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"Industrial wasteland meets suburban hell." ―GTA IV Website

The State of Alderney (Nickname: The Wasteland State) is an American state located to the west of Liberty City. Although the two states are independent of one another, Alderney City is treated as part of Liberty City's metropolitan area.

The state is only seen in Grand Theft Auto IV and its two downloadable content packs. It is absent in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

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Description

Alderney is based on the State of New Jersey. Alderney City shares many similarities with Newark and Jersey City, and unlike Liberty City, it is much more consistent with its real-life counterpart in terms of spatial planning and geography. The state is mostly made up of in-game representations of real-life cities and townships in Hudson County (Westdyke); however, it also features portions of Bergen County (Leftwood) to the north, and Union County (Tudor) to the south.

History

Not much is known about the history of Alderney. However, on the documentary A History of Liberty City on CNT, it is stated that Alderney was named after Phillip D. Alderney, who was said to be the "only person that could tolerate an oily mosquito filled swamp full of industrial waste and soccer moms".

Character

Alderney City can be considered suburban and somewhat middle-class overall. Alderney has a wide range of characters and atmospheres which include:

Commercial (Leftwood), (Berchem) and (Koreatown, Alderney City)

Central business district (Downtown Alderney City)

Upper-class residential (Westdyke) and (Berchem)

Middle-class residential (Leftwood) and (Tudor)

Lower-class residential (Central Acter)

Housing projects (West Tudor)

Docklands (East Tudor), (Port Tudor), (Riverside, Alderney City) and (Normandy)

Central industrial district (Acter Industrial Park)

Prison District (Alderney State Correctional Facility)

Run-down, gang influenced (Acter)

Crime

Crime and corruption are no less common in Alderney City than in Liberty City. The most crime-ridden areas in Alderney are south and central Alderney City and in the townships of Acter, Berchem, and some parts of Tudor. The Pegorino Family and the Korean Mob conduct organized crime from within Alderney and Mafia families from Liberty City, such as the Ancelottis and Pavanos, also run operations there. as does a set of M.O.B.. A chapter of The Lost MC was active until it disbanded in 2008 after a civil war left it in ruins.

The State Troopers of Alderney wear uniforms different from those of the Liberty City Police Department that resemble those of the New Jersey State Police. However, the Alderney State Police department use vehicles bearing the livery of the LCPD.

Gangs of Alderney

Food and Drink

Alderney's dining services mostly come from fast-food chains, such as the Pizza This and Burger Shot in Leftwood and Westdyke. Cluckin' Bell and Wigwam Burger are also seen around Berchem. The hot dog and peanut vendors spread throughout Alderney City. Alderney also has traditional foreign restaurants such as Mr. Fuk's Rice Box, a Korean restaurant located in Alderney City, and branches of chain restaurants that serve foreign dishes, such as Gozushi! in Leftwood.

Parks

The only park seen in the State of Alderney is Acter Park in Acter.

Sports

No sports stadiums of any kind appear in Alderney and it is unknown if the state is represented by any teams.

Red Mist XI and the Liberty City Wrath might play in an unseen area of Alderney; their real-life counterparts (the New York Red Bulls and New York Giants/New York Jets) play in Harrison and East Rutherford respectively, areas of New Jersey which are not depicted in-game.

Education

High Schools

Two high schools from the state of Alderney are seen on Hornyhighschoolreunions.com

Acter High School

Alderney City Tech

Transportation

Alderney's outer reaches are supplied by the Plumbers Skyway. The state is connected to Liberty City by the Booth Tunnel and Hickey Bridge, both of which cross the West River. A ferry terminal is under construction in Castle Garden City, Algonquin, which would supposedly connect it with the completed Alderney terminal, but the terminal is abandoned, and construction is only in progress on the Algonquin end.

Bridges

Highways

Tunnels

Heliports

Streets

Much like other streets, Alderney streets are named after famous objects or people. Northern Alderney streets are named after mountain ranges, Owl Creek Avenue, Beaverhead Avenue, Big Horn Drive. Central Alderney streets are named after inventors, Babbage Drive, Farnsworth Road, Edison Avenue, and cult leaders, Koresh Square, Applewhite Street, Hubbard Avenue, and in Southern Alderney streets are after American nuclear tests, Plumbbob Avenue, Niblick Street and Tinderbox Avenue.

Subway

Alderney does not have a subway system. However, remnants of a rail system can be found in various parts of the state, though this appears to have been for freight rather than passengers.

Public Services in Alderney

Hospitals

Fire Departments

Places of Interest in Alderney

Known residents

Businesses in Alderney

Townships, Industrial areas and Municipal counties

Trivia

The state's name is a reference to Alderney, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. This reflects the name of New Jersey, which is named after Jersey, another island in the English Channel.

Some dialogue in the game refers to Alderney as "Guernsey" (the Bailiwick of Guernsey incorporates Alderney and the island of Guernsey is another Channel Island near to Jersey), suggesting that, at some point in GTA IV's development, the state may have carried its Grand Theft Auto 1 name of "New Guernsey", after the parent island. Jimmy Pegorino mentions both names in the Payback mission cutscene.

name of "New Guernsey", after the parent island. Jimmy Pegorino mentions both names in the Payback mission cutscene. Alderney is frequently derided by Libertonian citizens and news media like Weazel News throughout the game, parodying the antagonism between New York and New Jersey. Examples of this include a website claiming that "not even a terrorist would want to live in Alderney" and the Episodes from Liberty City instruction manual describing Alderney as being home to "dreary suburbia, industrial wastelands and strip malls".

instruction manual describing Alderney as being home to "dreary suburbia, industrial wastelands and strip malls". Berchem is the name of a district in Antwerp, Belgium; to its west is the Hoboken district, one of the disputed origins of the name of Hoboken, New Jersey.

DJ Mister Cee of The Beat 102.7 once referred to Alderney as "Al-Dirty", a play on the New Jersey nickname "Dirty Jerz".

In the beta map for GTA IV, Alderney appeared to have a piece of land extending to the north which was removed during development.

Vehicles in Alderney do not appear to have their own licence plates and use Liberty City ones instead.

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