In what city does the first season of the Netflix series 'You' take place?

The first season of Netflix’s You takes place primarily in New York City.

The story follows Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager in Manhattan who becomes obsessively involved with aspiring writer Guinevere Beck. Joe’s workplace, relationships, apartment, and much of the season’s action are rooted in the city’s neighborhoods and literary culture.

Although the series later moves its characters to other locations, the first season is distinctly New York-based. The show was also filmed in New York City, with locations including Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn helping create its urban atmosphere. The city’s crowded streets and intimate neighborhoods are important to the contrast between Joe’s apparently ordinary life and his secret surveillance.

A common mix-up comes from later seasons. Season 2 relocates Joe to Los Angeles, while subsequent installments use other settings. Those changes are central to the show’s continuing reinvention, but they do not alter the setting of Season 1.