The highest levels of human spirit are to be brought to and nourished in the City.
In the city the appreciation that refining and deepening human interrelationships is the equal of improving one's inner self is inescapable.
However in a city -- some cities, some eras -- it is also extremely difficult to avoid the company of the evil and the the wild. And by such inability, by such constant incessant proximity to avoid the poisons that prevent inner growth.
You and I will have to part ways on the adoration of city vs rural life.