Heresy!

If you don't live in SFO or NYC you're doomed to a miserable existence of restless toil.

I know you say this in jest, but I'll be damned if this isn't a sadly predominant attitude among people I know.

If NYC was such a bad idea, why is it a massive portion of the US economy?

It's not a bad idea. There's just a few hundred million of us that don't want to live there/that way. I'm happy for everyone that does want to be there.

I didn't say it was a bad idea.

But... a significant percentage of professional jobs are in the NY Metro area, but not in the movie ideal NYC environment.