I'm not overly keen on crowds but my experience of living in London compared with in the country was that city crowds behave more politely than country folk. You have to behave when you rub shoulders with lots of people all the time,whereas country people don't seem to care at all if they upset or offend or whatever. Just my experience though :)
I live in a small town and have a cottage by the lake. But let me tell you folks, nothing beats solitude sitting at the end of the dock with either a cup of java or a beer depending on the time of day and just chill...except for sex of course;)