This reminds me a great deal of the contempt with which Thomas Jefferson is recorded to have viewed cities. I've included a link to an article below (that I mostly concur with) for reference, and its not very difficult to gather similar ideas when studying the Jeffersonians, who opposed the Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, in their attempts to centralize power in the newly formed government and establish a national bank. https://www.governing.com/context/thomas-jefferson-epidemics-and-his-vision-for-american-cities.html

But this really comes down to the fact that humans (for the most part) have understood for a long time that being self-sufficient as much as possible in the essentials of life (food production, shelter, etc.) is preferable to the alternative, and land ownership is a valuable means of meeting these ends. Decentralization is arguably as important here as anywhere else. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be as intuitive as it used to be.