Has The Village Died?

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I remember my childhood and my parents taking us out through and into quaint country villages to watch fetes, country shows, and eat at country pubs. There seem to be no such rural hamlets any more as the towns have expanded to absorb so many of them into their suburbs and outskirts. Is there anything left of the true Dingly-On-The-Dell style idyllic pastoral countryside village any more? Some were so quiet you could imagine occasional hobbits still lurking behind the hedgerows.