Aww....listen to all the foreign romanticism.....
Man, shame on you two for not repping your own states....In my opinion, Cali has way more to offer than NY, and better weather too! I've been to most of the US and I still prefer the southwest. NM has every type of landscape and weather, not to mention the otherworldly sunsets....NY is full of bitter people, bitter drivers, bitter attitudes....about the only thing I liked is being in the middle of a city at night and not having to SEE people (hence the copious amounts of graf everywhere)