Same here, so when I call NYC a cesspool, I say it having been born and raised there.
I was raised on Long Island but often would visit and lived in the city summer of ‘83. Had a business trip to lower Manhattan last year. Traffic, noise, people bumping into you on busy often dirty streets, crowded trains it’s just not very relaxing and sensory overload all the time. Not for me no thanks and at age 63 I desire less BS nonsense around me.