NY may only be known for NYC, but since NYC is in NY, it still means that a million songs are written about a place in the STATE, a million movies take place in the STATE, etc. So I still say NY is iconic. I mean, Cali is mostly known for LA too. So CA and NY top the list, not sure which is #1 (but probz NY).
NY is only known for NYC. If we were talking about iconic US city, it would win no doubt but California has a lot more going on that people outside the US recognize
Good luck trying to make regular people outside of USA name more than two states: California & Texas.
Iconic my ass if people don't even know about its existence.
I don't care if the city is more iconic than the state. If it happened in the state then that would make the state iconic.
Geez, don't make this into some sort of Destiny's Child not being part of Beyonce crap.
No, you're misunderstanding the argument. NYC is iconic. New York state is far less well known and generally not iconic. The name New York is associated more with the city and New York the state on a far lesser note.
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Good luck making regular people outside of USA trying to name more than two states: California & Texas.
Heeeey.. I know every single state (and I never even been to USA), but I talked to a guy (20+) who never heard of Florida. I know Americans think everybody knows everything about their country, but it's far from reality and the majority of common folks won't be able to name you more than a couple of states.
Also don't forget that California has Los Angeles, Disney Land, Holly Wood, San Francisco, San Jose (Silicon Valley)-"Apple Company", Mt. Whitney (the tallest Mt. in the U.S. sans Alaska), the tallest trees in the world (Coastal Redwoods), the Snowiest Point in the World (Blue Valley), amazing beaches...and so much more!!!
Not yall tryna discredit New York because they city is more known.
- if thats the case states like Cali and Florida are irrelevant too since LA and Miami are more known.