Hal 9000 said:

t's sorta like how, from what I've heard, the new Marvel movies make the world an improbable and terrifying place because New York continues to be pummeled by canonized danger every other week in one continuous narrative.

Er, NYC actually hasn't seen that much action. There was a minor skirmish in Queens with Iron Man, the Hulk fought the Abomination in Harlem and then finally there was the Battle of New York in the Avengers. Most of the Marvel films have been pretty diverse with their locations.