I know what you mean. My DH really wants us to move out of the city to a more rural area. We've been talking about it off and on for a while. We refinanced the house we are in during the pandemic at 2.75% for 15 years - We have 12ish years left on it now. I just can't imagine that we will leave this house while interest rates are high - so I guess we will be staying here. Our house is a great house, but we are just in a very busy suburb that has grown exponentially in the 14 years we've been here and it's just so busy everywhere all the time.
i suspect that in some areas if you wait a couple/few years you might see some incredible deals on rural. we live rural and saw some massive deals on homes and properties people bought (or home equity mortgaged beyond belief) during the 'big short'. so many folks buy rural but are unaware of the additional costs of maintainance that a traditional 'in town' home does'nt carry with ownership (septic and well upkeep, fire abatement, snow removal to name a few in our neck of the woods), top that off with higher costs for routine repairs and maintainance (we pay a premium for travel b/c we are 10 miles outside the closest town) and it adds a significant chunk of change to your monthly expenses let alone year after year. i look at the INSANE prices people were paying (it's starting to cool a bit) esp. mid covid and unless those owners have VERY exceptional incomes AND their employers have continued to permit remote work-they have to be taking a large financial hit. i also suspect that some purchased under short term/adjustable rate loans and once those come to maturity it will all come crashing down (many express horror when they see their first property tax bill after only paying on what the previous owner's value was set at (they don't get much sympathy at a tripled property tax bill-they drove our values up as well).
maybe wait and watch-the first sign will be some short sales.