Revision as of 23:32, 9 December 2010

In the Grand Theft Auto series, the cities have always had reference to real places but in each version is changing the face of the city as its counterpart, retaining some point of reference in every single version that changed. For example, Liberty City has been the city with more updates in the saga has been preserved in all its versions, the equivalent of Central Park from the first to the last version.

Cities

Liberty City

As mentioned, Liberty City is the city with more versions based on New York City. The following table showing the different appearances of this city:

**Liberty City in GTA Series**
Counterparty	Equivalent	Liberty City in GTA 1	Liberty City in GTA III Era	Liberty City in GTA IV Era
New York City	Liberty City	File:Libert City gta map.jpg	File:LibertyCity-GTA3-map.png	File:Lciv.jpg

Places

The following table shows the places of Liberty City (I, III and IV Era) and its real counterpart:

New York Places	Liberty City (1)	Liberty City (III)	Liberty City (IV)
Manhattan	Central Island	Staunton Island	Algonquin
Brooklyn	Brocklyn	Portland	Broker
Queens	Kings	Portland	Dukes
Bronx	Brix	Shoreside Vale eastside	Bohan
Roosevelt Island	Nixon Island	N/A	Colony Island
Ward's Island and Randall's Island	Law Island	N/A	Charge Island
Central Park	Park	Belleville Park	Middle Park
Times Square	N/A	Bedford Point	Star Junction
Financial District	N/A	Torrington	The Exchange
Uptown Manhattan	N/A	Uptown Staunton	Uptown Algonquin
Midtown Manhattan	Island City	Midtown Staunton	Midtown Algonquin
Downtown Manhattan	Island City	Downtown Staunton	Downtown Algonquin
Brooklyn Navy Yard	Brocklyn Docks	Portland Harbor	Broker Navy Yard
Manhattan´s Little Italy	N/A	Saint Mark's	Little Italy
Morningside Heights	N/A	Aspatria	Varsity Heights
Red Hook, Brooklyn	N/A	Trenton	East Hook
DUMBO, Brooklyn	N/A	Atlantic Quays	BOABO

Landmarks

As well as locations (districts, counties, parks, etc) there are also landmarks in buildings and monuments in New York City.

New York City Landmarks	Liberty City (1)	Liberty City (III)	Liberty City (IV)
Empire State Building	N/A	Unnamed Building	Rotterdam Tower
Trump Tower	N/A	AMCO Headquarters	Broker
New York City Hall Building	N/A	Town Hall	City Hall Building

The tables above show only the points of interest that have appeared least twice in the versions of Liberty City.

Alderney/New Guernsey

Like New York, New Jersey also shows places of interest (not in Liberty City) here in New Guernsey and Alderney mainly, as in parts of Shoreside Vale. Like New York, New Jersey also shows places of interest (not in Liberty City) here in New Guernsey and Alderney mainly, as in parts of Shoreside Vale. The difference between the above places is that New Guernsey NJ (name and geography are very similar to NJ) would be part of Liberty City (1) by their size and Shoreside Vale is based elsewhere (and not primarily in NJ), however Alderney is a state based entirely on NJ and independent of Liberty City as well as is its real counterpart NY.

**New Jersey´s equivalent in GTA Series**
Counterparty	New Guernsey	Shoreside Vale	Alderney
New Jersey	File:Libert City gta map.jpg	File:ShoresideVale-GTA3-map.jpg	File:Alderney Map.png

New Guernsey is the western part of the map of Liberty City, where he says to New Guernsey to Eaglewood.

Places

The following table shows the places of New Guernsey, Shoreside Vale and Alderney its real counterpart:

New Jersey Places	New Guernsey	Shoreside Vale	Alderney
Englewood	Eaglewood	N/A	Leftwood
Hackensack	Hackenslash	N/A	N/A
Fort Lee	Fort Law	N/A	N/A
Guttenberg	Schlechberg	N/A	N/A
Jersey City	Guernsey City	N/A	Alderney City
Bayonne	N/A	Shoreside Vale	Normandy
Elizabeth	N/A	Pike Creek	Tudor
Newark	N/A	Francis International Airport similarities	Alderney City

San Andreas/San Fierro

San Francisco also has its equivalent in the GTA series since the first game with the City of San Andreas that shows neighborhoods based on their real counterparts. The second appearance of San Francisco is San Fierro the closest version, like most similar name.

**San Francisco´s equivalent in GTA Series**
Counterparty	San Andreas	San Fierro
San Francisco	File:San Andreas GTA Map.png

San Andreas is not the place to set Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, to know about the place of this game: State of San Andreas.

