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Updated worldwide ranking figure: A lot of worldwide metros have overtaken NY in terms of population.
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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 4th13th most populous in the world in 2023 according to [https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/ ''Statista'']), possibly justifying the frequency with which events of great significance occur there in fiction. Further justification for this is New York's diversity. Very close to every single ethnic, racial and religious group is is represented to some degree or another on the streets of the five boroughs, and nearly every language spoken on Planet Earth can be heard there. Although most US cities ''are'' cosmopolitan to one degree or another, New York is particularly noticeable due to the larger population, thus making the diversity more obvious.
 
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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