Re: Re: Where is Sunnydale

[Alexis Dagwood <treehugger013@xxxxxxxxx>]

wow...that's a lot of info.  san fran seems more
likely, which would explain why buffy's dad (on the
show) only came once.  
-lex :-)

--- Howard Russell <howardrussell2000@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello Everybody!
>
> Sunnydale is a fictional town, as are almost all
> small towns shown on American TV.  Basically, very
> large cities, like New York City, can be used as a
> show's location because, if half a million rabid
> fans showed up one day, who'd notice?  But small
> towns would be swamped by a show's fans making a
> pilgrimage, so no real small town names are used. 
> The Simpsons are an odd pseudo-exeption; Springfield
> is a real city in almost every state, but the state
> is never named in the show.  In fact, violently
> contadictory hints about which state are a running
> gag of the series.
>
> Facts we know about the fictional Sunnydale:
> It's about two hours from the nearest Neiman-Marcus.
> (There are six in California: two in the L.A. area,
> two near San Francisco, two in San Diego.)
> It's on/near the shore.  (It has beaches and docks.)
> It's in southern California.  (Directly stated many
> times.)
>
> There's three cities it could be two hours from, and
> it's on the shore.  Let's use the process of
> elimination.
>
> San Diego
> 2hrs S: In Mexico.    No.
> 2hrs N: In L.A.       No.
> Los Angeles
> 2hrs S: In San Diego. No.
> 2hrs N: Nowhere.      Possible.
> San Francisco
> 2hrs S: In Marina.    Possible.
> 2hrs N: Nowhere.      Possible.
>
> That leaves three possible locations.  Let's look at
> them a little closer.
>
> Okay, if we put it two hours north of San Francisco,
> then it's far from southern California and it's a
> seven to eight hour drive to L.A.  Not likely.
>
> Now, if it's two hours north of L.A., that puts it
> right between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara.  Quite
> appropriate to have the Hellmouth bracketed by two
> saints.  A fine possibility.
>
> If we go two hours south of San Francisco, that
> lands us right in Marina.  Now, it's not uncommon
> for a show to model their fictional city on a real
> place, so this is a definite possibility.  Marina
> has beaches, docks, an airport, parks, colleges,
> ect.  Everything Sunnydale is supposed to have.  A
> very likely choice.
> Map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=&csz=Marina%2C+CA&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
> Official site:
> http://www.ci.marina.ca.us/
> This is a five or six hour drive from L.A.  That
> would explain Angel meeting Buffy halfway in
> "Flooded."  Two hours from L.A. is too close, in my
> opinion, for how rarely the characters visited each
> other.  Two hours is very short to keep people that
> know each other apart; six hours makes it much more
> difficult to just casually visit outside of
> emergencies.  And L.A. trips often seem to be
> over-nighters; not reasonable for a two hour jaunt.
>
> The two main contenders are both between San
> Francisco and L.A.  One is an undeveloped area,
> which allows total freedom in determining what it's
> like.  The other is a real city with real
> information you can use.  You decide if you want
> creative freedom or the guidance of reality.
>
>
>
> Your fellow 'shipper,
> Howard
>
> --
> I had nothing to offer anyone but my own confusion.
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>
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