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* UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}}: The capital and largest city of UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}.


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* UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco: A major city in the US state of California, and of its most recognizable after Los Angeles.


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* UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}: The largest city in UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}: The third most populous city in the United States, and the largest in the state of UsefulNotes/{{Illinois}}.

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* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}: The third most populous city in the United States, and the largest in the state of UsefulNotes/{{Illinois}}.Illinois.



* UsefulNotes/LasVegas: The largest city in the US state of UsefulNotes/{{Nevada}}, well-known for its casinos and other tourist sites.

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* UsefulNotes/LasVegas: The largest city in the US state of UsefulNotes/{{Nevada}}, Nevada, well-known for its casinos and other tourist sites.



* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States, situated in the state of UsefulNotes/NewYork.

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* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States, situated in on the state coast of UsefulNotes/NewYork.UsefulNotes/NewYorkState.
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* CityOfTheDamned: Hell is depicted as an urban environment.

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* CityOfTheDamned: Hell {{Hell}} is depicted as an urban environment.environment, comparable to {{Wretched Hive}}s of the mortal world.



* CityPlanet

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* CityPlanetCityPlanet: An entire planet which has a completely urbanized surface.



* FantasticGhetto

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* FantasticGhettoFantasticGhetto: FantasticRacism meets UrbanSegregation.



* {{Gayborhood}}
* GhostCity

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* {{Gayborhood}}
{{Gayborhood}}: An urban neighborhood filled with {{UsefulNotes/LGBT}} people.
* GhostCityGhostCity: A former big city that is now abandoned.
* GhostTown: A former small town that is now abandoned.



* TheGreatWall

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* TheGreatWallTheGreatWall: Many older cities had big perimeter walls built for defense against invading armies.



* HolyCity

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* HolyCityHolyCity: A city that is sacred to a particular religion.



* InnerCitySchool
* LandOfOneCity
* LayeredMetropolis

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* InnerCitySchool
InnerCitySchool: Schools in poor urban neighborhoods, often offering very low-quality education.
* LandOfOneCity
LandOfOneCity: City-states are sovereign countries with very little territory, consisting of just one major settlement.
* LayeredMetropolisLayeredMetropolis: A big city with many overlapping buildings, roads, streets, and structures.



* MerchantCity
* MetropolisLevel

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* MerchantCity
MerchantCity: This town is a major trading hub.
* MetropolisLevelMetropolisLevel: A [[VideoGameSettings video game level]] set in some sort of urban environment.



* NeonCity

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* NeonCityNeonCity: Neon lights illuminate their streets at night.



* OutlawTown
* PeskyPigeons

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* OutlawTown
OutlawTown: A city inhabited (and ruled by) all sorts of thieving criminals.
* PeskyPigeonsPeskyPigeons: These birds are considered to be iconic urban wildlife.



* RedLightDistrict: An area of a city known for being frequented by sex workers.

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* RedLightDistrict: An area of a city known for being frequented filled with brothels and strip clubs, inhabited by prostitutes and other sex workers. workers.



* SkyscraperCity

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* SkyscraperCitySkyscraperCity: A city with a ludicrously high skyline.



* {{Suburbia}}: Smaller cities and towns, usually part of a larger metropolitan area.

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* {{Suburbia}}: Smaller cities and towns, usually located near a bigger city, or at least part of a larger metropolitan area.



* TakeOverTheCity

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* TakeOverTheCityTakeOverTheCity: The BigBad's evil goals extend no further than the town they live in, rather than something more grand and ambitious like [[TakeOverTheWorld the whole world]].



* UndergroundCity: A functioning city located underground.
* UnderwaterCity: A populated and functioning city is located underwater.
* UrbanFantasy: Fantasy stories that take place in a modern city.

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* UndergroundCity: A functioning populated city located underground.
beneath the ground's surface.
* UnderwaterCity: A populated and functioning city is located underwater.
beneath the sea's surface.
* UrbanFantasy: Fantasy stories that take place in a modern city.



* UrbanRuins
* UrbanSegregation
* UrbanWarfare

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* UrbanRuins
UrbanRuins: A former city reduced to rubble, with every building showing signs of severe decay.
* UrbanSegregation
UrbanSegregation: All the neighborhoods in this city are blatantly separated by socioeconomic class, race and ethnicity, or other demographic lines.
* UrbanWarfareUrbanWarfare: Military combat fought in city streets, with local civilian residents caught in the middle.




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* UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}: The capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.

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* '''MajorWorldCities'''
* UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}: The capital and largest city of UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}, famous for its historical significance in Ancient Greek culture.



