This Map Shows How New Yorkers View The Rest Of The United States

Finally, proof!

New Yorkers are well known for thinking their city is the center of the United States. According to one vintage map, it actually is.

The map which was recently recirculated by Redditor Ambamja, comes from the David Rumsey Map Collection, which houses some 61,000 images online. Reportedly drawn in 1970 by an unknown illustrator, it shows the United States reshaped to essentially just an extremely prominent New York City, with New Jersey, San Francisco, LA, D.C., Texas and Miami left on the outskirts.

Some of the big New York attractions are featured prominently, like Lady Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Wall Street, Grand Central Terminal and Madison Square Garden.

If you're interested in seeing some of the sights shown on the map, genius Randy Olsen recently developed an algorithm of the best possible walking tour of New York City.

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