Hmm, something’s a bit off about New York City on Google Maps

Feb19

by Sindy Cator on February 19, 2016 at 2:42 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

Proud New Yorkers, get ready to use your 😂😰😳 (and the facepalm one, whenever it’s released) today. A quick search for New York, NY on Google Maps might lead you to the right city geographically, but the accompanying photo, is, um, pretty off. Unless of course Mayor Bill de Blasio had palm trees shipped to the city overnight. The image is actually of the Las Vegas hotel “New York-New York,” the most cringeworthy thing on the strip for actual New Yorkers, which features plasticky versions of the city’s landmarks jumbled within three minutes’ walk of each other. Wanna cross the iconic Brooklyn Bridge? No problem, it’ll…