* UsefulNotes/{{Beijing}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}
** UsefulNotes/BerlinWall

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* UsefulNotes/{{Beijing}}
UsefulNotes/{{Beijing}}: The capital of UsefulNotes/{{China}}.
* UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}
UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}: The capital and largest city of UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}.
** UsefulNotes/BerlinWallUsefulNotes/BerlinWall: A former border wall which was built to isolate West Berlin from East Berlin (and the rest of East Germany) during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.



* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}

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* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}: The third most populous city in the United States, and the largest in the state of UsefulNotes/{{Illinois}}.



* UsefulNotes/HongKong
* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: The capital city of England.

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* UsefulNotes/HongKong
UsefulNotes/HongKong: A major semi-autonomous city in China, formerly a British colony until 1997.
* UsefulNotes/LasVegas: The largest city in the US state of UsefulNotes/{{Nevada}}, well-known for its casinos and other tourist sites.
** VivaLasVegas
* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: The capital and largest city of England. the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom.



* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles

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* UsefulNotes/LosAngelesUsefulNotes/LosAngeles: The second most populous city in the United States, and the largest in the state of UsefulNotes/{{California}}.



** HollywoodCalifornia

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** HollywoodCaliforniaHollywoodCalifornia: America's media and entertainment capital, known especially for the major film and television companies based around it.



* MajorWorldCities
* UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}
** OnlyInMiami: Works set in Florida are overwhelmingly centred in and around the state's biggest city, Miami.
* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States.
** BigApplesauce
** TheBigRottenApple: New York is portrayed as full of crime, poverty and corruption.

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* MajorWorldCities
UsefulNotes/{{Macau}}: A major semi-autonomous city in China, formerly a Portuguese colony until 1998.
* UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}
UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}: The largest city in the US state of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}.
** OnlyInMiami: Works set in Florida are overwhelmingly centred centered in and around the state's biggest city, Miami.
* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States.
States, situated in the state of UsefulNotes/NewYork.
** BigApplesauce
BigApplesauce: New York is a CityOfAdventure where all kinds of interesting or unusual things happen.
** TheBigRottenApple: New York NYC is portrayed depicted as being a WretchedHive full of crime, poverty poverty, and corruption.corruption. A very common portrayal in works from the 1970s to 1990s.



* UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}

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* UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}: The capital and largest city of UsefulNotes/{{France}}.



* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}: The capital city of South Korea.
* UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}

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* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}: The capital of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea.
* UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}: The largest
city in UsefulNotes/{{China}}, which has long been a major port and business hub in Asia.
* UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}: An independent city-state located on an island at the edge
of South Korea.
* UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}
the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.



* UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}: The largest city in Australia and the South Pacific.
* UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}: The largest city in Japan, and one of the largest in the world.

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* UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}: The largest city in Australia and UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} (and the South Pacific.
Pacific region overall).
* UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}: The capital and largest city in Japan, and of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, at the heart of one of the largest most populous metro areas in the world.



* VivaLasVegas

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* VivaLasVegas
UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC: The capital of the United States.
** TheWhiteHouse
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* {{Suburbia}}: Smaller cities and towns, usually part of a larger metropolitan area.



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->''"There are eight million stories in the Naked City. And this is one of them."''

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->''"There are eight million stories in the Naked City. And this is This has been one of them."''
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* CitywideEvacuation
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** UsefulNotes/BerlinUAndSBahn
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** UsefulNotes/TheBerlinWall

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** UsefulNotes/TheBerlinWallUsefulNotes/BerlinWall
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* UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}
** UsefulNotes/TheBerlinWall
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* UsefulNotes/ChicagoL: Chicago's elevated city rail system.

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* ** UsefulNotes/ChicagoL: Chicago's elevated city rail system.
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* UsefulNotes/ChicagoL: Chicago's elevated city rail system.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Beijing}}


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* UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}
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* UsefulNotes/Miami
** OnlyInMiami

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* UsefulNotes/Miami
UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}
** OnlyInMiamiOnlyInMiami: Works set in Florida are overwhelmingly centred in and around the state's biggest city, Miami.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}
* UsefulNotes/HongKong
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* UsefulNotes/Miami
** OnlyInMiami
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** ItCameFromBeverlyHills
** ValleyGirl
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* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles
** HollywoodCalifornia

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Separate categories for general tropes & named cities.



[[AC:General Tropes]]



* UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}: The capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.
** AthensAndSparta: When two cities, so different in constitution and character are in war with each other (spoilers: the militaristic polis will win, but the artistic polis will rise in the end).



* GayParee



* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: The capital city of England.
** BritainIsOnlyLondon: Works set in Britain will have the characters only in London (as opposed to the rest of country).
** UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground: Rapid transit system frequently used as transport in London.
** VictorianLondon: London in Victorian times (1837 to 1901).
* MajorWorldCities



* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States.
** BigApplesauce
** TheBigRottenApple: New York is portrayed as full of crime, poverty and corruption.
** BrooklynRage
** FultonStreetFolly
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops
** NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway



* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}: The capital city of South Korea.



