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I want to meet some persons in Manhattan but I'm not sure how to message them about it.

I'll meet you on Manhattan.
(OR)
I'll meet you in Manhattan.

Mari-Lou A
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Oleksandr Matrosov
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    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=in+Manhattan%2Con+Manhattan&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cin%20Manhattan%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Con%20Manhattan%3B%2Cc0 – TimR Nov 02 '15 at 13:50
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    It depends. Are you on the island or in the borough? – Hot Licks Nov 02 '15 at 13:53
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    Presumably the fact that it is an island was more important and relevant to the choice of preposition back in the day when there were few bridges, and as yet no tunnels, and ferry crossing was common. We still say "on Nantucket" and "on Assateague" but "on Manhattan" is rare compared to "in Manhattan". Nowadays we can say "downtown Manhattan" because it's perceived mainly as an urban area not as an island. – TimR Nov 02 '15 at 13:58

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