Pokemon Black and White takes place in the aftermath of 9/11
Above is the Unova region, from Pokemon Black and White. Looks sorta familiar, right? It's not based on an area in Japan, like a lot of the other mainline Pokemon games, but instead is based on New York. Except uh, last I checked, Manhattan doesn't have a desolate wasteland in the middle of it (Staten Island is to the Southwest, after all). The Midtown Desert is such a striking image that many have compared it to a post- 9/11 NYC. To see where they're coming from, let's take a look at a map of the real Manhattan.
You can see Central Park up top, which is matched by Unova's lush pokeball-shaped pond. Then there's the bustling financial district on the southern tip, which again is mirrored in Unova. You can even see a facsimile of the Brooklyn Bridge leading to Unova's eastern side. Everything in this region of the Pokemon world seems to have a real-world counterpart, so what's up with the dead center Dust Bowl? It doesn't belong... unless you think it's supposed to be Ground Zero. It is about right area, after all. Heck, there's even a bunch of construction workers in the area when you pass through.
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