I grew up in the country, I mean real rural country. After I married and had kids we lived in suburbs until we moved back to SC in '79. We bought a house about 5 miles out of town on a couple of acres with few neighbors. Sold that when I retired in 2002 and then built a house right in town. Miss the room sometime but it is nice having things a block or two away instead of having to drive 5 miles to get to anything.
Would not trade our time out there for anything though. The boys grew up fishing in ponds, shooting BB guns and fireworks in the yard and riding dirt bikes places I probably don't won't to know about.