As someone who works in the area (and has worked at times onsite at clients in the Met Life building), let me say - please do not do this.
I would disagree. I worked in the city for 7 years, coming from a town of 8000.
The mass of commuters coming and going was one of my biggest surprises. The only place I’ve seen that compares is Tokyo’s Ginza.
But we all have our opinions.