Most Ecuadorians consider New York Andean nation's third-largest city

The inferiority complex and anti-nationalism beyond all expectation!!

Ask any Ecuadorian to name his country's third-largest city and you may get a response that sounds a bit off, geographically speaking. After the bustling port of Guayaquil and the capital of Quito comes "Nueva York," at least according to popular opinion.

The population figures that give New York the No. 3 standing are a point of contention. Ecuadorians commonly claim to be 1 million strong in the tri-state area .