Does anyone have any thoughts about India?!

Same here, 20 minute drive and 10 minutes with my own boat to get to my own island with my house that I built myself. Some coffee, music, fireplace and the waves crashing against the shore. Mini - BE here.

I love that I can be in the wilderness in literally a 5 min drive.

I think Lyon is at 500k, maybe Lille and Toulouse as well

In France, except Paris and Marseille I don't think there is a city over 500k. But the city system is not the same everywhere.

We both are too used to the our lifestyle, We dont know what it's like to live in a totally different world that the one we're used to

I would lose my mind if I lived anywhere with less than like 500k people. I do get the appeal of smaller settings though, everyone's got their own preferences and day-to-day needs in life