People can live a less stressful life in a small town.You can buy a secondhand house and cut your financial needs to a bare minimum.One of my favorite poems is:

Life is what you make of it

The point of view you take of it

Depends upon the way your mind is set

If your thoughts are weary ones

Your days will all be dreary ones

And out of them no pleasure will you get

You can see the funny side

And walk upon the sunny side

Its up to you to choose what you will do

You can play a manly part

Or you can let life break your heart

Give up or keep on fighting through———by Patience Strong