an aesthetic choice, probably Accidents Happen already addressed farm house has crops, all their possessions. moving isn't a quiet activity I'm assuming the cities attracted more aliens, if there were 3 creatures in their area, I think there would probably me more in urban areas with more prey. and they're shown to be able to take stairs. More @Wikipedia
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