While Cascadia is a custom world that was hand built by it's founders, a number of different sources serve as the foundational inspirations behind the world. The following is a list of key inspirations:
Urban & Cultural Inspirations Seattle & the Pacific Northwest: The entire city is an alternate-universe Aberdeen, WA; it's industrial, maritime, and soaked in rain. Cascadia channels Seattle’s tech boom, music legacy (grunge, punk, and jazz scenes), and immigrant food culture. American Rust Belt Cities, New Orleans & Gothic Americana, and California / East Coast Metropolises all serve as inspiration sources behind each of the districts found in Cascadia.
Genre, Theme & Atmospheric Inspirations Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, Dishonored, RoboCop
World of Darkness, DC & Marvel Comics, Altered Carbon, John Wick, Sin City, My Hero Academia
Cami's unpublished novels Grit//Signal & Rain City Underworld.