Yes, sometimes it works out great -- just remember that NYC really really
spoils you when it comes to social contacts and cultural variety and, well, all those service sorts of things like entertainment and restaurants and clubs and that kind of stuff. It
definitely has lame Nature, particularly compared to what's out West, but if you can arrange it, just
try hanging out in your target city for a couple or three months.
I've moved away from NYC a
couple of times,
adored living in the mountains and the desert, but in the end I just had to move back.

In spite of all that's wretched about it, it's a beautiful place, and there's really nothing else like it. Really and truly.
But best of luck to you, wherever you wind up.
Cheers.