>>36837555Except it totally does, though GF clearly chopped off the Lower East Side and Alphabet City which may be why it looks odd but it's not like they haven't chopped bits of land here and there from IRL.
Sinnoh, for example, is missing the lower "hook" that Hokkaido does but you aren't argue it doesn't represent Hokkaido, are you?
So, Unova is a pretty good representation of Manhattan, Long Island, and New Jersey- not completely spot on but more than enough to make you think "oh hey, it's NYC".
Nothing has to be perfect to match IRL in media, even if your autism says otherwise.