Whether you are looking for a investment property or just a vacation place you should look for something that will bring you peace and rest. Of course, if you have kids you will have little rest but if you have a quite surrounding for sure you will have a better life.
Depending on you taste, morning fresh air, green fields, beautiful sunrises, astonished sunsets will give you the inner piece you need. If you have the chance, get a quite place for your vacation or for your new house far aways from the traffic and city pollution.