Forum:Smitty's

Not sure if anyone has ever noticed this but the re-occuring sign for a bar called 'Smitty's" in the ruins of New Vegas is based on a real bar in Oakland CA located about 7 to 8 blocks from my house.. Anyone know if one of the developers from either Obsidian or Bethesda is originally from this location?

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=smitty%27s+fallout+new+vegas&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1277&bih=611&tbm=isch&tbnid=KPbaq8jhLZgWJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php%253Fid%253D43317&docid=yVnoNpc3emXNPM&w=1626&h=990&ei=Z_tKTpWiOq7ZiAL20ZWnBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=393&vpy=116&dur=467&hovh=149&hovw=206&tx=191&ty=110&page=1&tbnh=149&tbnw=206&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EfEwntajJ3c/SrETgNpbDHI/AAAAAAAAB0I/SOHS2CtHy6U/s320/sign_smittys2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.ouroakland.net/2009/09/signs-smittys-bar.html&usg=__mniaqur3wG1gZqb8NLEFt5YRfjc=&h=213&w=320&sz=19&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=GivFpmdhoTIY3M:&tbnh=148&tbnw=202&ei=lftKTtP3CIfXiAKJwZSIBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsmitty%2527s%2Boakland%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1277%26bih%3D611%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=407&vpy=266&dur=310&hovh=170&hovw=256&tx=158&ty=142&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0

I've never seen a smitty's sign. BILLYOCEAN 23:24, August 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've since been told you can see an example of the Smitty's sign in the image here.