Indulge me in a vent, here. I have read many stories here on Wattpad that I've enjoyed, except for one detail that's driven me to distraction. The story line is good, the characters are good, the plot twists are fun.... but the setting... please, people, I beg you. If you do not live in or otherwise know New York City well, do NOT set your story there. I beg on my knees. I guess that goes for any locations but it's the inconsistencies when people describe NYC that I notice. Don't talk about sprawling mansions with roomy backyards in Manhattan, don't describe tourist hot spots as neighborhoods where everyone knows each other. Don't assume that everyone on Long Island knows everyone else. Don't write about Manhattan backyard pools, much less swimming in them in December.
You know why? It confuses people who try to imagine what you describe and know it's impossible. But do you really know why? Because where ever it is in this world where you live, or the cities that you visit, or the beach towns where you summer, or the rural backwoods where your Grandma lives.... can also be interesting. Set your story in a place that you know and you can imagine clearly in your mind's eye and the rest of us will picture it clearly, too. And we'll learn a little something about the world.