Location from The Last of Us by Naughty Dog
The closest thing to civilization left — a walled town in Wyoming powered by a hydroelectric dam, where three hundred people have built something worth protecting.
Jackson is the series' vision of what survival can become if the right people build it. Tommy and Maria established a functioning community with agriculture, patrols, governance, and enough normalcy that children grow up playing rather than fighting. It has movie nights. It has dances. It has the Tipsy Bison, where people drink and argue about patrol routes. It is also fragile. The walls keep out infected but not grief — Joel's death happens because he helped a stranger (Abby) who turned out to be the past catching up. Jackson's safety is real but not absolute, and the community's response to violence (Tommy pushing for revenge, Maria pushing for stability) mirrors the game's central conflict. Jackson is what you're fighting for. It's also what you lose when you stop fighting for it and start fighting for revenge.
A small town in a mountain valley surrounded by timber walls and watchtowers. Inside: real houses, a main street with a bar (the Tipsy Bison), stables, a church, a community garden, and solar panels on every roof that catches sun. The dam provides reliable electricity. It looks like a pre-outbreak small town, which is exactly the miracle it is. Snow-covered in winter, green in summer. Beautiful in a way the apocalypse has no right to allow.
Also known as: Jackson, Jackson, Wyoming