When I first moved here over 14 years ago, my town was a little foothill town with cow pastures across the freeway which is about 5 minutes away and horse pastures near my house. That has changed over the past 14 years as this town has grown leaps and bounds in those years. The horse pastures are gone, but the cow pastures and countryside across the freeway still remain. Fortunately my house still happens to be near some federally protected lands, with big old Oak trees and wet lands, so it is still a quiet suburbia neighborhood.
It is a very well planned town and the city does the best it can to beautify the streets and plant trees and other flora along all streets, which makes it much less a paved over concrete jungle than most. I have enjoyed life in this suburbia, I am close to everything and I mean everything, work is 5 minutes away, so is the gym, so is the doc if I ever needed to see him, so are the groceries, so is the library, so are the movie and performing arts theaters, and so is the shopping (my least favorite thing to do). I like the sheer convenience of my day to day life, I like how it gives me more time to pursue my interests, because I am spending much less time on chores and commutes.
Now, if I moved to the countryside, I am sure all that would change, not sure I am up for that at the moment. I have found my sweet spot for now and I am still 10-15 minutes ride away from some great foothill roads which lead to even more epic motorcycling in the Sierra's.
