Statistics Saturday: New York Cities, Ranked

1. Greater New York City
2. New York City
3. West New York, NJ
4. Lesser New York City
5. New New York, New New York, The Future (Earth)
6. New York, Lincolnshire, England
7. New York, New Mexico
8. New York, Santa Barbara, Honduras
9. New New York, New Earth, The Future (Space)
10. New York, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
11. Least New York City
12. New York, Texas

Not listed: I accidentally ran across the Quora page attempting to answer “Why is it called ‘New York, New York’ if the city’s name is ‘New York City’?” and it’s caused my brain to try squeezing out of my skull.

Reference: The Numbers Game: Baseball’s Lifelong Fascination With Statistics, Alan Schwarz.

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