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NY vs. LA

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NY: Empire State Building LA: Capitol Records Building Winner: New York Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

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NY: Letterman LA: Leno Winner: New York ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection

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NY: Lombardi’s, Di Fara, John’s Pizzeria LA: California Pizza Kitchen Winner: New York Ellis Kaplan

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NY: Fifth Avenue’s Bergdorf, Bendel’s and Takashimaya, oh my! LA: 100-plus retail stores known as the Westside Pavilion mall, where “Clueless” was filmed Winner: New York Liz Sullivan

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NY: “Escape From New York” LA: “Escape from LA” Winner: New York

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NY: Paris Hilton was born here. LA: Paris Hilton lives there. Winner: New York Humberto Carreno/startraksphoto.com

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NY: “Housewives of New York” LA: “Housewives of Orange County” Winner: New York Bravo

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NY: Jets and Giants LA: They don’t have enough tough guys to amke up a team. Winner: New York Charles Wenzelberg

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NY: Knicks LA: Lakers Winner: LA Gus Ruelas/Reuters

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NY: A $2.25 MTA fare and 20 minutes of subway time gets New Yorkers from Grand Central Terminal to Yankee Stadium. LA: Many $3-plus gallons of gas and endless traffic jams get Los Angelinos to the end of their blocks. Winner: New York Jeff Day

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NY: Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Bobby Flay, Wylie Dufresne, etc. LA: Wolfgang Puck, Jack in the Box Winner: New York David McNew/Getty Images

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NY: MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, etc. LA: The Getty (aka, five pretzel stands and three paintings) Winner: New York Justin Lane/EPA

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NY: Fashion Week LA: Fashion weak Winner: New York Lucas Jackson/Reuters

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NY: Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” LA: Randy Newman’s “I love LA” Winner: New York

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NY: East River — full of fresh gangsters. LA: Le Brea Tar Pits — full of sticky dinosaurs. Winner: LA Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images

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