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567:. During the events of the game, Carl briefly returns to Liberty City to assassinate a high ranking Forelli Mafia member at Marco's Bistro, under orders from Salvatore Leone. The mission takes place in a section of southeast Saint Mark's, where Carl must fight through attacking Mafia members in Marco's Bistro and kill his target in the back lot of the restaurant. (This area of Saint Mark's is simply empty space in
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392:, a citywide ban on the vehicle is imposed, explaining the absence of motorcycles in the game. The Maibatsu Corporation of America, is a staunch supporter for increased car use in Liberty City, is seen as a notable advocate and contributor to the ban, funding an organization dubbed "American Road Safety for Everyone" (ARSE) that has lobbied for the ban after "the successful banning of bicycles."
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takes place. Another of the larger changes is that on the site of Fort
Staunton exists various businesses and buildings. This area is destroyed as part of the game. As well as these alterations, there are many minor changes to locations in the Liberty City game map, though for the most part it is the
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Liberty City is connected via a series of bridges and tunnels. Some of these are blocked off at various points during the game, which act as a way of restricting access to the whole city until the player has completed certain missions. Liberty City has one major road tunnel system, dubbed Porter
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calling it a huge breakthrough in scope and detail. The review described
Liberty City as "a sort of extreme New York City." The Cincinnati Enquirer said that the city design makes the player feel like they're in a real city, with vehicles and buildings all to scale.
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rendition is portrayed as a caricature of New York City, with
Liberty City's landmarks and geography based heavily on New York City's. Liberty City's four boroughs, as well as the adjacent state of Alderney correspond to four of New York City's five boroughs and
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shows both Carl
Johnson stealing cars and mugging people in Liberty City and Salvatore Leone's house at Portland Beach, where he makes arrangements for his participation in a casino venture in Las Venturas.
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claims that the city is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 1998, suggesting that the city was founded in 1798. The population of the city is given at four million, as stated in the game's manual. The
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at the eastern end of the city limits, known as a primarily industrial portion of the city. This is a very poor district filled with industrial workers, that is based on the New York City
Boroughs of
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and neighborhoods. While the boroughs are different from one another, each borough houses one hospital, one police station and one fire station, with the former two serving as local
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during the 1990s, although the game's version uses a black-and-white color scheme, instead of blue and white. This design was originally planned to be used for
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look-alike (the second tallest building in the city) that dominates the district, and the Love Media building, the workplace and home of
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