NYC Cartesian Plane
A New York City analogy for the coordinate plane hits a snag: the diagonal axis isn't a z-axis, it's Broadway.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-12-06-nyc-cartesian-plane/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A (at a chart of crossed axes): "The coordinate plane is easy! It's like New York City: the x-coordinate is the avenue, and the y-coordinate is the street."
B: "Oh, I see! And that's the z-coordinate, for what building of the floor you're on." A: "Um... no, that's Broadway."