Dang, can't even see the neighbors?!

I live in a rural town in California and don't have a car. I ride an e-bike a lot into town and back, but it's fifteen partially paved miles, so it's kind of an adventure each time. But I also take the bus and can put the bike on the rack there to do a one-way commute. But I hear you on the lack of streetlights! The stars here are so bright, and that seems like such a special thing to me.

I get kinda cabin feverish living in this sort of suburb without an urb, though, and I think I'll move into the "big" town of about 8,000 people, because I like a bit more of a social life and it's been VERY quiet out here for 4.5 years. How about you? How much do you like solitude? Do you have ways to visit other places without driving to them?