Is it true or false that many beatniks lived in major metropolitan cities like New York?

True

Explanation:

It's true that many Beatniks resides in major cities like the New York.

Beatniks which are predominantly young people in the late 1940s, 1950s to mid-1960s who displayed or belong to a subculture aspect which are regards to as that of the Beat generation.

The Beatniks which was introduced by Kerouac in the year 1948, The name was derived during the discussion with John Clellon Holmes who was the publisher of a novel titled "Go" in 1952, an early Beat generation novel.