> If you can manage it financially and you can culturally manage to live in a more rural area, you'll won't want to go back, either.

I fully agree with this. I lived about six years and half, altogether, in a rural area and I loved every moment of it. Connection to nature is not a one-day trip during the week-end and it's certainly not a walk in a city park.

> I wouldn't want to go back to work-from-spare-bedroom or work-from-closet.

I don't mind the spare bedroom: I love it. Bathroom is nearby, coffee machine too. I mean, sure, I could duplicate this in a second home next to the first one but why bother?

I need a three bedrooms for that: parents, kiddo and office...