NOTHING compared to the street-action in the Detroit and metro areas ... NOT EVEN CLOSE.

No doubt, Detroit had to have some REAL serious cars there---who wouldn't expect it?
I think the NYC "thing" wasn't that it was any better or worse than other places, just different. With the amount of roadways, and how they inter-connected & the character of some of the guys there it was as much a freak show as it was a race.