# Movies filmed on a location you know well

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**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515 "2022-09-13T19:56:55Z")\
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> [@msmith537](#):
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> Because 90% of the time “New York” is really filmed in Vancouver?

I think people like us (I’m an Angeleno) should start a thread on all the movies set in our cities, that actually weren’t. That takes me out of a movie faster than seeing a place I know.

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