Ancient Ireland had an advanced level of culture, literacy, religion, enlightened laws, music, poetry, philosophy, real (non-leftist) social justice, etc - WITHOUT CITIES. Cities were not built til the Vikings arrived in the Middle Ages. It is possible to be highly cultured, educated, and moral without being "civilized" (=cityfied).
I think the philosophy of conservatism makes it uniquely possible for people to live together in harmony. We could live peaceably with the urban welfare generationalists while the nature of cities and how the needs of the truly poor were addressed evolved as the state became more free and, thus, more wealthy.