Are we prone to greater self-improvement living in cities compared to small towns?

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Living in cities have big advantages. You have better job opportunities and there is better infrastructure and health care compared to small towns. You can also get good exposure to different people, perspectives, culture and industries. The other day I was listening to a group of college graduates speaking about self-improvement. Most of them pointed out that once we embrace the urban life, we get resourceful and competitive. We get ambitious and more self-reliant and independent. The access to a better life can promote overall well-being. At the same time, living in small towns, cannot help with lot of these as most times, the small-town life is slow. Then one of the them differed on this topic. According to him, slow pace of small town helps individuals to be mindful and has excellent emotional well-being. In fact, with less social pressures and distractions, there is better interpersonal relationships among people and a good and solid network can be built. There are lower financial stress and people in invest in lot of self-improvement activities like hobbies and education unlike the cities. I felt these are good points and kept me wondering which is universally better. So , what’s your take on the topic?