Los Santos

Los Santos is a fictional city located in the southern state of San Andreas. Los Santos is based on Los Angeles, California and its greater metropolitan area. Los Santos is Spanish for "The Saints", a play on "The Angels", which is the translation of Los Angeles.

The city's population is approximately 60,000.

That's where Franklin Clinton and Michael Santa live.

The city is explicitly based in Los Angeles, California, as you can see landmarks and tourist attractions such as the Vinewood sign, based in Hollywood, and the Griffith Observatory, which was the basis for the Galileo observatory.

Los Santos is also the stronghold of the criminal underground. Many of the neighborhoods in Los Santos suffer from high crime rates, specifically the southern part of the city. Since the 1990s, Los Santos is primarily affected from drug trades between many gangs in the city. These drugs include crack, meth, and marijuana as well as a new drug called "Toilet Cleaner".

Besides the drug smuggling, the city suffers from violence, murder, and gang fighting in the southern part of the city (mainly Chamberlain Hills, Davis, and Strawberry). Most of these crimes are caused by the two long time rival African-American street gangs, The Families and the Ballas. They are involved in arms-trafficking as well, bringing in illegal weaponry such as Assault Rifles and SMGs.

Other than small-time street gangs, there are also influential and organized crime groups in the city. TheMarabunta Grande, a powerful Salvadorian crime syndicate, are expanding their operations to Los Santos. They have fierce rivalries with other gangs all across San Andreas that are involved in the narcotics trade.

Not only is there high criminal activity, but there is also widespread corruption amongst city officials and even the police. The LSPD is known for their police brutality; there was even an instance where they shot and killed adog. According to some sources, LSPD officers are also known for hiring prostitutes, which may explain the high presence of prostitution even in the affluent parts of the city.

The city of Los Santos is a huge failure, a social chaos bomb about to explode, under a lot of makeup and beautiful sunny days. The system is hypocritical and failed. People are stupid and ridiculous, governments are corrupt, corporations are sick and manipulative.