For @ twenty years I was in corporate America, based in NYC. I did business with Chicago, LA, Texas, Atlanta, etc...as well as Eurpoe, Asia and South America. One thing I learned is that whenever I was dealing with non-NYC, US companies it was necessary to cut the throttle back at least a third to meet their pace and not scare them. The slow movement drove us crazy.
The bottom line is simple, in business in America NYC is the big leagues, everyplace else is the minors.