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* AudioPlay/GhostRiderTheAudioDrama is set in a city that is never referred to by name - and the writer seems to go out of his way to avoid actually calling it ''anything'', or even referring to it directly.
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* The city in ''Film/TheAsphaltJungle'' remains anonymous. Apparently, the exterior scenes were shot in Cincinnati. One version of the script even mentioned the city by name but it was taken out because ironically, Cincinnati was facing police corruption at the time.



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* The setting for Series/ThePrisoner is never explicitly named; it is only referred to as "The Village". It was, famously, filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Portmeirion}} in UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}.

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* The setting for Series/ThePrisoner ''Series/ThePrisoner'' is never explicitly named; it is only referred to as "The Village". It The series was, famously, filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Portmeirion}} in UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}.
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* The setting for Series/ThePrisoner is never explicitly named; it is only referred to as "The Village". It was, famously, filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Portmeirion}} in UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}.
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* The city where ''{{Se7en}}'' takes place. It appears to be a composite of New York and Los Angeles noir cities. However, the constant overcast skies more resembles the Pacific Northwest.

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* The city where ''{{Se7en}}'' ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' takes place. It appears to be a composite of New York and Los Angeles noir cities. However, the constant overcast skies more resembles the Pacific Northwest.



* ''FightClub'' mentions several other cities, but never specifies where the narrator lives. Clues in the novel and movie imply that the city is actually Wilmington, Delaware.
* ''21 Grams'' never names its location, although a traffic report on a car radio names the major intersections of Memphis, Tennessee.

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* ''FightClub'' ''Film/FightClub'' mentions several other cities, but never specifies where the narrator lives. Clues in the novel and movie imply that the city is actually Wilmington, Delaware.
* ''21 Grams'' ''Film/TwentyOneGrams'' never names its location, although a traffic report on a car radio names the major intersections of Memphis, Tennessee.



* ShallowGrave is set in an unnamed Scottish city. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow were used for exterior shots.

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* ShallowGrave ''Film/ShallowGrave'' is set in an unnamed Scottish city. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow were used for exterior shots.
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* Dynamite Comics' ''Legenderry'' ({{Steampunk}} plus {{Elseworld}} plus MassiveMultiplayerCrossover) is set in The Big City, which Creator/BillWillingham says isn't exactly London and isn't exactly New York. The world of Legenderry also contians The Jungle, The Island, The Sea etc.

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* Dynamite Comics' ''Legenderry'' ({{Steampunk}} plus {{Elseworld}} plus MassiveMultiplayerCrossover) is set in The Big City, which Creator/BillWillingham writer Bill Willingham says isn't exactly London and isn't exactly New York. The world of Legenderry also contians The Jungle, The Island, The Sea etc.
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*Dynamite Comics' ''Legenderry'' ({{Steampunk}} plus {{Elseworld}} plus MassiveMultiplayerCrossover) is set in The Big City, which Creator/BillWillingham says isn't exactly London and isn't exactly New York. The world of Legenderry also contians The Jungle, The Island, The Sea etc.
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* Similarly, ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' was filmed in [[StargateCity Vancouver, British Columbia]], but set in an unnamed city in Washington State. The police uniforms simply say "Metropolitan Police".
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* Honestly, an awful lot of references to 'The City' in rock music are pretty much an example of this. I'm sure 'Summer in the City' (Loving Spoonful) or 'Heart of the City' (Nick Lowe) or 'City With No Children' (Arcade Fire) are all referring to specific cities in the authors' minds, but the listener isn't privy to the details!
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* The name 'Istanbul' originally comes from a Greek phrase 'eis tên polin' meaning 'to/into the city.' People from the surrounding countryside would simply talk about going 'eis tên polin' (rather than saying 'going to Constantinople') and over time this ended up superseding Constantinople as the city's proper name. It was simply 'The City.' So Istanbul isn't simply the Turkish version of Constantinople, and was actually in use before the Ottomans took over.
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* The Belchers in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' appear to live in New Jersey, according to a map gag when they were traveling, but their city has never been named.

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->'''Nearl: '''"But the asylum was a picnic compared to life on the mean streets of... Town!"
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* ''CollegeRoomiesFromHell!!!'' is similarly ambiguous. All we know is that it's in the United States, north enough to see the snow but south enough that the ButtMonkey can get himself shipped to Mexico while passed out for a matter of hours.

