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To one of the previous posters, Washington DC IS a gangland, no doubt about it.  They just luckily had a slow homicide rate this past year, but that's the first time in 38 years.
 
To be honest, I'd say Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, or New Orleans are US Cities that are deserving of serious consideration.  
 
Philadelphia could be another place as well.  Camden, New Jersey is right across the river from there, so just like Los Santos involved San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas being lumped together, they do the same format with Philly, Camden and Wilmington, Delaware.
 
Personally, I'd like to see Seattle on there, but I'm totally bias.  However, there is some merit.  We have a rising homicide rate, the gang scene is re-igniting here, and we have three distinct communities that could be profiled.  Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima.  Yakima, though a mid-sized city at best, has risen to the top 10 in auto theft in the US, and has itself a very increased homicide rate.
 
At the same time, I recognize that Seattle, even though starting to become a crime-ridden city-still does not present the way LA or NY does.
 
Internationally, I think Indonesia would be a spectacular setting, simply because of the culture clash that is occurring there.  On one block, you'll find first world class, and on the following block you'll run into third world disarray.  I think that could create the most intriguing story line that the GTA series has ever had.
 
If not there, somewhere in the Eastern Bloc would be great as well, where human trafficking is becoming the "normal" way of life.  That could be the first time that GTA profiled a female as their lead character, which would be equally interesting.

To one of the previous posters, Washington DC IS a gangland, no doubt about it.  They just luckily had a slow homicide rate this past year, but that's the first time in 38 years.
 
To be honest, I'd say Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, or New Orleans are US Cities that are deserving of serious consideration.  
 
Philadelphia could be another place as well.  Camden, New Jersey is right across the river from there, so just like Los Santos involved San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas being lumped together, they do the same format with Philly, Camden and Wilmington, Delaware.
 
Personally, I'd like to see Seattle on there, but I'm totally bias.  However, there is some merit.  We have a rising homicide rate, the gang scene is re-igniting here, and we have three distinct communities that could be profiled.  Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima.  Yakima, though a mid-sized city at best, has risen to the top 10 in auto theft in the US, and has itself a very increased homicide rate.
 
At the same time, I recognize that Seattle, even though starting to become a crime-ridden city-still does not present the way LA or NY does.
 
Internationally, I think Indonesia would be a spectacular setting, simply because of the culture clash that is occurring there.  On one block, you'll find first world class, and on the following block you'll run into third world disarray.  I think that could create the most intriguing story line that the GTA series has ever had.
 
If not there, somewhere in the Eastern Bloc would be great as well, where human trafficking is becoming the "normal" way of life.  That could be the first time that GTA profiled a female as their lead character, which would be equally interesting.

To one of the previous posters, Washington DC IS a gangland, no doubt about it.  They just luckily had a slow homicide rate this past year, but that's the first time in 38 years.
 
To be honest, I'd say Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, or New Orleans are US Cities that are deserving of serious consideration.  
 
Philadelphia could be another place as well.  Camden, New Jersey is right across the river from there, so just like Los Santos involved San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas being lumped together, they do the same format with Philly, Camden and Wilmington, Delaware.
 
Personally, I'd like to see Seattle on there, but I'm totally bias.  However, there is some merit.  We have a rising homicide rate, the gang scene is re-igniting here, and we have three distinct communities that could be profiled.  Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima.  Yakima, though a mid-sized city at best, has risen to the top 10 in auto theft in the US, and has itself a very increased homicide rate.
 
At the same time, I recognize that Seattle, even though starting to become a crime-ridden city-still does not present the way LA or NY does.
 
Internationally, I think Indonesia would be a spectacular setting, simply because of the culture clash that is occurring there.  On one block, you'll find first world class, and on the following block you'll run into third world disarray.  I think that could create the most intriguing story line that the GTA series has ever had.
 
If not there, somewhere in the Eastern Bloc would be great as well, where human trafficking is becoming the "normal" way of life.  That could be the first time that GTA profiled a female as their lead character, which would be equally interesting.