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> a highly concentrated city as well, that few other places can rival

If you mean population density, New York isn't even particularly competitive once you get out of the USA:

I lived for 8 years in SF without once driving a car, so I'm not sure what the "car town" thing means in this case.

And yes NYC is a global city but not more than LA is. Per the NYT, LA had 277 deaths per 100K and NYC had 435. Not sure what the argument is here.