We have culture, excellent music, awesome food, plenty of sports professional and college, we do not have broadway, but we have the arts. NYC needs to be reminded on occasion that it is nolonger the center of the universe.
There are islands of excellence throughout the country. But none so comprehensive as in NYC. No other places have either of the Mets which are in a class by themselves: the Metropolitan Opera or the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I am not from NYC but cannot deny its virtues. In Chicago we have a better Symphony but that is about the only cultural superiority that comes to mind. Maybe our Blues scene as well.