Why is New York called the Big Apple?

Answer 1

The "Big Apple" is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City used by New Yorkers. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Its earlier origins are less clear.

One explanation cited by the New-York Historical Society and others is that it was first popularized by John Fitzgerald, who first used it in his horse racing column in the New York Morning Telegraph in 1921, then further explaining its origins in his February 18, 1924 column. Fitzgerald credited African-American stable-hands working at horseracing tracks in New Orleans:In the 1920s the New York race tracks were the cream of the crop, so going to the New York races was a big treat, the prize, allegorically a Big Apple.

Answer 2

It is very cosmopolitan. People from all over the globe enter New York City, to start a new life, hoping for new opportunities, a new beginning, to become successful and even rich, hoping for new golden opportunities and a better way of life.

Answer 3

Because it makes the city more appealing than calling it by the more accurate description "The Big Armpit".

Answer 4

Because its fruity and full of worms

Answer 5

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