I can assure you there's a large audience of cosmopolitan and well-educated people who also want regional flavor. Nearly everyone wants to feel special, and man

I can assure you there's a large audience of cosmopolitan and well-educated people who also want regional flavor. Nearly everyone wants to feel special, and many do not want the homogeneous world you seem to desire. I used to subscribe to the "Santa Fean", which is "an art, culture, dining, history and lifestyle magazine in Santa Fe, New Mexico." If a city of 60K inhabitants can have its own city-centered publication, then a city of millions can certainly have its own. I now live in Sweden, which has a smaller population that the NYC area. When Swedes cover international news, they often describe it with a Swedish viewpoint, or how it affects Swedes. Do you think Swedes are using "repeated regional stereotypes"? Or that Swedes are not a "cosmopolitan and well-educated audience"?