Wealthy people would like have affairs in distant cities to more easily keep it hidden. There could be some sort of drug trade going from mexico straight to new york (smugglers and such). I'm focusing a lot on the vices, but those could be interesting ;)
Ahhg, I really like this idea. Modern man finds himself in a fantasy/ medieval world and takes advantage of it. Kind of makes me want to write a little short story! Also, Malik, you mentioned it was an old-school trope, was wondering where I might find something like it, maybe an old movie or...
Not in the star wars way, which has always struck me as a fantasy tropes with a sci-fi cover (though I'm not here to talk about that!).
I mean more of a cross-over, in my case high technology falling into a mid-fantasy world and creating all sort of consequences. Though I also mean, high...