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[[image:SanFierro.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View of San Fierro from [[Tierra Robada]]]] | [[image:SanFierro.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View of San Fierro from [[Tierra Robada]]]] | ||
[[Image:SunriseoverGantBridge.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Sunrise over [[Gant Bridge]]]] | [[Image:SunriseoverGantBridge.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Sunrise over [[Gant Bridge]]]] | ||
'''San Fierro''', [[San Andreas]] is the second fictional city encountered in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is based on real-life [[ | '''San Fierro''', [[San Andreas]] is the second fictional city encountered in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is based on real-life [[wp:San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]]. | ||
San Fierro is the smallest metropolitan area in San Andreas, situated on a peninsula in the western part of the state. South of the city lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad]] and the small town of [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone]]. To the north of the city, across a re-creation of the famous Golden Gate Bridge ([[Gant Bridge]]), lies the town of [[Bayside]], and northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with the beautiful [[San Fierro Bay]] to the north and [[The Panopticon]] to the east. San Fierro is connected to [[Los Santos]] and [[Las Venturas]] by road, rail and air. | San Fierro is the smallest metropolitan area in San Andreas, situated on a peninsula in the western part of the state. South of the city lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad]] and the small town of [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone]]. To the north of the city, across a re-creation of the famous Golden Gate Bridge ([[Gant Bridge]]), lies the town of [[Bayside]], and northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with the beautiful [[San Fierro Bay]] to the north and [[The Panopticon]] to the east. San Fierro is connected to [[Los Santos]] and [[Las Venturas]] by road, rail and air. | ||
There is a sizeable country club complete with a golf course within San Fierro. One of [[Carl Johnson]]'s girlfriends, [[Katie Zhan]], exercises here a lot when not at the dojo. In addition to this, San Fierro has a district ([[Queens]]) marked by rainbow signs that is meant to emulate San Francisco's famous [[ | There is a sizeable country club complete with a golf course within San Fierro. One of [[Carl Johnson]]'s girlfriends, [[Katie Zhan]], exercises here a lot when not at the dojo. In addition to this, San Fierro has a district ([[Queens]]) marked by rainbow signs that is meant to emulate San Francisco's famous [[wp:The Castro, San Francisco, California|Castro District]], home to a sizeable gay population. San Fierro is also home to the football team the [[San Fierro 69ers]], a double entendre referring to both the San Francisco 49ers and the "69" sexual position. Furthermore, in a crude reference to anal sex, the city's baseball team, the [[San Fierro Packers]], is sponsored by none other than Fierro Fudge. | ||
The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 3 years before the game takes place, though dialogue suggests that an earthquake has occurred just recently. The most obvious sign of the intense damage is the crumbled section of freeway lying to the immediate west of [[Garver Bridge]]'s San Fierro approach, which is an apparent emulation of the damage done to [[ | The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 3 years before the game takes place, though dialogue suggests that an earthquake has occurred just recently. The most obvious sign of the intense damage is the crumbled section of freeway lying to the immediate west of [[Garver Bridge]]'s San Fierro approach, which is an apparent emulation of the damage done to [[wp:California State Route 480|San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway]], whose remnants could be seen for years after the earthquake. The freeway section does not seem to have any visible connection to the existing freeway, however. The city's infrastructure and buildings are not visibly damaged from the earthquake, the only such damage being in the Doherty area. | ||
==Weather== | ==Weather== | ||