"He should be banned from touching this page.  This moron edited my entry calling it Miami and Miami Beach, and said on his edit, ""Miami Beach is in Miami.""  First off, this is the most common tourist misconception in the world.  Miami Beach, Florida is it's own city, with it's own mayor, and it's own city council, and police, and fire department, and everything.  Anyone who claims Miami Beach and Miami are the same is full of shit, and should be flogged. 

 In fact, Miami, Florida is only 35 square miles, the game takes place in at least 5 different cities.  Miami airport is not in Miami, it's in unincorperated Miami-Dade County.  Please leave the geography to the native Floridians please.  Thank you. 
 

 Then how about we just say that Los Santos is based off Los Angeles and Compton and Watts and Hollywood and every other area! Seriously, shut up, if we put in that its based on Miami and Miami Beach then we might as well mention all the other places. So i think just mentioning Miami is good enough.   

 The fact you said Miami Beach is in Miami is the most absurd, idiotic thing I've ever read.  This is an encyclopedia, and therefore the content should be verified.  This is as vulgar as saying New Zeland is in Australia.  As for SA, the idea is that it's based on LA, San Fransisco, and Las Vegas, which is the appropriate way to describe it.  But half of GTA:VC takes place in the city of Miami Beach, not Miami.  This is a very valid point.  Here's another point, there is no Watts, Ca and Hollywood, Ca, these are not cities.  Compton is a city. 

 GTA:SA Takes place in an entire state, with much shrunken versions of many cities.  VC is a snapshot of a very small portion of a much larger city, in 1986, when it was almost tiny compared to today.  Esentially, it covers this area: 

  

 Miami and Miami Beach are 2 very different cities, and are massively seperate in many ways, they are more like Los Angeles and San Diego.  LA is 470 sq miles, Miami is 35.  Miami is almost 4 times as dense as LA.  There are huge differences.  Miami is a massive cluster of small towns, LA is a huge central city with many suburbs. 

 I just like to keep the info straight. 
 

  
 Oh, well my mistake, i thought Miami Beach was in Miami just because i don't know shit about Miami because i don't really care about Miami, but just to tell ya, Los Santos is not based on Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas since there are three cities in San Andreas and the other two San Fierro and Las Venturas are based on San Fran and Vegas, Yes, we all know that the Cities in GTA aren't even close to the size if there real-life counterparts, but like i said if we add Miami Beach we might as well add all the other places. Now go back to Florida... We don't like yer kind round' here.  unsigned. 

  
 Well that's as may be, but wiki is not a game chat forum, and we DO care about encyclopedic content.  The fact is many people are ignorant to this fact about Miami Beach, and we should be concise.  We need to say, SA is based on LA, SF, and LV, where as VC is based on MB and Miami.  This is a VERY important point as a huge chunk of the game is based on landmarks in Miami Beach, not Miami.  VC takes place in 2 cities, realistically, if we consider NBV and all west Miami CDPs to be unimportant, (but Dodge Island is a part of Miami).  The other fact is we can't prove that these CDPs are even the ones depicted in the game.  KMIA is not in one city, it's in an unincorporated area near the Flagami district.  If you think that not fact checking your submissions is for wiki, you should leave.  We always doublecheck our work for accuracy.    

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