it's not, Night City is south of SF, Monterey Bay to be exact, and Pacifica is in the south of NC
Exactly - this is a Californian city. Not a Brazilian city. Not a Korean city. Night City is literally Californian. And yes, Pacifica is outside of SF.
look, from what I can tell your only talking point is that SF has big tech companies.
See, man, I feel like you keep dazing out and missing half of my comments. It's cyberpunk, not cyber and not punk, it's both. SF exemplifies both the best.
yes I failed to mention the Hispanic gangs, if only because their presence is minimal and nowhere near what it is in southern California.
wow kinda weird cherry picking to exclude the Hispanic gangs when talking about gangs? My argument isn't that SF has more intense hispanic gang crime (or more intense gang crime in general) than LA. It's just that it has gang crime (albeit less than it did when Mike originally conceptualized cyberpunk, yet with even more tech).
the disparity between rich and poor and the criminal element in SF are no different than any big city in NA
Oh yes it is hahahaha dude you've been helping me establish this premise by pointing out the ludicrous rent of shitholes like the Tenderloin, right next to economic centers like fidi or rich neighborhoods like nob hill, alamo square, and the marina. You just sound like a tourist who hasn't spent enough time in SF or any of its neighborhoods. After you visit the tendies, go down to hunters point. The murder rate is practically the same as Sao Paulo's.
so your only leg to stand on is the tech presence
No, if you're going to respond to me, don't let your eyes roll back into your head and glaze over when you read my comments.
when you combine all factors Sao Paulo and Seoul are much better candidates for a cyberpunk theme
No, Seoul has no punk and Sao Paulo has no cyber. Literally when you "combine all factors" SF is a much better candidate for a cyberpunk theme. I'm gonna keep repeating this until you get it, cause that's literally my thesis.
but hey, I'm only taking the side of the creator of the game, what does he know?
How so? He literally said he used SF as a model. The more you post the more obvious your BS is haha.