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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
Honest guess? Industry pressure and a certain cultural climate has led to an over-abundance of titles where the visitor from the big city realizes how empty their life there was, and how much happier they are here in this small town where people are "real" and care about each other. (Because we all know that the lack of close personal connections is the only reason anyone would ever be unhappy living an urban lifestyle.)
I don't expect there to be a large number of them, but I refuse to believe that no one else ever thought of this angle.
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"Industry pressure and a certain culture climate"--to me, that translates to giving the intended audience what they want and expect: the happily-ever-after fairy tale with the idyllic small-town, vine-covered cottage ambiance. That's just not the city in the popular imagination.
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Or a book where the person visiting from the big city falls in love, and the one they fall in love with is happy to move back to the big city with them and they live happy there together.
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No, the visiting city dweller falls in love with the country bumpkin, eventually realizes that the city isn't that great, is a source of stress and unhappiness, and embraces country life. Romance isn't my genre, but I could name you dozens like that, not one that's what you asked for.