Looking at what's going on in the "real world" today, living in The Village actually looks pretty attractive right about now.
Charles Stross ( @cstross ) set a novel [1] partly in an even more dystopian (in some ways) analogue of The Village, and even that place is starting to look good.
[1] "Season of Skulls". You should read it, along with everything else he's written. https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/buy-my-books/buy-my-books-uk.html , or https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/buy-my-books/buy-my-books-us.html if you want on USAnian versions.
