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'''Vice City''' is a fictional city in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series, based on [[wp:Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[wp:Florida|Florida]], although dialogue implies that Miami exists in the universe alongside Vice City. In fact, Vice City is assumed to be located in Florida, as [[Tommy Vercetti]] is often frustrated by the actions of "dumb Florida morons", as he calls them. Vice City is also revealed to be in Florida in the radio station [[VCPR]] Three versions of Vice City have appeared in different generations of the series. The name "Vice City" is a double entendre: on one hand, it is a direct reference to Michael Mann's 1980's police television series Miami Vice, but it also conveys the actual definition of the word, labelling Vice City a place of sin, greed and overindulgence; making it literally, a city of vice. | '''Vice City''' is a fictional city in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series, based on [[wp:Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[wp:Florida|Florida]], although dialogue implies that Miami exists in the universe alongside Vice City. In fact, Vice City is assumed to be located in Florida, as [[Tommy Vercetti]] is often frustrated by the actions of "dumb Florida morons", as he calls them. Vice City is also revealed to be in Florida in the radio station [[VCPR]] Three versions of Vice City have appeared in different generations of the series. The name "Vice City" is a double entendre: on one hand, it is a direct reference to Michael Mann's 1980's police television series Miami Vice, but it also conveys the actual definition of the word, labelling Vice City a place of sin, greed and overindulgence; making it literally, a city of vice. | ||
[[Image:Washington_beach.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Vice Beach]]]] | |||
The [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] renditions are geographically very similar to Miami. This incarnation of Vice City consists of two major islands (Vice Beach and the Mainland) and several smaller islands: Starfish Island, Prawn Island and Leaf Links. Both main islands are separated by a large body of water similar to that of Biscayne Bay, which separates Miami Beach with mainland Miami in real-life. Each major island is divided into several districts. This rendition of Vice City also draws significant inspiration from 1980s Miami culture, where pastels reign supreme, and, as quoted on a commercial in [[Wave 103]], "rock-n-roll is dead, and pop is in!" | The [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] renditions are geographically very similar to Miami. This incarnation of Vice City consists of two major islands (Vice Beach and the Mainland) and several smaller islands: Starfish Island, Prawn Island and Leaf Links. Both main islands are separated by a large body of water similar to that of Biscayne Bay, which separates Miami Beach with mainland Miami in real-life. Each major island is divided into several districts. This rendition of Vice City also draws significant inspiration from 1980s Miami culture, where pastels reign supreme, and, as quoted on a commercial in [[Wave 103]], "rock-n-roll is dead, and pop is in!" | ||