It's a little in the weeds to explain, but I'm about to become an RN and will be licensed in Texas. Texas nursing licenses transfer automatically to NJ and 27 other US states, but NY is not one of them. I can become a nurse in NYC by attaining residency, which will take a year. Most NYC hospitals won't even consider applications from out of state new nurses.

I plan on working in NYC long term and my BF's job is in NYC, but for my first year or so I think it makes the most sense to commute.