Vice City
| CITY Vice City | |
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| File:Vice City Map.GIF | |
| Appearance(s): | Grand Theft Auto; Vice City; Vice City Stories |
| State: | Florida USA |
| Established: | Unknown |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Mayor: | Unknown |
| Population: | 1,800,000 (1986) |
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Vice City is a fictional city in the Grand Theft Auto series, based on Miami, 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.
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!"
Located in the Florida Keys, Vice City enjoys a subtropical or near-tropical climate with year-long sunny weather, occasional strong winds and rainfall. It is also suggested in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories that the city is exposed to hurricanes, as is Miami. Early in the story in GTA: Vice City, bridges are closed to the public as Hurricane Hermione is believed to be approaching the city. Similarly, in GTA: Vice City Stories, Hurricane Gordy is believed to be approaching the city.
GTA 1
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Main Article : Vice City in GTA 1
The Grand Theft Auto 1 rendition featured Vice City only as a level of the game, which is dissimilar from the later versions of the city. Compared to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Grand Theft Auto rendition of Vice City is more geographically accurate to Miami. Western Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and surrounding areas are depicted as "Vice Beach;" North Miami Beach and the Central Business District have been tagged as "Felicity". Eastern Vice City is made up of Miramire, Coral City, Greek Heights, Little Dominica, Little Bogota and Richman Heights, each representing the counties Broward and Dade. Districts and locations in the city include: Miramire, Little Dominica, Coral City, Vice Shores, Vice Beach, Little Bogota, Greek Heights, Felicity, Richman Heights, Banana Grove and an unnamed island south of Vice Beach.
GTA Vice City
Main Article: Vice City in GTA Vice City
Vice City consists of two major islands and three smaller islands; 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. The population of Vice City is given at around 1.8 million.
GTA Vice City Stories
Main Article: Vice City in GTA Vice City Stories
The Vice City featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is based on the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City version of the city, but set two years earlier in 1984. Vice City Stories contains several noticeable differences in its landscape from its "future" depiction.
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