# CSI: Not New York--Where else might they have set it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760 "2004-05-18T14:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/21 "2004-05-18T19:32:50Z")
CSI: Chicago would have been better than New York. CSI: Savannah would have been better than New York. CSI: London would have been the best. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/22 "2004-05-18T20:15:20Z")
Filming on location would probably be a logistical nightmare but CSI: DC would be interesting. Hot & humid in Summer (similar to New Orleans), cold in Winter with the possibility of heavy snow (like New York), Rock Creek Park (where Chandra Levy’s remains were found), the Potomac, diplomats, politicians, tourists, gangs, prostitutes, and (in some neighborhoods) occasional discoveries of unexploded munitions. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/23 "2004-05-18T20:42:02Z")
**CSI:_Smallville_** or **CSI:_Springfield_** ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/24 "2004-05-18T21:46:31Z")
CSI: Sunnydale. “Why we got so many people dying of exsanguination and then disappearing from the morgue?” ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/25 "2004-05-18T22:05:31Z")
It doesn’t matter where they base CSI. They have the technology to cover the whole of the United States. “There’s been a murder in Dallas!” “Any photographs taken around the time?” “Only this one taken in Chicago. We think it’s pointed in roughly the right direction.” “Bring it up on the computer! Magnify… magnify… enhance… switch to digital display and false colour… magnify… now monochrome… enhance… rotate… There’s your man! Do a computer-match on the fingerprints we can see on his left hand there.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/26 "2004-05-18T22:42:49Z")
CSI: Portland (Maine) The CSI team comes to the scene of an apparent single car accident. There’s tuffs of dark fur and blood covering the car’s hood. " Oh, looks like a wicked bad accident, eh?" " Ayuh. Moose went right though the damn windshield, crushing the driver. He didn’t stand a chance." " Yeah… think it might have some connection to the lobster boat thief ova at York beach?" " Ayuh. Coulda been the black ice coating the road over theyah too, though." " Yeah, wicked icy last night." ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/27 "2004-05-18T22:56:53Z")
I think CSI: Twin Cities would be awesome of course, because I’m from Minnesota. One thing I always find so interesting about Minneapolis and St. Paul is how different they really are, even though they’re called the “Twin” Cities. St. Paul has so much history and Minneapolis (“Murderapolis” as it used to be called) is more the modern city. It would be awesome to be able to use that contrast. There are also some great real-life cases they could base episodes after, such as the recent deaths of some high school students in some caves in St. Paul. St. Paul was also a haven for gangsters at one point; they were given asylum there if they promised not to commit any crimes. Awesome idea! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/28 "2004-05-18T23:52:51Z")
> [@Wasabee](#): > > CSI: London would have been the best. AOL, brother. As to the theme song: I’m putting my dough on “I Can See For Miles”. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/29 "2004-05-19T00:04:09Z")
CSI Honolulu they cover the neighbor islands and Guam ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/30 "2004-05-19T00:22:39Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > CSI: _East_ St. Louis Take _ **that** _, East St. Louis! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/31 "2004-05-19T00:26:24Z")
You beat me to it. I was just about to suggest _Hawii CSI_ Ah well, _CSI Seattle_ has a nice ring. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/32 "2004-05-19T01:10:35Z")
_CSI:Topeka_? Or how about a furturistic \*CSI: Moon Base Alpha \*? Whoops, that’s not the future, that was 1999. I think all these spinoffs are getting to be a bit much, I expect NBC to go with all Law & Order all the time and CBS to follow with all CSI all the time. So maybe we will get to see all these suggestions used? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/33 "2004-05-19T01:32:49Z")
