Changes in the American landscape reinforced these classifications. As writers and artists moved out of small towns to the rapidly expanding cities, they attacked the dullness and uniformity of the small towns they had found so confining. Their critiques became personified in the stereotype of the ever-conforming and materialistic Babbitt. Some of those who fled what they viewed as the limitations and repressions of "Main Street" inhabited the bohemian areas of the larger cities, particularly New York City's Greenwich Village. The free, wild, and colorful Village "idea" was modeled on the bohemian lifestyle of Paris at the turn of the century. 

Ah the big city, the hustle and the bustle, having lived in a few ‘cities that never sleep,’ I have always been a big fan of downtown living. I like the fact there is always lots happening; live concerts, national festivals, large sporting occasion, art and exhibitions, there is literally always something to see or do (or buy! or eat!). Most TEFL teachers are out to explore and big cities offer plenty of that, not only with their wealth of museums, activities, and cultural experience, but they are a great location for those wanting to travel further afield in their free time.

I have always found people to be more interested in current affairs within the big cities. Global news events and trends seem to always to be up for discussion, whereas in smaller towns and more rural locations you can sometimes lose track of what is going on in the world outside.

Other things that are serious pros to teaching in the big city including the shopping, the wealth of food, the large expat communities and home-style hangouts, and the nightlife options, to name but just a few pluses.