I chose... I could live without people and outside noises easily. I enjoy silence.
It's only been the last almost two years that I have really got to enjoy this. The first year my son was gone for his clinical year, it was hard to get use to the silence. I about went crazy with the silence and had to have something on for the noise factor.
This second year (his residency year) is much easier and I really enjoy the quiet! I think I could quite easily become a happy-go-lucky hermit (if it wasn't for the pesky point of earning some money for the mortgage payment).
P.S. Glad to see you back and setting up polls, desertgrandma.