New York City

"If you got nothing, go to New York. That way, if you leave with nothing, people don't ask why. And if you leave with something, then you are one lucky son of a bitch."

- A man's advice for Desmond Miles.

New York City is a city in the United States of America.

In 2003, after having fled from the Assassin hideout he had grown up in, Desmond Miles ended up living in New York City, working as a bartender at a successful nightclub called Bad Weather.

Source

 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations