New York City is probably one of the most over-hyped locations on American soil and hardly deserving of any of it. A lot of cities get that way, however. Manchester, New Hampshire advertises itself as "Manch-Vegas" despite the fact that the entire city seems to shut down by 9PM as far as entertainment venues go. Boston has an ego beyond repair to the point where local Boston radio stations will doctor songs that reference other cities positively to say "Boston" instead.
Go live in Las Vegas. There's always something to do and if you don't want to do any of it, you can live in one of the many areas outside of the famous Strip and Fremont Street that are basically quaint little villages with a glow on the horizon.