Tres diferentes maneras para expresar tus preferencias:
a. prefer + gerund + to + gerund
Now we prefer living with less noise to living a noisy city.
b. would prefer + infinitive with to + rather than + infinitive without to
I would prefer to stay in the village rather than go out the city.
c. would rahter + infinitive without to + than + infinitive without to
I would rather stay in the village than go out the city.