Wilder chose a rural life style in a small new england town at the turn of the century because his goal was
-simplicity
-financial
-historical
-reality

Reality

Explanation:

As the writer wanted to give the story a more realistic view and more credible characters he chose to make the environment of the stoy a New Englad little town, because that gave the story a more real and more credible context and characteristics, a ton of colour also was added to the story with that chose.