Rural area dwelling is a pure definition of harmony and tranquility. In rural areas, you don't need to have much to live a healthy life because everyone looks at each other as one.
Not having salt at home won't stop you from cooking or make you walk down the street with your food on fire to quickly go buy. It's easy to walk into a neighbor's compound and ask for something, and they would be happy to assist without hesitation. This oneness and sense of community is what brings them together and is what is really very rare to experience in the urban area.
A rural area experiences have cinema on them. The people and the activities are enough to make dwellers live happily. I still have the memory of when we go out during harvest season to help neighbors who planted, and they accept this act of generosity without looking down on anyone. Or is the part of hearing fowl crowing at early 4am reminding everyone I'm the only alarm clock you guys have, or waking up to see dew falls, or having a free swim in the river with friends? There are whole lots of things that make life in the rural area beautiful and fun.
Now, the urban lifestyle. These two are opposite of one another. After my primary education in the village, I relocated to the city, and everything changed.
The shortest and most precise definition of the city is "OYO" (On Your Own). Everybody minds their business; nobody cares what is bothering a 10-year-old boy crying by the roadside. I couldn't cope with my first week; the noise was unbearable and unstoppable; the morning rush hour and after-work rush were all the things I wished I could just stop.
To some extent I was getting tired; sometimes I just wished I could just scream out and the whole unstoppable noise would just stop but that would land me in psychiatric hospital, so I respected myself and learned endurance. One beautiful thing about the city is the opportunities and access to quality education and meeting different people and cultures, but the rural communities lack all these.
But then, the disadvantage, while urban, is one man to himself. Neighbors hardly speak to each other. It is just "hi," "good morning," "neighbor, how are your children?" and all that. Everyone seems too busy to bond, not stopping by to chat or even ask a fellow neighbor for a favor. Doing that is like sacrilege, which is not supposed to be so.
Though rural life can't be in any compared to urban life when it comes to infrastructural development, education, career opportunities, and other life experiences, just like urban has these advantages, rural has its own uniqueness: the richness of nature is not tempered with, the tranquility, the valued bond over personal gains. Even with little possession, they care and offer one another, and that's where caring comes in.
If I'm asked to go with one, that would be a difficult choice to make because the city is a nice place with better opportunities, and the rural area comes with its own uniqueness, calmness, peace, and strong bond. Both the both are worth living and exploring.