Wataƙila kun taɓa tambayar kanku wannan tambayar fiye da sau ɗaya kuma gaskiyar ita ce cewa akwai ra'ayoyi daban-daban a cikin ¿Dalilin da ya sa ake wa New York lakabi da "Babban Apple"? Kowannensu da tabbataccen gaskiya. Ya bayyana cewa hukumomin birni ba a hukumance suka ɗauki laƙabin ba har sai a shekara ta 1971, duk da cewa yawancin mazauna da baƙi suna amfani da kalmar tun daga shekarun 1920. Yakin da aka yi a 1971 don yaɗa birnin New York a matsayin "babban apple" ya haɗa da masu sa kai ɗauke da tuffa da mika su ga 'yan yawon bude ido.
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Magana ta farko game da Birnin New York a matsayin Babban Apple an yi imanin ya bayyana a cikin 1909. Wani mutum mai suna Martin Wayfarer ya soki adadin da bai dace ba daga al'ummar da New York ke samu kowace shekara. Ya kwatanta tattalin arzikin kasa da bishiya mai rassa da yawa, amma "babban apple" (Birnin New York), sun sami adadi mai yawa. Da alama New Yorkers sun yarda da irin wannan ambaton cikin alfahari, tunda rayuwa a cikin "babban apple" na nufin jin daɗin fa'idodin tattalin arziƙi mai ƙarfi.
Hakanan akwai sanannen ka'idar da ta shafi mai sharhi kan wasanni na New York John J. Fitzgerald, wanda ya yi rubutu game da tseren dawakai a cikin 1920s - ana jin an yi gasar tseren dawakai a ciki da kewayen New York, an san su da suna apples, wataƙila dangane da kyaututtukan masu nasara. Fitzgerald ya yi tafiya zuwa barga a cikin New Orleans a cikin 1920 don sayar da ɗayan dawakansa. A can ne ya yi magana da mahaya daban-daban, waɗanda suka ambaci wurin tseren dawakai na New York a matsayin "babban apple." Daga baya, Fitzgerald ya kira shafin sa na yau da kullun a cikin jaridar "Bayanan kula daga kewayen Big Apple," wanda ya sami karfafuwa daga kalmomin mahayan dawakai na New Orleans.
Akwai sauran ra'ayoyi da yawa kuma kamar yadda kuke gani, kowane ɗayansu yana da ɗan gaskiya. Kuna so ku ziyarci Babban Apple?