What cities are Los Santos in real life?

Los Santos is based on Los Angeles, California and its greater metropolitan area. Los Santos is Spanish for "The Saints", a play on "The Angels", which is the translation of Los Angeles.

What areas are in Los Santos in real life?

There are several areas in Los Santos, the major ones are Blaine County, Downtown, Little Seoul, South Los Santos, Vespucci Beach and Rockford Hills. Practically all are based on real-life neighborhoods surrounding L.A. like downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, South Central, Venice Beach and Beverly Hills.

What cities are GTA 5 based on?

The game's setting is the fictional US state of San Andreas and city of Los Santos, based on Southern California and Los Angeles respectively.

Is Los Santos the size of a real city?

For reference, GTA V's Los Santos is about three times bigger than GTA IV's Liberty City, and is the same size of the vast majority of San Francisco, Manhattan, and the Greater Toronto Area.

What city is San Andreas based on?

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in 1992 within the fictional US state of San Andreas – based upon sections of California and Nevada as seen in the early 1990s – which consists of three main cities: Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), San Fierro (based on San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on Las Vegas).

Grand Theft Auto vs. Real Life

What GTA cities are based on real life?

The original game's map encompassed three cities—Liberty City (based on New York City), San Andreas (based on San Francisco), and Vice City (based on Miami)—but later titles tend to focus on a single setting; usually one of the original three locales, albeit remodelled and significantly expanded.

Where is Vice City in real life?

The game is set in 1986 in fictional Vice City, which is based heavily on the city of Miami.

What is the biggest city in the GTA universe?

3D Universe

Los Santos is the largest city in San Andreas.

Is Los Santos basically Los Angeles?

GTA V's Los Santos, which previously appeared in San Andreas, is based on the real city of Los Angeles, California. Countless landmarks have been replicated in-game to give the city a more authentic look, including one that won't be around in the real world for long.

What city is Sandy Shores based on?

Sandy Shores is based on the towns around the Salton Sea in California, such as Desert Shores and Bombay Beach. Sandy Shores also shares some inspiration from Niland and Joshua Tree, two other towns in California (which are referenced on the city's street names).

What is Chicago called in GTA?

Carcer City | GTA Wiki | Fandom.

Where is the maze bank located in real life?

The Maze Bank Arena is based on the Forum in Inglewood, California, which used to house the Los Angeles Lakers.

Where is Maze Bank in real life?

Maze Bank Tower is based on the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles in real life, which was the tallest building in Los Angeles until 2016, and is still the city's tallest building if buildings' heights are measured to roof, and it is the 100th tallest building in the world as of 2018.

What is Vinewood Hills in real life?

Vinewood – Hollywood

Vinewood is Rockstar's version of Hollywood. This area is the largest and wealthiest neighborhood of Los Santos and also holds a booming film industry much like Hollywood.

Which city is similar to Los Santos?

Los Santos is a fictional city in the GTA universe, loosely based on Los Angeles and other California Coast cities.

What is Paleto Bay based on?

However, Paleto Bay contains other elements of inland southern Californian towns such as Gorman and Somis, and some buildings are directly influenced by their real-life counterparts in towns such as Lamont, Fillmore, and Piru.

Where is Beverly Hills in Los Santos?

Rockford Hills is an upscale neighborhood in Los Santos, and is home to Michael and his family as well as Franklin who has a second home there. The area is based on the real life Beverly Hills.

Where is the richest place in GTA?

1 Rockford Hills ($1,900,500)

The most expensive place to live in all of Los Santos by real-world costs is Rockford Hills. Divided into two sections the northern half is where the rich live and the southern end is where they go to spend their money in shops and be seen by tourists.

What is the secret town in GTA?

Dignity Village is an unincorporated tent city established by homeless people near Procopio Beach, located in Blaine County, San Andreas. Dignity Village is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the north, Mount Chiliad to the southwest, Mount Gordo to the east, and Paleto Bay to the west.

What is the richest city in GTA V?

Richman or Richman Hills is a rich neighborhood in GTA V located in the north-west region of Los Santos. It is bordered by Vinewood Hills to the north, Rockford Hills to the east, Pacific Bluffs to the west and Morningwood to the south.

What is Florida called in GTA?

In both 2D Universe and 3D Universe, Vice City seems to be in the middle of the summer rainy season, having long, hot, humid days and occasional tropical thunderstorms. The state is also exposed to hurricanes.

Does Florida exist in GTA?

Despite Vice City being a fictional city, the state of Florida does exist within Grand Theft Auto.

What is the Mexican GTA Vice City?

The Mexican Arms Dealers are a small-time Hispanic criminal organization that only appear the mission Gun Runner in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Their leader, Pedro Garcia, is a rival gun seller to Phil Cassidy. They have no fronts or territory in Vice City but may be the remnants of the Cholos gang.