It would be an adjustment, for sure. But the quiet can be very nice. Could you possibly work in the city and live a little bit outside/not in the boonies? That may help you to not feel quite as cut off.
I definitely think it is possible to live in the country and still work in the city.
My parents have ten acres. We can see stars. When there are meteor showers, we can just lay out on our driveway and watch it. No noise from traffic (although we can occasionally hear the interstate).
I'd have much the same thing at my apartment, but I'm surrounded by trees. So less stars and more...trees. -.-
It takes my parents 25 minutes to get into town and I'm literally ten minutes away from Purdue University (not a small college!).
You can have the best of both worlds.
I *love* the country. But I can understand if you grew up in the city how...rural...it might seem. LOL And when my brother was dating a city girl (who was scared to be outside of our house at night because it was DARK and QUIET), we
may have hidden behind one of our parked cars and jumped out and scared her.