@shegeley living in a country side can be a pain yes, but I like it because potentially you can be fully autonomous. Your own food, your own water, your own electricity and so on, but it is harder in many aspects. Compared to an apartment it is much easier to own bigger place in a country side.
What do you mean be independence exactly?
Living in the city I can take a cheap taxi a public transport, a bike or a car ride (if I have one) to the place where I need. So even if the car or bike breaks there are still options. In countryside your are much MORE depended on car for example. Of course you can do some basic maintenance (oil + filters change etc) but I doubt that you can repair broken engine so easily. So it seems for me that you are even more dependent on tech+supply chain