I agree with BP. I live in an urban area on the outskirts of a town & Newcastle city centre is only a couple of miles away so a city only forum would kind of be more suited to my situation.
But then I would miss out on reading people's comments & stories like how member A had to survive in their remote location for 2 weeks due to bad weather & power cuts or member B has their own stream which they rigged up a hydro-electric generator (both made up but perfectly realistic scenarios incase anyone tries searching for them

).
Skean, it's your forum & I'm still a newbie but if you split it up into city v country I think it can only have a negative effect.
We are all (mostly) grown ups & all have to take responsibilities for our own actions & choices. If people just do what's best for them as an individual or a family, then that's all you need to worry about. Just respect other people's choices the same as they respect yours.
Personally I'm planning on staying put. If I absolutely had to move, I'm off to my dads place, small village with 200 or so houses & that's it. Plus his coal fire