I've been doing family daycare for 6 years now. I would consider that we're in the country but we're 15 minutes away from 2 different cities. It was pretty hard the first couple of years. I had to drop-offs& pick-ups from the school. In the last 3 years it has been considerably easier. I find myself advertising less and not worrying about filling the daycare. Last January I stopped accepting kids older than 5 years old and therefor I don't go to the school anymore.It sounds like you're able to wait it out if your daycare doesn't take off right away. Chances are that you won't make as much money in the country but I make enough money to make it work.