I live in a small city of about 30K, but I wish I was back in the country where I grew up.
I can certainly understand why. The people here in this tiny town are just so very friendly everywhere, and everybody knows your name. I was thinking today that I can forget about being in a 15-minute-city, I'm in a 5-minute-town. I could actually do most of my running around on a bicycle (as soon as I ready from a cardio perspective).
Race relations here are also as friendly as I remember them growing up. I've developed a fondness for everyone I've come into contact with here.
We only have one cafe' here, which is extremely busy every day. When the police walk in for lunch they are always greeted warmly. I look around at all he old, overall-wearing farmers in the place and think I'm probably surrounded by more millionaires than ever in the city.
And don't even get me started about the members of the local Mennonite community. What jewels of humanity! (They're pretty shrewd business people as well.)