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What didn't make it to the 24th century?

BigC

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Well we know France is still there. And Julian and Miles talked about taking a trip down to Texas and seeing the real Alamo, so we know San Antonio survives. San Francisco and the Golden gate bridge exist, New Orleans also. So a good part of the United States will still be around.

In ENTERPRISE the Royal navy is spoken of as a current org so England probably. and Florida was attacked. Worf suggested Minsk so add Russia to the list. All this despite WWIII. I wonder what cities and or monuments didn't make it.

I would like to think it would be possible to spend a lazy summers day taking in Mount Rushmore or Londons West end. How different really is the Earth of Star Trek?
 
Not that differently I suppose. I'd like to assume they rebuilt much of the old monuments.
 
Minsk isn't in Russia. it's in Belarus.

Chekov's from Russia and always blathering on about Leningrad, so St Petersberg apparently survived and got YET ANOTHER name change...

Hoshi mentioned Japan IIRC...
 
Much of the California coastal region, according to Captain Janeway (VOY: Future's End), as well as parts of Florida and points south (ENT season 3).
 
We know Australia and New Zealand are still there. Though it seems that during WWIII and at least up to 10 years post war it sank below the ocean...
 
It would be nice to think in 300 years you could visit your home town and visit childhood haunts. Probably just be able to get around quicker though. That and a general lack pf 7-11's. :)
 
captcalhoun said:
Minsk isn't in Russia. it's in Belarus.

Chekov's from Russia and always blathering on about Leningrad, so St Petersberg apparently survived and got YET ANOTHER name change...

Hoshi mentioned Japan IIRC...
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Well, I really don't want them to change St.Petersburg to Leningrad again. That would be a serious setback for the Russians.

Otherwise it looks like most of the traditional country names are still in use.

I guess that most of the world we know has survived or being re-built.
 
BigC said:
...Julian and Miles talked about taking a trip down to Texas and seeing the real Alamo, so we know San Antonio survives. San Francisco and the Golden gate bridge exist, New Orleans also. So a good part of the United States will still be around.
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I don't know...the more I think about it, the United States always seems to be referred to in a past tense in Trek. Sure, there are American cities and states that are still around, but I wonder if it's a case that the United States is simply known as North America by the 24th-Century?

The cities and states are still there, but not the government?
 
C.E. Evans said:
The cities and states are still there, but not the government?
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Oh I think it's reasonably safe to say country governments in the modern sense have disappeared. There must be some regional government, the planet's too big for one ruling council to be bothered with minutiae of rural ex-France, but in terms of powerful national govts in today's sense, I don't think you'd find that in the 24th Century world.

I suspect a lot of the 'surviving' stuff is probably rebuilds - it is pretty much impossible to my eye that the Eiffel tower will survive the next 400 years just standing there, for example. I suspect the 24th century architects just have a bit of an historical outlook on cityscaping. Golden Gate Bridge falls into the same category. I doubt it'd be actually the same one.
 
rofeta said:
We know Australia and New Zealand are still there. Though it seems that during WWIII and at least up to 10 years post war it sank below the ocean...
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What would make Australia and New Zealand sink in the trek universe and come back?

I think NYC is still there too, right?
 
Chekov's from Russia and always blathering on about Leningrad, so St Petersberg apparently survived and got YET ANOTHER name change...
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My favorite explanation is that the city is still St Petersberg and Chekov was referring to a Soviet-themed amusement park nearby called "Leningrad."

Oddly enough, I think there have been plans to create a Soviet-themed amusement park in Russia...
 
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