I guess the implication is, if you are a minimum wage earner, and if you have any brains, you will leave NYC for Alabama.
You guessed incorrectly but I like your answer anyway.
I visited NYC once, just to see why they called it the "Big Apple." It's an amazing place and they have everything. I was busy from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M., saw a Broadway show every night, went everywhere and LOVED the cruises on the many, many waterways. I even got a photo of myself on a day-lunch cruise.
However, I don't care for the weather and there are just too many dang people there.
One thing that I liked: they had many, many, many, many Christian and Catholic Churches. There was a church JUST ABOUT around every corner. I hadn't expected that.
So, I didn't miss my daily Mass even once. There were services all day long...just around the corner.
Oh, I almost forgot: if I wanted a Catholic Church in another language, you name it, it was there too.
I took a "bite" of the Big Apple and now understand what all the hullabaloo is all about.
I don't know Alabama. I had STARTED to visit every state in the union but illness (not mine) and death entered my life and took all the steam out of me. I may want to travel again some day but...not for now.