Native New Yorker here (Queens)........I have also lived in the mid-west/western USA (Tucson, Arizona and Tulsa Oklahoma). Loved it out there because of the wide open spaces. Also lived in a small village outside of Oxford England, and my son was born in Oxford.
Although from the East Coast (New York/New Jersey) I have always been attracted to country living. Feel like a transplanted country person, and always have felt that way. Used to love visiting my aunt's Upstate New York home as a child, because it was so country and so remote. Her home was located in the area of the Woodstock event of the 60's (Hendrix, Joplin, etc.)