I’ll address the two parts I bolded separately.
The first one is entirely incorrect. Think about these examples: If you wake up at 12PM on a Saturday in Albany, you can spontaneously decide to longboard through Central Park for two or three hours and make it back to your house in time for dinner? You can find five cheap Yankees tickets on StubHub for a weeknight game in a day or two and find four friends who are willing to get hammered, go to the game, and then wake up at 8AM the next day for work or class? Your friend can tell you on Thursday about Tiesto playing at Webster Hall that Sunday and actually get people to go and then not miss class or work Monday morning? If you can do any of those things, please let me know, because I’m using the wrong modes of transportation, hanging out with the wrong people, or both.
Second, I don’t look at the city as being “cooped up and constantly surrounded.” I’m not sure if you’re playing devil’s advocate or if you actually feel that way yourself; if these are your feelings, there will be no influencing you. The energy of a big city is palpable every hour of every day of the week. People take that energy different ways. I’m not going to try and explain why people have different tastes and personalities.
True, but read this post. I’m not saying that the city life is great because I do all this shit every week. Simply having the opportunity to do all of those things without planning or disrupting obligations is very comforting and appealing.