The Wire is only Baltimore. And you can't compare Baltimore with New Jersey or even New York. They just said in the last episode I watched that Baltimore is 65% black. New York is 10 times bigger and a lot more diversed. Different mentality on the streets.

I've recently started to watch the Wire because everyone says it's a great serie. And it is a good serie. But it's also slow paced, especially the first season. It's not near as good as The Sopranos, but I'm only in the third season and I've read that the fourth season is the best..