I find it really hard to believe there is not a reality or scripted show anywhere in the world that costs the same as The City and could not do better. Apparently MTV disagrees. Despite the fact that absolutely no one is watching The City, MTV has ordered another season of the show. Is there truly nothing else available? What about some True Life episodes? That is a good show. MTV also ordered a full season of Teen Cribs which I have not seen but am guessing is either celebrities who live at home or a show similar to My Sweet 16 where rich kids rub poor kids faces into the dirt with the stuff they were born to, and to make poor kids feel they are inadequate from a very early age.
"Mom. How come I can't have a 60 inch plasma in my bedroom and a butler?"
Watching My Sweet 16 is a train wreck, but I think the kids come across as arrogant and obnoxious so it is kind of self satisfying in a way. I think Teen Cribs would be different though because instead of a party these rich kids are going to have toys and electronics that regular kids will never be able to afford and is really no different than showing skinny people on the cover of magazines and wondering to yourself how come you don't look like the models.