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* ''CollegeRoomiesFromHell!!!'' ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell!!!'' is similarly ambiguous. All we know is that it's in the United States, north enough to see the snow but south enough that the ButtMonkey can get himself shipped to Mexico while passed out for a matter of hours.



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* The city in ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' is never identified. The box and manuals for [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the first game]] refer to it as "Monsteropolis", but that's only in the English localization. In [[ComicBook/MegaMan the comic book adaptation]], the city's name is never brought up until later on, in which it was renamed "Mega City" in Mega Man's honor.
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* In TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, the city surrounding Hyrule Castle and the Temple of Time is never named, being called only "Market". TwilightPrincess identifies it as Hyrule Castle Town.

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* In TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, the city surrounding Hyrule Castle and the Temple of Time is never named, being called only "Market". TwilightPrincess ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' identifies it as Hyrule Castle Town.
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* Building 42 that named the ''{{Franchise/Buildingverse}}'' stands in one of these. It's even nicknamed by the fans as ''Unnamed University Town''.
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** It's more of an argument really, where fans can never decide whether it's Hillwood or Hillwood City thanks to the different signs all about town.

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** It's more of an argument really, where fans can Although the name is never decide whether it's Hillwood or Hillwood City thanks to the spoken, different signs all about town.town indicate it's either Hillwood or Hillwood City.
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* The City found in the ''{{Thief}}'' video games. Though it seems quite possible that may actually be its name - it's even referred to as that, capital letter and all, in official in-universe documents.

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* The City found in the ''{{Thief}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' video games. Though it seems quite possible that may actually be its name - it's even referred to as that, capital letter and all, in official in-universe documents.
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** Very few of the non-shinobi cities visited are ever given a name. Simple referring to the country where the events take place is far more common.
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* In TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, the city surrounding Hyrule Castle and the Temple of Time is never named, being called only "Market". TwilightPrincess identifies it as Hyrule Castle Town.
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** The second biggest city in Wales (Where this troper lives) is Swansea, it's full name is The County and City of Swansea. If you (Like this troper) live near the city centre, you'll undoubtedly call it 'Town'. As in 'I was planning to go into Town in the afternoon.' This is left over from when it was called Swansea Town.

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** The second biggest city in Wales (Where this troper lives) is Swansea, it's full name is or more formally The County and City of Swansea. If you (Like this troper) live near the city centre, you'll undoubtedly call it 'Town'. As in 'I was planning to go into Town in the afternoon.' This is left over from when it was called Swansea Town.
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* The city in ''Barnaby Grimes'' is a very ambiguous setting, which extends to it never being named.
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* ''{{Tunnels}}'' has a variation with "The Colony".
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* A flashback in ''TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' concerns the exploration of an ancient, ruined [[{{Precursors}} Earthlord]] city known only as "The City" or "The Nameless City", which is commented on by the characters.

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* A flashback in ''TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' concerns the exploration of an ancient, ruined [[{{Precursors}} Earthlord]] city known only as "The City" or "The Nameless City", a fact which is commented on by the characters.
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* A flashback in ''TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' concerns the exploration of an ancient, ruined [[{{Precursors}} Earthlord]] city known only as "The City" or "The Nameless City", which is commented on by the characters.
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** The second biggest city in Wales (Where this troper lives) is Swansea, it's full name is The County and City of Swansea. If you (Like this troper) live near the city centre, you'll undoubtedly call it 'Town'. As in 'I was planning to go into Town in the afternoon.' This is left over from when it was called Swansea Town.
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** The capital city of Luxembourg is always called "The City" across the country, [[NamesTheSame because calling it "Luxembourg"]] would just be plain confusing.
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* The city where ''{{Se7en}}'' takes place. It appears to be a composite of New York and Los Angeles noir cities.

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No relation to the ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' novel of the same name. [[NoExportForYou Maybe.]]

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No relation to the ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' novel of the same name. [[NoExportForYou Maybe.]]
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*''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', at least the English version, bends over backwards to avoid identifying itself as located in France, then blows it by using real places -- The Factory is a former Renault factory that was on island in the Seine outside Paris, for example, and one shot showing XANA hijacking a KillSat explicitly shows France as a target.
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For a very specific subtype, see CanadaDoesNotExist.

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For a very specific subtype, see CanadaDoesNotExist. Also see WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

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