Raising a child in a small town

I always wondered until I had my daughter that why do people need to move away from the metros and move to smaller child friendly towns or cities until I had my daughter and until I knew what life in a small town was. So we are here at a wedding in jamshedpur and my daughter loves coming here. She loves it because there is no traffic, mom and dad spend more time with her, everybody is relaxed, the family eats together, it's a bungalow and not a matchbox house like the one she has in Bombay, there is a concept of pets, there is a front yard with flowers of different colours with water that tastes sweet, with air that feels fresh, with life which has a meaning. I am sure a lot of you who stay in the larger towns will so relate to it. We teach them that dogs, cats, parrots, rabbits are all pets but we don't keep any. She loves to run from one end to the other and not bump into some piece of furniture or some mock storage her mom has created. She like to look at a library with so many books neatly arranged on a rack and have it in her house. She spends a lot of her time with her uncles and the gardener growing different vegetables and then eating what she's grown. She loves cycling in a front yard that does not end before it's just begun. She likes having a different wardrobe for every season and experiencing different seasons. She loves going up and down the stairs and creating her own little games out of them. She likes making her doll swing in the garden and stroll her in the garden. She loves having a little paddle pool that's her own swimming pool where she can spill the water and not fear her mom scream, it can be accommodated outside the house. In Bombay you know it can't happen! Life is different so different, kids here enjoy their childhood and learn by experience and exposure. They are not stormed with puzzles, classes but there is still knowledge around. I love Bombay and its home but I have learnt to appreciate things after my daughter was born. Bombay has it's own charm and it's pace but maybe I want to slowdown, I don't want her to compete all the time, I want her to cooperate and collaborate and learn that life is beautiful. Big cities give our children enough exposure and awareness but I wish we could accommodate these little something's in our children's lives, which will be lasting impressions for them forever.