i'll tell you what...i've always lived in highly competitive cities w/ very good looking people (NY/ northern NJ and miami/fort lauderdale...Alot of Cali cities would fall into this category). The quality of girls(physically for the most part) is MUCH higher and more abundant, but the competition is alot more tough and girls are much more focused on the wallet and social value. I'm fairly good looking, dress very well and come from/make $$ but all that here means relatively nothing in comparison.
I've noticed that when i go to smaller cities in comparison that are not as "hip" or with it (Atlanta, random cities in ohio, other FLA cities and just small towns/college towns in general) i get ALOT more attention and have a much easier time getting with women because i look 100x different than most of the losers there. They know im from NY or miami and it's a big turn on it seems.
if you move to a smaller city, the odds are good...but the goods are odd.
i almost want to move to a random city for a year or two(that's not NY, LA/SD or miami) and see what happens. i think the NY hustler mentality could take me pretty far