Totally agree! It's incredible how hard it is to take time away from the city nowadays. However it's getting harsher in the city too, with the gentrification process happening. I see this is getting very serious where I live (Lisbon, Portugal). Lisbon people are being expelled from their homes for the Airbnb/hostel takeover and fast. A lot of well educated people having to live on the streets because of the whole tech startup thing. We have no option but to move to the countryside but still have to slave away in city jobs and commute for hours... this Brave New World kind of sucks.