IMO, overall NYC is a much more entertaining place than the part of NC I always go to (Rocky Mount), have you ever been there? If you have you'd know its a smell country and town and even older heads who like down south have admit its slow compared to the city life, by slow I mean the way of life is boring and NOT that the residents are slow. I only went to Raleigh Durham once and we didn't even get to go to the Triangle
I just like NYC better... plus you gotta have a car down there unless you live in Charlotte or something, where's in NYC a car is not necessary... living down there knowing how to drive is a must,
its crazy as my parents don't even want to move to Charlotte because of a silly reason