Why does NYC have so much soul? If this show was set in some suburb then it wouldn't be half as good
>>151354201lmao
>>151354201Very dense city with people of all walks of life.
>>151354201It's also based off Seattle.
>>151354201It's set in a fictional city on the West Coast based on NYC and Seattle thoughbeit. You even see the sun setting over the ocean in a few episodes.
>>151354277Seattle is cool too. It feels like a Pokemon city when you're there
>>151354201*had
>>151354201I don't think hey arnold is NYC, but new york does have a unique aesthetic to it
>>151354904Something about that aesthetic makes me feel like anything is possible
>>151354201NYC doesn't have soul. It briefly had soul in the 90s during a window starting in the Dinkins' administration and carrying though Giuliani where crime was down that ended during the early Bloomberg administration as gentrification took hold.
>>151354295It's never felt like a West Coast city to me. It just doesn't have that vibe. The East Coast and the West Coast are very different in their metrpoplises and Hey Arnold's city always felt East Coast.
>>151354201You're going to be mad, but its the diversity.
>>151354201Northeast faggot here, NYC is a fucking hellhole.
>>151354201If I remember correctly, the show takes place in Washington but the city itself is an amalgam of Brooklyn and Seattle
>>151354201This show promoted the lie that diverse urban neighborhoods didn't suck ass.
>>151354201It has soul but im kivomg here in Brooklyn now and its a mess lmfaoI got my nose broke after a convention with my gf
>>151354277>>151354299the creator said in an interview that it's an amalgamation of Seattle, Portland and Brooklyn
>>151354201>NYC>They elect a durka durka commieshit for mayorIt only took 24 years!
>>151357142Interesting
>>151354201We DID have a show like Hey Arnold that was set in a suburb. It was called Ed, Edd, n Eddy. And it WAS good.
>>151355907I mean it did kinda suck ass sometimes. Arnold was beset by weirdos, bullies, and even actual dangerous criminals numerous times. But conflict is the essence of story telling, so an environment where you can find conflict around every corner is ideal for almost any medium. Furthermore, for every urban threat Arnold stumbled into he also found a new friend, a new project, or some other point of interestCities have more crime because they have more everything, more people in closer proximity, so the average person is more likely to find some obstruction to their daily life, and while that might be unappealing for an actual person, its exactly what you want for an episodic series. If Arnold lived on a farm or even the suburbs, the show would be fundamentally different, he'd never trip over a bag of dirty money, he'd never find a mole man in the sewer systems, he'd never find a guy who's only friends are pigeons on an abandoned building. Think of all the shit Arnold ran into just walking to anywhere. Shit happens in the city, and shit needs to happen in a story.
>>151359894EEnE was great but its nothing like Hey Arnold. The point of the Eds was that they pretty much cause all of their own problems. Nearly every episode was about the Eds concocting some scam, it backfiring, and them having to deal with the consequences, and much of the humor came from exaggerated slapstick and character reactions. It was good but desu the series is kind of a blur in my memory.Hey Arnold was always about Arnold finding a problem caused by someone or something else, and him having or wanting to solve it. Arnold met whole new characters almost every other episode. I think the actual closest thing to Hey Arnold set in the burbs might be The Simpsons.
>>151358455Mamdani Derangement Syndrome
>>151354201It did in the 90s, not so much now
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>>151360750What happened?
I grew up in New York all my life and moved out some years ago. I wouldn't call it the best place in the world but I genuinely do think it has a lot to offer, even if it's not the best place to live.
>>151354201>>151354277I never got why they drew New York, and then kept claiming it was Seattle for the next 30 years.
>>151364324But it's not supposed to be Seattle or New York. It's a fictional city in the PNW inspired by multiple cities as >>151357142 says. A fictional city can look however you want it to.
>>151354201cartoon nowadays don't have this type of urban build because writters, animators etc are morons who won't set foot outside their studio or house in case of working remotely.
>>151355907His neighborhood did have guys like Pigeon Man, Stoop Kid, Monkey Man, Fruit mafia,
