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==Influences==
==Influences==
Purgatory appears to be the GTA analogue of the real-life neighbourhood of [[wp:Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], a place once populated primarily by working-class Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans as well as a center of the real-life Irish mob in [[wp:New York City|New York City]]. Indeed, Hell's Kitchen influence on the neighborhood is evident in the name (the concepts of Hell and Purgatory being part of several religious beliefs), architecture (Hell's Kitchen features many of the same townhouses and tenements present in Purgatory), and location (Hell's Kitchen is located directly west of [[wp:Times Square, Manhattan|Times Square]], much as Purgatory is west of [[Star Junction]]).
Purgatory appears to be the GTA analogue of the real-life neighbourhood of [[wp:Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], a place once populated primarily by working-class Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans as well as a center of the real-life Irish mob in [[wp:New York City|New York City]]. Indeed, Hell's Kitchen influence on the neighborhood is evident in the name (the concepts of Hell and Purgatory being part of several religious beliefs), architecture (Hell's Kitchen features many of the same townhouses and tenements present in Purgatory), and location (Hell's Kitchen is located directly west of [[wp:Times Square, Manhattan|Times Square]], much as Purgatory is west of [[Star Junction]]).   where they got the idea for purgatory is problaly from purgatory an area between heaven and hell


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
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