I was born on Long Island and lived there for 25 years. New York City is not contained on Long Island. Only two of its five boroughs (Brooklyn and Queens) are located there, and the people who actually inhabit those boroughs would never identify as Long Islanders. No one, from either NYC or Long Island, would ever claim that New York City is the biggest city on Long Island. Long Beach and Glen Cove are the only cities on Long Island; Long Beach is bigger.
The quiz doesn't say biggest city contained by the island. Just the biggest city on the island. Though I understand your point, I found it odd, too. But isn't it odd that we find it odd? I mean Brooklyn and Queens together are much larger than Manhattan and The Bronx. A much larger percentage of New York City is on Long Island than anywhere else, and yet that part of the city is only considered the periphery. Odd. At least they didn't incorrectly count Manhattan as an island again as they did on the most populous islands quiz...
Also curious as to why Manhattan isn't an island. Sure, the borough of Manhattan includes the mainland area of Marble Hill*, but the island of Manhattan is surrounded by the Hudson, Harlem and East rivers (the latter two actually are straits, not rivers, but that's perhaps overly pedantic).
*Marble Hill used to be on Manhattan island, until they dug the ship channel and redirected the Harlem strait to the south of Marble Hill, thus cutting it off from Manhattan island, and ultimately reconnecting it to the mainland.
Yes, Manhattan is still an island, but this discussion sparked my curiosity as to the difference between strait and estuary and which category the NYC rivers fall into - Wikipedia let me down. It says the East River is an estuary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_River. It also says the Harlem River is a tidal strait connecting the Hudson and East Rivers, then the same article goes on to say that the Harlem River is actually an estuary which connects to the East River which itself is not a river but a "salt water tidal strait". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_River. I'm so confused. Are straits and estuaries the same thing?
According to Google, an estuary is where the tide meets the stream. I remembering learning that it's where saltwater meets freshwater. Because of the mixing of the salt- and freshwater, it supports marine wildlife and stuff, I believe. So, it's possible to be both an estuary and a river or a strait or a bay or anything else. That's my understanding.
@ander217 Stop using Wikipedia as a source then. The reason any Wikipedia article longer than 2 sentences viewed more than 90 times is rife with contradictions is that about 2,700 random internet users wrote and rewrote and overwrote and admin banned and IP blocked and troll account revenge edited it every 4 minutes for the past 15 years when you check the edit history and "discussion" (troll war board).
In short, use a real site or one referenced by Wikipedia that's bona fide. Heck, I think I'll go edit the article now to say the East River is a national seagull and piping plover sanctuary with all vehicle crossings to be removed by July. Democracy of knowledge, innit grand?
5 million of NYC's 8.5 million people live on Long Island so most of the city does reside there. Another 2.5 million of New York State's portion of NYC's urbanized area reside on Long Island versus about 900,000 to the north of the city in NYS.
Take this quiz in another 80 years and Long Island City and Brooklyn will be lapping up the skyscraper department.
Im sorry, but living in NYC all my life, NYC is not on Long Island. The boroughs of Queens & Brooklyn are(Brooklyn being the large containing 2.5 million people). When addressing any mailings, you would specify Brooklyn, NY (City, State). Colloquially speaking, when addressing New York City many people are referring to Manhattan.
That's confusing to this non-New Yorker. If Brooklyn and Queens aren't part of New York City, why are they listed as one of the five boroughs of NYC? I understand colloquial use, but I mean, it shouldn't go both ways. Either they are a part of New York City in which case a portion of NYC is officially located on Long Island, or they are not part of NYC and therefore should be called a city unto themselves, and not one of the boroughs of NYC. Am I the only one confused by this?
No it's not just you. I think it seems counter-intuitive because when people think of New York City they automatically think of Manhattan. But... the city on Long Island is still New York City.
Again, it doesn't say that the entire city is on the island. If New York City is not the largest city on Long Island, then what city on Long Island is bigger?
You're thinking about it this way:
Q: Where is New York City?
A: Long Island
which does make it seem like a wrong answer. But you're just thinking of it wrong. You should be thinking like this:
Q: Which city is on Long Island?
A: New York City
This way it's obviously right. There is no other city on Long Island aside from New York.
But it's confusing that English uses the name "Zealand" for Sjælland, because it makes it seem like New Zealand was named after it, while it was actually named after the Dutch province of Zeeland (whose English spelling used to be Zealand). Although the latter isn't an island, so it should be clear which one the quiz is asking about.
Zeeland as a whole is not an island, but it is made up of islands (and former islands), apart from the lower region which borders Belgium, "Zeeuws Vlaanderen" (zeelandic flanders). Which contains 3 of the 13 subdivisions.
Why would they accept the name of a completely different place? The city is called Palma, or Palma de Mallorca. La Palma is one of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas is a city, but that is also in the Canary Islands.
where are the so called geography phenoms who score 100% on list tests after taking them 15 times , who brag and pretend , i scored 21 of 21 my first time , when i take a list test the first time i place in the 20th percentile but actually requiring real Geography knowledge on this on i am in the 100 th it doesnt add up except if my scenario is the reality
*Marble Hill used to be on Manhattan island, until they dug the ship channel and redirected the Harlem strait to the south of Marble Hill, thus cutting it off from Manhattan island, and ultimately reconnecting it to the mainland.
In short, use a real site or one referenced by Wikipedia that's bona fide. Heck, I think I'll go edit the article now to say the East River is a national seagull and piping plover sanctuary with all vehicle crossings to be removed by July. Democracy of knowledge, innit grand?
Take this quiz in another 80 years and Long Island City and Brooklyn will be lapping up the skyscraper department.
Maybe.
You're thinking about it this way:
Q: Where is New York City?
A: Long Island
which does make it seem like a wrong answer. But you're just thinking of it wrong. You should be thinking like this:
Q: Which city is on Long Island?
A: New York City
This way it's obviously right. There is no other city on Long Island aside from New York.