As I was sitting at work today, bored, I pulled up a map of the Vegas area on Google Maps (I'm from the Mid-West... Not too familiar with west coast) and noticed several things that blew a fuse in my head.

I was able to find several locations in modern-day Nevada and California just as they appear in Fallout: New Vegas.
Goodsprings was not only right where Obsidian placed in in NV, but apparently there really is a Pioneer Saloon and Goodsprings Elementary School there. And right down the road is a small airport named Jeans. Continue down I-15 to Primm, with a casino and resort of the same name as in FO:NV (Wild Bill's, I think?) and a roller coaster. Further down the road, we find Nipton... As well as the intersection of 95 and 93 where Obsidian placed the 188 Trading Post, and, of course Boulder City and Black Mountain.

Anyways, I want to give my compliments to the Obsidian team for their great attention to detail. My hat's off to you, gentlemen.


EDIT: Spelling mistake

From what I hear, they've done it better than Bethesda did.
Wow.

Yeah I did the same the other day and was impressed to find that a lot of the area in NV is actually real

Wow, is that true? That's crazy.

I hear Josh Sawyer rode his motorcycle all over Nevada as research for both locations and the environment in general. Talk about dedication!

Wow, that is impressive.

There's an actual Cottonwood Cove, and, I kid you not, a solar power plant south of Boulder City!

Funny part is they mixed up the Solar One that is in California with the Solar One that is in Nevada.

This is the Solar One in Nevada at the location of HELIOS One.

http://www.theresilientearth.com/files/images/power_plant_5_small.jpg

This is the Solar One in California near Barstow that HELIOS One looks remarkably similar to.

http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/solar_two.jpg

Whoops!

EDIT: By the way the one in California is now called Solar Two, it used to be called Solar One.

I heard a rumor that the proprietors of the Pioneer Saloon didn't want them to use the name because he's a Vegetarian and they thought he was some sort of hippie.

But that's probably BS, it's obviously called "Prospector" Saloon because of the prospector/scavengers in the game.

It must be really cool to see your town in Fallout then!

Unless you live in Nipton.