{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Other day was with a friend buying some beer for a cookout at Fred Meyer. He\u2019d moved from Brooklyn and still had his old ID. The...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/146918685738/", "html": "<p>Other day was with a friend buying some beer for a cookout at Fred Meyer. He\u2019d moved from Brooklyn and still had his old ID. The checker, who I\u2019d peg at maybe 50, female, looked at it and was like \u201coh, New York, New York\u201d, receiving it as a novelty<br/></p><p>and she looked up at him and asked \u201ctell me, is Manhattan <i>near</i> New York City?\u201d and I had to suppress a guffaw of incredulity<br/></p><p>On the one hand, maybe I should take that as some humbling, that for whatever anti-elitist pose I indulge I do fundamentally expect people to have a grounding in coastal urbanism<br/></p><p>On the other hand though, what the hell, I do think that\u2019s a fair part of American cultural literacy. I think the minimum Americans should know about New York City is:<br/></p><ul><li>It is located in New York State</li><li>Manhattan is the skyscrapery part</li><li>Brooklyn is also another part</li><li>The Statue of Liberty is there</li></ul><p>That strikes me as reasonable.<br/></p>"}