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Updated worldwide ranking figure: A lot of worldwide metros have overtaken NY in terms of population.
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The bias is especially obvious when characters speak about ''specific'' parts of New York casually (''everybody'' in the world knows which subway train you have to take to get to 115th street, right?), while the entirety of Middle America usually consists of about ten distinct places, or when any group of people naturally includes a [[You Have to Have Jews|Jewish person]], because isn't one eighth of the population ''everywhere'' Jewish?
There ''is'' a reason for this: the skyline is just so darn recognizable. In addition, New York City is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States (and the
Compare [[Fulton Street Folly]], the localized version where everything inexplicably happens in Lower Manhattan because it's relatively easy to film there. See also [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]] for [[Anime]] and Japanese TV, and [[Britain Is Only London]] for UK productions.
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