BETHEL, Alaska, July 21 (AP) — You will not find a luxury hotel or concert hall here in Bethel. But this remote Alaska town has at least one advantage over New York: It may be the nation’s taxicab capital.

Situated on the tundra about 400 miles west of Anchorage, Bethel has 70 taxis for a population of just 5,900. That is one cab for every 84 people.

That is more even than New York, the ultimate cab city, where there is one hired vehicle like a taxi, commuter van or livery car for every 149 people.

“It’s most likely by far the highest ratio of taxis per residents in the United States,” said Alfred LaGasse of the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association.