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New York City is the largest city in the United States and its metropolitan area is one of the largest urban areas in the world. Please enjoy our history of New York below:
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| As of 2001, 94.9% of all New York's homes had telephones service. |
| The US Postal Service was established in New York in 1962. |
| The central hub of the entire communications network in the United States is in New York. |
| There were 671 museums in NewYork of which 80% are in the city. |
| New York is home to three of the world's largest libraries, with the NY Public library being the most complete municipal library in the world. |
| New York is one of the world's largest centers for ballet, US songwriting, music publishing and recording industries. |
| New York's leading symphony, New York Philharmonic, has been around since 1842. |
| There are more than 35 Broadway theatres in New York City and over 65 motion picture theatres in Manhattan alone. |
| New York City has more than 350 art galleries and still holds its famous annual outdoor art show every year in Greenwich Village. |
| The NewYork public school system reported 1999 fall enrollment at 2,887.776 and fall 2000 university enrollment was 1,301,375. |
| In 2000, 79.1 of New York's inhabitant age 25 and up graduated from high school, and 24.7% completed a bachelor's degree or higher. |
| In 2002, the median mortgage rate in NY for homeowners was $1411 and $1695 in New York City. |
| In 2002, the median home value for NewYork State was $176,438, 9th in the US and in NYC it was $277,237. |
| 33% of all housing units in NY were built before 1939 and 51% between 1940 and 1979. |
| New York reported 7,754,508 homes in 2002, of which 7,060,516 were occupied and 41.5% being located in New York City. |
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