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Originally Posted by Crawford
To be fair, though, the fact that a city stands as a film or show fill-in for another city doesn't really mean it resembles the other city. Seinfeld and Mad Men were mostly LA. Toronto, Vancouver and Detroit have also been used as NYC fill-ins. It speaks more to viewers general ignorance and targeted close-ups.
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Detroit makes sense and can easily fill in as New York even for people who know better. Maybe not for Brooklyn row homes but Merchants Row, Capital Park and Griswold look very much like parts of Manhattan. West Side/Hamtramck could be filled in for the outer parts of queens, etc.