There was an RP once set in the city I grew up in and I just...stalked it for a very short while because it was trainwreck wrong. Wroooooooooong. I was just sitting there going 'no, that place isn't there. I know because the place your thread claims to be is 20 minutes by bus that way and the place where it actually is IS RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DOOR.'

And then the giant blizzard of a couple years ago happened and apparently in this RP that was happening in real time, the city was shut down for almost two weeks when really we were back up and running that afternoon. For serious though, not doing research bugs the shit out of me especially because most of that stuff is just a google search away.