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New York City is the only city in America (or maybe the world) where people are expected to have a general understanding of the geography in casual conversation. (self.showerthoughts)
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Like why do I feel like I’m supposed to be able to name the seven boroughs? I can’t tell you anything about L.A., Chicago, Boston, etc.

Edit: to clarify: I mean that everyone in America are expected to know NYC. Not just New Yorkers. Obviously everyone should know the layout of where they live.

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[–] beaiouns 1 points 2 months ago

My crazy? https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/01/25/so-why-do-we-call-it-gotham-anyway