# New York isn't the Big Apple...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133 "2009-09-07T02:19:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/1 "2009-09-07T02:19:30Z")

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…so much as the Big Durian.

People rave about how awesome it is, but it still stinks.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/2 "2009-09-07T02:43:58Z")

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It’s the stench of rotting awesomeness, which falls of the awesometrees in the park every week.

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/3 "2009-09-07T02:48:00Z")

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It was once New Amsterdam, why they changed it, I can’t say…

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**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/4 "2009-09-07T03:01:20Z")

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Amsterdam Peppermint Patties? Nothankyou.

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**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/5 "2009-09-07T16:11:41Z")

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> [@MacTech](#):
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> It was once New Amsterdam, why they changed it, I can’t say…

[Because “old” Amsterdam is filled with criminal drugged up raping underage hippies](http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/622681/f767e771/amsterdam_vs._o_reilly.html).

In reality it’s because we swapped it for Suriname.

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**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/6 "2009-09-07T16:13:43Z")

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> [@wierdaaron](#):
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> Amsterdam Peppermint Patties? Nothankyou.

If you’ve been to Amsterdam, you might reconsider that stance.

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**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/7 "2009-09-07T23:48:43Z")

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You sure you’re not talking about Newark? (that’s in Jersey)

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-isnt-the-big-apple/509133/8 "2009-09-08T00:27:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]  
People rave about how awesome it is, but it still stinks.  
[/QUOTE]  
Go visit [Wave Hill](http://www.wavehill.org/home/) and the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

They’re odor-tastic.