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new york city with the serial numbers filed off and the crime rate cranked up.
means liberty city is rockstar games fictional stand-in for new york city, the setting for grand theft auto iii, gta iv, and other titles in the series.
from rockstar first built liberty city for gta iii in 2001, splicing manhattan, brooklyn, and new jersey into a satirical mirror of new york, then rebuilt it from scratch for gta iv in 2008 with an entirely new engine and a darker, more grounded tone.
real place tooalso a real miami neighborhood, unrelated but same name
three versionsgta iii, gta advance, and gta iv all differ
statue parodystatue of happiness replaces statue of liberty in-game
radio satirein-game stations mock real nyc talk radio culture
for instance
algonquin — gta iv borough standing in for manhattan
broker — gta iv borough standing in for brooklyn
liberty city survivor — in-game radio station parodying z100
cj hometown cameo — referenced in gta san andreas storyline