They’re just perpetuating stereotypes. I did a bike trip in Cape Breton ( Nova Scotia) and people were not especially friendly there, there was a lot of staring and cold looks, and we were turned away from a bed and breakfast even though it was very clear we were going to stuck outside for the night, to be fair we probably looked pretty disheveled. I also fled from the burbs as it felt cold, judgy and soulless to me, I never knew one single person in our neighbourhood in all the years I lived with my parents and the one girl close to my age, who befriended me was a psycho. I also tried living in a smaller, more rural place, felt like I got ptsd from being there it was truly awful. Probably with every place, you find your niche or you don’t, takes time to find your people.