History Main / NewNeoCity

* ''VideoGames/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' has New Baghdad.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': {{Lampshaded}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]], where the Tenth Doctor explains that New New York (on another planet) is actually the fifteenth New York, so it's technically [[OverlyLongGag New New New New New New New New New New New New New New]] New York. The city reappears in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock "Gridlock"]].

This trope is a time-honored hallmark of the {{Cyberpunk}} genre. There are a variety of reasons for this. Perhaps Old Tokyo was destroyed in the GreatOffscreenWar; perhaps nebulously-defined environmental collapse or nuclear fallout rendered it uninhabitable; maybe the occupants were forced to flee when the usual suspects [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld took]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld over]] [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld the]] [[RussiaTakesOverTheWorld world]], and [[StartMyOwn rebuilt it somewhere else]].

* Any number of place names in North America are this. New England, and
which also has towns/cities named New Bedford, New Britain and New London (among others), itself is named after England. New Orleans is named after Orleans, France. {{Subverted}} with New York, which was named for the Duke of York in 1664, the man who would become James II of England and VII of Scotland. OK, so ''he's'' named for the City of York, England. And before then, New York was named New Amsterdam... [[note]][[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Why they changed it, I can't say. The people just liked it better that way.]][[/note]]

* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfBilly'', the town of New-New-Azure is frequently raided by [[BarbarianTribe Kränelornians]] and rebuilt by [[Determinator its inhabitants]].

* Any number of place names in North America are this. New England, which has towns/cities named New Bedford, New Britain and New London (among others), itself is named after England. New Orleans is named after Orleans, France. {{Subverted}} with New York, which was named for the Duke of York in 1664, the man who would become James II of England and VII of Scotland. OK, so ''he's'' named for the City of York, England. And before then, New York was named New Amsterdam... [[note]][[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Why they changed it, I can't say. The people just liked it better that way.]][[/note]]

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has has an example of the second type: since the original Tokyo was nuked and submerged, and the city of Matsumoto was converted into the new capital and renamed "New Tokyo-'''2'''", New Tokyo-'''3''' (commonly just Tokyo-3 in English) is a ground-up purpose-built city over the location of Hakone that is intended to eventually replace Tokyo-2 as a capital city (persumably after all the [[{{Kaiju}} Angels]] are defeated). Also, the fleet in episode 8 moored in "New Yokosuka" (formerly Odawara), which serves as a port for the landlocked Tokyo-3.

* New Delhi, India.

* Carthage literally means "New City" (Qart-Hadasht). The Carthagenians founded another city of Qart-Hadasht in the south of Spain, which ended up being called Carthago Nova by the Romans ("New New City"), who were unaware that "Carthage" meant "New City" already. "Carthago Nova" was eventually mutated and shorted to Cartagena in Spanish. In the New World, the Spanish had the opportunity to extend this further by building a "Nueva Cartagena"...but they opted for "Cartagena de Indias" ("Cartagena of the Indies") instead.[[note]]It is today substantially larger than the original Cartagena, though it's not as big as modern Carthage--which can be confidently identified with [[UsefulNotes/{{Tunisia}} Tunis]].[[/note]] (They did end up naming the colony in which Cartagena de Indias was situated "New Granada", however.)

** And then UsefulNotes/NewMexico continues the process. (It was so named because the Spanish had hoped they would find cities and riches there like they had found in the Valley of Mexico; while they found some decent-sized towns, they were disappointed in the riches department.)

* Naples (Napoli to its actual inhabitants) comes from words Neo Polis, "New City". The name was given by Greek settlers thousands of years ago, and it stuck.
** There are about six towns called "Neustadt" (new town) in Germanym and even more if you include all variants like ''Neustadt an/in/an der …'' (“New Town at/in/at the …”).

* New Spain, now know as Mexico.
** And then New Mexico continues the process.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Go God Go Part II", Cartman and some [[{{everythings better with otters}} otters]] visit the ruins of New New Hampshire.

This trope is a time-honored hallmark of the {{Cyberpunk}} and [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] genres. There are a variety of reasons for this. Perhaps Old Tokyo was destroyed in the GreatOffscreenWar; perhaps nebulously-defined environmental collapse rendered it uninhabitable, or maybe the occupants were forced to flee when the usual suspects [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld took]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld over]] [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld the]] [[RussiaTakesOverTheWorld world]], and [[StartMyOwn rebuilt it somewhere else]].

This trope is a time-honored hallmark of {{Cyberpunk}} and Post-Apocalyptic settings, for a variety of reasons. Perhaps Old Tokyo was destroyed in the GreatOffscreenWar; perhaps nebulously-defined environmental collapse rendered it uninhabitable, or maybe the occupants were forced to flee when the usual suspects [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld took]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld over]] [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld the]] [[RussiaTakesOverTheWorld world]], and [[StartMyOwn rebuilt it somewhere else]].

* In ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'', the series takes place in Tokyo, while in the English Dub, the series takes place in New Townsville.

* The short-lived TV version of ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'' is set in New Gotham. For Batman fans, it appears to take place in an alternate-continuity future following the "Cataclysm" and "[[Comicbook/BatmanNoMansLand No Man's Land]]" comic books arcs (in which an earthquake levels half of Gotham).

* However, in regards to places that have been destroyed and rebuild this is a DeadUnicornTrope in real life, as that just doesn't happen, and wouldn't make much sense. The closest examples of this trope happening in real life are cases of cities expanding and calling the new districts "New Town" or similar, which becomes an ArtifactTitle over time.

* Carthage literally means "New City" (Qart-Hadasht). The Carthagenians founded another city of Qart-Hadasht in the south of Spain, which ended up being called Carthago Nova by the Romans ("New New City"), who were unaware that "Carthage" meant "New City" already. "Carthago Nova" was eventually mutated and shorted to Cartagena in Spanish. In the New World a few centuries later a city was founded called Nueva Cartagena...

** New Delhi was initially built by the British to be the capital of [[UsefulNotes/TheRaj]], and named in contrast to "Old" Delhi (the pre-British, Mughal part of the city). Since then Delhi's massive urban sprawl has dwarfed both parts, and both are subdivisions of the much larger Delhi National Capital Territory.