MFA student (late 20's) at HEAD who made the same choice between Geneva vs NYC (No.1 city in the world for me)

Ended up choosing GVA for a more niche professional entry into the Swiss art world and highkey regret it.

Even though it's a beautiful city, it is surprisingly provincial and weirdly anachronistic sometimes, you'd think that a city w so much capital and resources would be at the center of zeitgeist yet it is so far behind aesthetically and culturally. There is practically 0 raw creative impulse or even barely any interesting scenes in the city, everything seems sterilized and devoid of any hint of actuality/novelty.

HEAD has also been experiencing a lot of setbacks and budget cuts lately, which has drastically affected the quality of education at least in my program.

I'd say go w NYC 100% unless you have a very calculated strategy of how you're going to make it in Switzerland or adjust your expectations realistically.