* SpaceBrasilia



* UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}



* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* TokyoTower



* VivaLasVegas


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* UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}: The capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.
** AthensAndSparta: When two cities, so different in constitution and character are in war with each other (spoilers: the militaristic polis will win, but the artistic polis will rise in the end).
* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: The capital city of England.
** BritainIsOnlyLondon: Works set in Britain will have the characters only in London (as opposed to the rest of country).
** UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground: Rapid transit system frequently used as transport in London.
** VictorianLondon: London in Victorian times (1837 to 1901).
* MajorWorldCities
* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States.
** BigApplesauce
** TheBigRottenApple: New York is portrayed as full of crime, poverty and corruption.
** BrooklynRage
** FultonStreetFolly
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops
** NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway
* UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}
** GayParee
* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}: The capital city of South Korea.
* SpaceBrasilia
* UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}: The largest city in Australia and the South Pacific.
* UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}: The largest city in Japan, and one of the largest in the world.
** ThirtySecondsOverTokyo
** TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
** TokyoTower
* VivaLasVegas

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* AthensAndSparta

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* AthensAndSpartaUsefulNotes/{{Athens}}: The capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.
** AthensAndSparta: When two cities, so different in constitution and character are in war with each other (spoilers: the militaristic polis will win, but the artistic polis will rise in the end).
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* CapitalOffensive
* CaughtInTheBadPartOfTown

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* CapitalOffensive
CapitalOffensive: An invading army launches an attack on a capital city.
* CaughtInTheBadPartOfTownCaughtInTheBadPartOfTown: A character finds themselves stuck in a part of the city with a high crime rate (and they're not from that area).



* CityMouse
* TheCityNarrows

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* CityMouse
CityMouse: A character from a city tries to adjust to life in the country.
* TheCityNarrowsTheCityNarrows: An area of a city known for crime.



* CityOfTheDamned

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* CityOfTheDamnedCityOfTheDamned: Hell is depicted as an urban environment.



* {{Egopolis}}

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* {{Egopolis}}{{Egopolis}}: Naming a city after yourself.



* UsefulNotes/{{London}}
** BritainIsOnlyLondon
** UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground
** VictorianLondon

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* UsefulNotes/{{London}}
UsefulNotes/{{London}}: The capital city of England.
** BritainIsOnlyLondon
BritainIsOnlyLondon: Works set in Britain will have the characters only in London (as opposed to the rest of country).
** UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground
UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground: Rapid transit system frequently used as transport in London.
** VictorianLondonVictorianLondon: London in Victorian times (1837 to 1901).



* MegaCity

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* MegaCityMegaCity: A ''huge'' city.



* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity

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* UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityUsefulNotes/NewYorkCity: The most populous city in the United States.



** TheBigRottenApple

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** TheBigRottenAppleTheBigRottenApple: New York is portrayed as full of crime, poverty and corruption.



* RedLightDistrict
* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}

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* RedLightDistrict
RedLightDistrict: An area of a city known for being frequented by sex workers.
* UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}: The capital city of South Korea.



* SoiledCityOnAHill

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* SoiledCityOnAHillSoiledCityOnAHill: A WretchedHive city is destroyed.



* UndergroundCity
* UnderwaterCity
* UrbanFantasy

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* UndergroundCity
UndergroundCity: A functioning city located underground.
* UnderwaterCity
UnderwaterCity: A populated and functioning city is located underwater.
* UrbanFantasyUrbanFantasy: Fantasy stories that take place in a modern city.



* ViceCity

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* ViceCityViceCity: An entire city full of crime and corruption from top to bottom.



* WatchingTroyBurn

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* WatchingTroyBurnWatchingTroyBurn: Watching the destruction of your beloved home city or a similar place.



* WretchedHive
* WrongSideOfTheTracks

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* WretchedHive
WretchedHive: A CrapsackWorld in the form of a town or city.
* WrongSideOfTheTracksWrongSideOfTheTracks: The impoverished part of a city.
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* MobileCity: An entire city that moves around.

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* BigApplesauce
** TheBigRottenApple
** BrooklynRage
** FultonStreetFolly
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops
** NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan
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** BigApplesauce
** TheBigRottenApple
** BrooklynRage
** FultonStreetFolly
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops
** NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan
** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway
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* MetropolisLevel
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* Scienceville:

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* Scienceville:{{Scienceville}}
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* CityOfTheDamned
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City Of Weirdos is to be cut per TRS.


* CityOfWeirdos
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