Raccoon City isn't based on any real city in the US. All we know is that it's a "Midwestern town" nestled between mountains and rivers. The games have been super inconsistent about how it's portrayed, too.

Raccoon City (ラクーン 市 シティ?) was an industrial city located in Arklay County, an isolated mountain county in the Midwestern United States. It was destroyed during the t-Virus outbreak in 1998. At present, the area is cordoned off to the rest of the world by a U.S. government facility.

For years Resident Evil fans have been trying to figure out which real life town the fictitious town of Raccoon City. This video explores and investigates th...

Where the hell is Raccoon City? A. Right now, it's scattered around that blast crater. Before the bomb, it was somewhere in "America's Midwest," and there's nothing in any RE game that would place it anywhere more specific (i.e. the police cars in RE2 have "Raccoon" license plates).

Jun 19, 2024 · What happened to the real Raccoon City? Raccoon City, Arklay was an American city heavily tied to the Umbrella Corporation. It was destroyed after a viral outbreak, prompting a nuclear missile strike.

I know this has likely been discussed here before, but it's fun to speculate and, as a geography nerd and someone into headcanon/fan theories, I think that Raccoon City's possible real world "alternate reality" parallel can be narrowed down three likely possibilities.

Raccoon City is a fictional city in the survival horror franchise Resident Evil where it was the setting of many games. It was a small, industrialized city located in Arklay County, an isolated mountain county in the Midwestern United States. It was destroyed during the t …

May 19, 2024 · In a deleted scene from Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Raccoon City is shown on a weather map as being approximately where Allentown, Pennsylvania, is located in the real world. However, the exact basis for Raccoon City in the movie is …

Aug 20, 2023 · What happened to the real Raccoon City? Raccoon City is a fictional city in the survival horror franchise Resident Evil where it was the setting of many games. It was a small, industrialized city located in Arklay County, an isolated mountain county in …

Oct 23, 2012 · Raccoon City is ground zero in a utopia for zombies and other ghastly abominations. It is located somewhere in the American Midwest. It also lies all in your head, specifically the Resident Evil series of survival video games.