Taylor Swift will be welcoming you to New York for the next year, but many of the city's residents are already wishing the megastar had stayed in Nashville. Taylor Swift? What about Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z or even Jerry Seinfeld? Named the city's first Global Welcome Ambassador for its "Welcome To New York" campaign -- she has a song of the same name -- Swift is attracting criticism as a carpetbagger. She bought a $19.9 million apartment in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood this year. It's not exactly the act of a struggling artist from elsewhere, inspired by Frank Sinatra to roll the dice on the city that never sleeps. Or even a local girl from the Bronx riding the 6 train to make it in Manhattan.
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Taylor Swift is New York's first Global Welcome Ambassador
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Swift's newest album features a pop ode to the city that never sleeps
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Her city bona fides are questionable when compared with other lovers of NYC
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