There is truth in that, but one's circumstances whilst growing up can greatly affect their outlook on life.

Also, if you are going to have to deal with their parents in regards to potential marriage, then... City parents who are more open-minded, less in need of money etc, are a far better than farmers.

One Turkish guy was asked to provide a house and a car if he was to marry somebody's daughter. He simply asked them "Do you have that yourselves? No, you don't". Shortly after, he dumped that girl. It is easy to call a girl a golddigger, but sometimes the parents are the instigators, who due to age old sexist beliefs in China, see their daughter as nothing more than a meal ticket or a passport to future riches.