Places

The following table shows the places of San Andreas and San Fierro its real counterpart:

San Francisco Places	San Andreas	San Fierro
Cow Hollow	Sunview	Juniper Hollow
Fisherman´s Wharf	Sailor's Wharf	Esplanade North
Chinatown	Chinatown	Chinatown
Russian Hill	Soviet Hill	Juniper Hill
Pacific Heights	Atlantic Heights	Calton Heights
Noe Valley	Aye Valley	Kings
Golden Gate Bridge	Unnamed Bridge	Gant Bridge

Vice City

Vice City is the only place that has carried out all points and places of interest since its first version. The first version of Vice City in GTA 1 is based more on what is north and south of Miami, like elsewhere in Florida (not Miami), while the second version in GTA III Era is an exact replica of Miami Beach and a few of Miami.

**Vice City in GTA Series**
Counterparty	Vice City in GTA 1	Vice City in GTA III Era
Miami	File:Vice City map (GTA I).jpg	File:Vice City Map.GIF

Places

The following table shows the places of Miami its real counterpart:

Miami Places	Vice City (1)	Vice City (III)
Little Haiti	Little Dominicana	Little Haiti
Miami Beach	Vice Beach	Vice City Beach
Little Havana	Little Bogota	Little Havana

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 ==Liberty City==
-As mentioned, Liberty City is the city with more versions, such as the following table showing the different appearances of this city:
+As mentioned, Liberty City is the city with more versions based on '''New York City'''. The following table showing the different appearances of this city:
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+| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Liberty City in GTA 1]]'''
-| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City (III)]]'''
+| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Liberty City in GTA III Era]]'''
-| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City (IV)]]'''
+| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era]]'''
 |-
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 ===Places===
-The following table shows the '''places''' of Liberty City (I, III, IV) and its real counterpart:
+The following table shows the '''places''' of Liberty City ([[GTA 1 Era|I]], [[GTA III Era|III]] and [[GTA IV Era|IV Era]]) and its real counterpart:
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 ===Landmarks===
-As well as locations (districts, counties, parks, etc) there are also landmarks in buildings and monuments in New York City.
+As well as locations (districts, counties, parks, etc) there are also '''landmarks''' in buildings and monuments in New York City.
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-|+'''[[Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA Series]]'''
+|+'''New Jersey´s equivalent in GTA Series'''
 | style="text-align: center"|'''Counterparty'''
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 ==San Andreas/San Fierro==
+'''San Francisco''' also has its equivalent in the GTA series since the [[Grand Theft Auto 1|first game]] with the '''City of San Andreas''' that shows neighborhoods based on their real counterparts. The second appearance of San Francisco is '''San Fierro''' the closest version, like most similar name.
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-|+'''[[Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA Series]]'''
+|+'''San Francisco´s equivalent in GTA Series'''
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+*''San Andreas is not the place to set [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], to know about the place of this game: [[State of San Andreas]].''
 ===Places===
 The following table shows the '''places''' of San Andreas and San Fierro its real counterpart:
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 |[[Aye Valley]]
 |[[Kings]]
+|-
+|[[wp:Golden Gate Bridge|Golden Gate Bridge]]
+|[http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/File:UnnamedBridge-GTA1-SanAndreasCity.png Unnamed Bridge]
+|[[Gant Bridge]]
+|}
+==Vice City==
+Vice City is the only place that has carried out all points and places of interest since its first version. The first version of Vice City in GTA 1 is based more on what is '''north and south of Miami''', like elsewhere in Florida (not Miami), while the second version in GTA III Era is an exact replica of '''Miami Beach''' and a few of Miami.
+{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 870px"
+|+'''Vice City in GTA Series'''
+| style="text-align: center"|'''Counterparty'''
+| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Vice City in GTA 1]]'''
+| style="text-align: center"|''' [[Vice City in GTA III Era]]'''
+|-
+| style="text-align: center"|'''[[wp:Miami, Florida|Miami]]'''
+|[[File:Vice City map (GTA I).jpg|centre|190px]]
+|[[File:Vice City Map.GIF|centre|180px]]
 |}
-[[Category:Liberty City]]
+===Places===
+The following table shows the '''places''' of Miami its real counterpart:
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Miami Places
+!Vice City (1)
+!Vice City (III)
+|-
+|[[wp:Little Haiti (Miami)|Little Haiti]]
+|'''Little Dominicana'''
+|[[Little Haiti]]
+|-
+|[[wp:Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]]
+|'''Vice Beach'''
+|[[Vice City Beach]]
+|-
+|[[wp:Little Havana|Little Havana]]
+|'''Little Bogota'''
+|[[Little Havana]]
+|}
+[[Category:Cities]]