Why did Lennon prefer living in New York City to England's countryside from the biography, John Lennon?

Lennon enjoyed living in New York City. He found the countryside in England—Tittenhurst Park in Ascot, where he had lived with Yoko Ono before moving to the United States— too quietly tranquil, and he preferred the unimpeded vitality of a huge city like New York. He recorded his music with Ono in New York until he was gunned down outside his Dakota apartment home.