Mariah Carey is leaving Manhattan.

The New York native is said to be turning her back on her Big Apple roots in favor of life in the City of Angels, where she will continue working on her recently revived acting career. The multiplatinum-selling singer just got rave reviews for her role in the independent film Tennessee.

A Page Six tattle says:

“She and [husband] Nick Cannon are looking for houses in Santa Monica. They want to move to Los Angeles permanently. She wants to act more and she has to be on the West Coast to do that. And well, then, he’s got his . . . career. Whatever that is.”