Mariposa, California

**County** | San Lorenzo

**Mariposa, California** is a city located in Southwestern San Lorenzo County and is home to numerous characters such as Rachel Yoon, Derek Yoon, Alice Orozco, and more. The city is the second visited one during the game's events after having explored Corona Hills, its sister city to the north; it lies west of Las Palmas and north of Marley. Mariposa is most well known for being a hotspot for upper middle and upper class residents of the region, state, and country itself. Thriving businesses have called Mariposa home, which have led to many high-end stores opening in the area throughout its shopping centers. It is a hub for major fashion, which is proven with stores opened there ranging from Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and more. Outside of its prolific shopping centers and restaurants, the beach residing throughout the coast of the city if its most popular spot. The Mariposa Dog Park has also shown to be a much popular location, along with its pier, and food truck area that are usually seen daily, but especially on Fridays and the weekends.

It is a majority upper middle and upper class area, however many middle class neighborhoods do reside in the area. Many of the town's residents hail from excellent backgrounds ranging from investors, social media influencers, businesses executives, higher up employees at major corporations, engineers, scientists, celebrities, and more. The general area has many parks laid throughout it outside of coastal areas, such as around the middle of the town, some small trails exist there as well, however they are only made out of hills and dirt roads, which are mainly used by dirt bikers and other off-terrain vehicle owners. Mariposa's restaurants have also garnered reputation, as various restaurants in the town are also known country-wide for its high quality and delicious cuisine. Some of the restaurants located also have their own Michelin Stars, which have helped them appear on television shows and on the channels of famous Youtubers. Mariposa's coastal area is its most shining area however, its pier is a popular spot for fishers, along with a seafood restaurant seated at the end of the pier's boardwalk. There is an open area nearby one of the beach's parking lots where food trucks of all kinds park daily, but receive the most traffic during Fridays and the weekends.

Mariposa is also a popular spot for 4th of July as the city constructs a major fireworks show at around 9pm during the holiday, many food stalls and pop-up shops are situated in the same parking lot area during this time; radio stations also come by the area on this day especially to host contests for the festivity. The town itself may look small at first, but it is actually spacious and home to many people, homes, and businesses; the town's influence has also reached Corona Hills as the southwestern area of the town is home to many upper middle and upper class homes, though Marley's influence has also seeped into Mariposa as most of the town's middle class residents reside in the southern area of the town. Fish markets are also prevalent due a high volume of fisherman and the general population fishing in the area. The town has certainly made a name for itself in its home county.

## Locations

Prominent locations seen throughout Mariposa

* Fashion Isle
* Imeris
* Momo Ocha Café
* Mariposa Plaza
* Yoon Family Household
* Orozco Family Household
* Seaside Donut Corner
* Sakaki Sushi
* Mariposa Cruisers
* Cecile Coffee
* Jason Mann Museum of Art
* Brent Surf Shop
* Tino Smoke Shop
* Hiiragi Internet Cafe
* Patterson Park Golf Course Club House

## Inspiration

Mariposa is inspired by real locations in Los Angeles and Orange County such as cities ranging from Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Huntington Beach, and Newport Beach.

* The homes right by or nearby the coastal area are inspired by homes around the same area in Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, and Newport Beach. Hermosa's Beach Drive and Huntington's Walnut Avenue are the best inspiration used for this general area.
* Fashion Isle, the town's most notable outdoor shopping center, is directly inspired by Newport Beach's own outdoor shopping center named Fashion Island.
* Mariposa Plaza, the town's most notable indoor shopping center is inspired by Costa Mesa's own large indoor mall, the South Coast Plaza.
* The Mariposa Pier is inspired by both Newport Beach's pier and Redondo Beach's pier.
* The beach area is an inspiration and essentially a fusion of all the cities mentioned above own beach area. The Mariposa Dog Park for example is inspired by the Huntington Park Dog Park as they both lie east of the mostly crowded and popular spots of the coastal area.
* The Jason Mann Museum of Art is inspired by the Gray Matter Museum of Art, as both art museums specialize in showcasing contemporary abstract art from artists worldwide.
* The Hiiragi Internet Cafe is inspired by real life internet cafes in Japan. The Hiiragi Internet Cafe also has many bookshelves containing western literature as well as Japanese manga, which can be rented out to read while in a private room where the computer area is situated at. Other commodities such as food and drinks are also served here, and a number of restaurants in the area with delivery services have direct service to the cafe in case any patreon decides to order and pick up delivery from their current location.
* Momo Ocha Café is a cafe inspired by the real life maid cafes that are heavily prevalent throughout Japan. However there are differences within Momo Ocha, the servers don't refer to customers as "Master" unless requested by the customer themselves. Not only do female employees with maid outfits serve customers, but as well as male employees with suits posing as butlers. The food served in the restaurant such as its dessert for example is inspired by the same type of dessert served in real maid cafes, which are usually well known dessert dishes from Western Europe.