Why is New York city called the Big Apple?
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In 1803 or 1804 a French woman named Evelyn Claudine de Saint-Évremond moved to New York. She is said to have been beautiful and quite respected among elite New York society. She was even supposed to marry John Hamilton, the son of famous lawyer and Revolutionary Alexander Hamilton. For some reason the marriage was called off, and Evelyn went into business. The women who worked for her, who were known for their elegance and beauty, were paid to entertain wealthy men. When New Yorkers shortened Evelyn's name to Eve (like Eve in the bible who ate the infamous apple), she started calling the women who worked for her "my irresistible apples." Soon, Eve's male customers started calling her employees "Eve's apples," and the phrase began to stick. A reference to New York women as apples was used publicly in an 1870 New York City "gentleman's directory," and again in a speech by lawyer William Jennings Bryan in 1892. Bryan called New York a "rotten apple," referring to the city's corruption. The phrase "big apple," or "the apple," was used again in a 1907 guidebook in a phrase "some may think the apple is losing some of its sap."\nJohn J. Fitz Gerald popularized the term Big Apple in the racing form that printed his column, and Barry Popik has no explanation as to the origin that the stable hands got this term from, so this is the story I’m gonna go with.
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I think that individual cities decide how to label their streets in their city ordinances.\n\nFor example, in Manhattan, the streets run east to west and the avenues run north and south.
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New York simply because of New York City.  There's so much culture.  Broadway is my favorite "tourist attraction" in NYC, but there's so much more.  Celebrity talk shows, TV shows, comedy clubs, museums, the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park, Little Italy, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, Columbia, shopping, bars, etc.  There really is something for everyone!
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The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and finished in 1931. The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York State and is currently the tallest building in New York City.\n..or 1250ft roof top & 1472ft including antenna\n\ncheck out the following:
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Go to New York.  It is there.
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Since you're asking in geography, I'll give you one opinion: geography.  New York is mostly centered on an island--it's very concentrated, people are packed in under pressure, and I think that raises the excitement level.  Plus of course it's much older, so it got first crack at all the high culture, the  great immigrant influence (arts, restaurants, etc.) and so on.  NY is about excitement--"if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere."\n\nLA is spread out, it hardly has a center, you have to drive anywhere to do anything--it's a post-World War II city, where everybody is in their neighborhood or in their car or wherever.  The cultural mix is Latino, Asian, and Americans who left the east for the sun and fun.  LA is actually quite great once you get off the freeway and into various neighborhoods--and the beach lifestyle can't be beat.  (Oh yeah--LA got the good weather; if you don't believe me, compare LA in July and NY in July...) But LA is about being laid back, casual, slightly star-struck with the movies and all--and that's just a different kind of fun.
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there is a great book to read about this:\n\nthe city at the center of the world\n\nessentially, the duke of york, the king of england's  brother, thought that controlling the port of new amsterdam would be advantageous to english colonial aspirations and business.  he sailed a navy and army there and the dutch settlers refused to help governor peter stuyvesant fight the english because stuyvesant had been such a tyrant.\n\nthe english took over and changed the name to new york, after the duke of york.  hopefully someone will come along and provide you with more details.
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1)First hamburger was made. \n2)Changed the name from New Amsterdam to New York city.
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New York\nAlbany\nBuffalo\nSyracuse
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City, the most populous city in both the state and the nation. Because of the preponderance of the population concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate.\n\nFor more info, see below:
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There's not really a designated capital of the world.  I vote for New York.
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Nyc is the big apple not the big easy
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In the US, it is the name of the capital city, and also the name of a state.  These are named after the first president of the US.
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In the mid 1600's, the Hudson Valley area's ownership was under dispute between the Swedes and the Dutch. Two names for the area now known as New Jersey were New Sweden and New Netherland.\n\nInterestingly enough, New Jersey was actually considered part of New York and under their govenor's control until 1738.\n\nHope this helps!
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New York uses a different terminology than most states.  In New York, the Supreme Court is the trial court, or the lowest level court.  The highest court is the Court of Appeals.\n\n(There are also intermediate appellate courts.)\n\nYou can explore this link if you like:
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I'm not totally sure what you're saying but you believe that everyone hates New York based on something some people said in a show? There are tons of people that really like the city so I really don't know what you're talking about.
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New York City... nuff said...