"There's no point getting an amazing degree if you're wasting three years of your life living in a place you don't like."

Oh dear... I'm sorry but you are in for a bitter disappointment.... Sooner or later you will HAVE to live in a place you dislike if you want a decent job for decent money. And if you want the decent job then the amazing degree may well not be the determining point. The job market is not really geared towards people who know how to do a particular job, but to those who are flexible enough to go where no-one else will, do what no-one else wants to do and not complain about it.

LTS