymore than I would have one in an inner city Atlanta school. It would be great without any kids when you are in your 30s - 50s but most people start going to doctors once a month or so in their 50s and healthcare in rural America is limited.