Promotion or NYC?

To keep it short, I am currently in Corporate Banking and have been afforded the opportunity to either accept an early promotion in the Tier 2 City I currently reside in (think Chicago/Toronto/Boston), or an equal position in NYC.

Is being in NYC truly going to make that big of a difference when it comes to exit opportunities and/or business school aspirations? Or does a better title hold more weight?

Thank you for any input.

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I'm not moving to IB, nor have I been offered that. I have spoken about an internal lateral to that division, but I was told I would have to start over and lose my work experience. So I decided against it.

There is more than one way to get there. I'd rather have 30 chapters than 3000 pages.
 

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