Recent studies have shown that women who give birth and spend their postpartum period in highly urban areas are more at risk for postpartum depression than those who live in rural areas. There are several reasons why this could be. To start, some of the risk factors for postpartum depression are social isolation and immigrant status. In urban areas, many women are more likely to be socially isolated than they would be in a suburban or rural setting. Also, cities have a greater population of immigrants, who are more at risk. Because of this and other unknown reasons, cities have been found to have more women with postpartum depression than rural towns.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/08/07/big-cities-tied-to-higher-risk-of-postpartum-depression/58142.html
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