Thatīs what I heard all the time too. "Ney York is nothing like the rest of the US", and why would it be, look at a person from Cologne and one from Frankfurt, even they differ in specific ways and those cities are just 200km apart... Now, if I imagine how different east, west and central parts of the US must be, all the nuances that are unique...living in a big country does have advantages
But I guess it would be a little too big for my tastes...I mean I havenīt even seen all of MY country, I basically only know the western part which is...crowded you could say.