My beef with last night’s episode: Miami – bright scenery, gorgeous, panoramic shots showcasing the vivid colors that make up the city. New York – Slap the blue filter on the camera and make the entire city look like a dismal pit. Maybe it’s not gonna win any “Beautiful City” awards, but the place _is_ capable of looking nice and colorful, thankyouverymuch! :mad: Anyway, aside from that nitpick… I have a feeling this’ll be decent. Yes, NYC is overdone, but I don’t have too much of a personal problem with it. I love the city myself, and it’s sheer size can support multiple shows without biting storylines and locations from one another. That said, I’d be intrigued by a _CSI: Twin Cities_. And I _love_ the idea of a _CSI: London_. > [@tanstaafl](#): > > Now, let’s try to predict which song by the Who they will use as the CSI:NY theme. I vote “Teenage Wasteland” Naaa…I think they’d be better off with _“Baba O’Riley”_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/34 "2004-05-19T01:33:37Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Filming on location would probably be a logistical nightmare but CSI: DC would be interesting. Hot & humid in Summer (similar to New Orleans), cold in Winter with the possibility of heavy snow (like New York), Rock Creek Park (where Chandra Levy’s remains were found), the Potomac, diplomats, politicians, tourists, gangs, prostitutes, and (in some neighborhoods) occasional discoveries of unexploded munitions. Navy:NCIS is supposed to be the CSI:DC. Personally CSI:LaPlatta is what I wanted, ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/35 "2004-05-19T01:35:02Z")
Preview is my friend. That should have been CSI: DC ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/36 "2004-05-19T03:00:17Z")
Heh! My roommate **bristlesage** and her fiance **Dynosaur** and I have been debating which Who song should be used for the last couple days. I am dead set on _Baba O’Reilly_. It doesn’t really keep with the theme, but it has that really cool shrieking bit. **bristlesage** is voting for _I Can See For Miles_. I like the _CSI: Chicago_ idea. Dead woman on the Blue Line tracks! Two Brown Line trains collide! Guy gets shot across the street from Wrigley! Gay guys accuse lesbians of bashing them on Halsted! And that’s just real life! Plus, I could be an extra! Yeah. Good plan. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/37 "2004-05-19T06:02:49Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > I think it should have been CSI:Toronto - major multi-cultural city, have to deal with the we’re-south-of-Detroit crap and all, cheaper production costs. It would have worked. Toronto is not south of Detroit. Anyway, no Toronto resident would be able to suspend their disbelief for 44 minutes of a show with Toronto cops acting competently and honestly. CSI and CSI: Miami work in part because the cities are characters. There’s really no place like Vegas or like Miami. New York, aside from the fact that it’s badly overdone, is just a really big city. That’s actually why Toronto wouldn’t work, either; it’s just a really big city. I can’t think of how either city’s essential character could be used in the show. They both HAVE character, but not in the obvious, visual way Vegas and Miami do. New Orleans has that, although the city is poor and small. Honolulu, maybe. San Francisco? ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/38 "2004-05-19T14:22:44Z")
“CSI: Hawaii” could feature a turf battle between the CSI cops and what’s left of Steve McGarrett’s “Hawaii 5-0” team. “Throw your walker at him, Danno!” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/39 "2004-05-19T14:37:16Z")
> [@Amanita](#): > > I saw the title of the thread and was coming in here to suggest CSI: New Orleans. It has the Mississippi River, which often turns up corpses from crimes which occurred at various points north. It has the swamps and Lake Ponchartrain, well-known dumping grounds for murder victims. It’s a hot wet climate, which makes for interesting decomposition. There is gang activity in the city proper, and legalized gambling, and a significant organized crime presences. It’s known for debauchery, yet it’s one of the most Catholic cities in America. Mardi Gras! Weird accents! Anne Rice devotees! Above-ground cemeteries! What’s not to love?!? Wasn’t there alredy a Simpsons spinoff set in New Owleans? Chief Wiggum, PI? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760/40 "2004-05-19T15:24:53Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > “CSI: Hawaii” could feature a turf battle between the CSI cops and what’s left of Steve McGarrett’s “Hawaii 5-0” team. “Throw your walker at him, Danno!” There actually _is_ a police show set in Hawai’i next season; _Hawaii_ on NBC. > [@Hal Briston](#): > > > [@tanstaafl](#): > > > > Now, let’s try to predict which song by the Who they will use as the CSI:NY theme. I vote “Teenage Wasteland” > > Naaa…I think they’d be better off with “Baba O’Riley”. That works too… both of them sound a lot alike… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-not-new-york-where-else-might-they-have-set-it/245760.md?page=3)