Continued over from the archived discussion, but this is really more of a localized iteration of a more global trope, e.g. Tokyo is the Center of the Universe. In most cultures one major city will tend to be the dominant one that serves as a default setting unless Creator Provincialism or some other force prevails (San Francisco gets this a lot when people get tired of setting things in LA and and change it up by tossing in establishing shots of a cable car coming over a steep hill lined with Victorian houses with a frog-shrouded Golden Gate bridge in the background). If it's the US it'll be set in New York City or Los Angeles. The UK uses London. Japan, Tokyo.

What we need is a new trope that can be divided into sub-categories to deal with each national derivation of this phenomenon. I'd suggest "Center of the Universe" after the successful usage for Tokyo.

"At the very least, like Tokyo, New York is where more than half of television's writers are (the rest reside in LA)"

Is that even true? Considering that most television studios have their programming offices in California and there are more tv shows shot in LA than in New York , I'd guess that there are move tv writers in LA than NYC. Anyone care to disagree?

Applesauce?Really?Shouldnt it just be apple?

I noticed they do this with Los Angeles, as well. In an American city setting, especially an urban one, it's either New York or LA.