No appreciable percentage of employers outside of SV, and maybe NYC, give a shit about LeetCode or probably even know what it is.

SV is an outlier among outliers in almost every respect, even among other large metro areas with big tech industries like NYC, Chicago, or Austin. To the point where advice should always clarify whether it pertains to SV or non-SV, because it's usually one or the other.

Edit: typo