Continuity mistake: Vito is imprisoned in May of '45. He is in prison 17 days when he receives news of his mother's death. The letter is postmarked Jan 25th.
Other mistake: During chapter 4, when chasing down the fat mob dude, you step in an elevator. Joe then takes a sip of a whisky bottle, however the bottle is capped.
Answer: The fictional town is supposedly located somewhere on New York's coast, near the mouth of the Culver River, also fictional.
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