[slothtrop]

It's far more cumbersome outside of cities because of distance/time and unreliable alternate transportation. It might as well not even be an option, if one decides to go without then they are consciously absorbing the inconvenience because it's an important ideological issue to them.

[exe34]

No they're choosing to live somewhere.

[slothtrop]

Not even sure what you're trying to say here. People tend to live where they work, and that can be rural areas. If you're saying they should be faulted for that choice, it doesn't make much sense. Few people move there in the first place, mostly young people leave to go to the city.