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* In the [[The Empire|Holy Britannian Empire]] of the ''[[Code Geass]]'' universe, the "Concession" cities in the conquered "Area" colonies are usually split between the rich "Settlements" inhabited by Britannians, Honorary Britannians, and generally the rich and powerful, whilst the "Ghettos" are where the conquered "Numbers" (conquered subjects), terrorists, and other unsavoury groups are forced to reside. The Tokyo Concession in Area 11 (Japan) is the best example, being the setting for the majority of the series.

* City of Kumersun in ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' has an area surrounded by high wall, where live alchemists and other people, whose profession is considered “suspicious” by the Church. Dina is a local chronicler, collecting tales not yet censored by authorities and mediating in trade between inhabitants and outside world. She also happens to be {{spoiler|a giant bird, who took on human shape like Holo.}}

 

 

* In ''[[Strontium Dog]]'', [[Mutants|mutant]] populations in [[Crapsack World|New Britain]] are not allowed to hold any jobs (apart from bounty hunting) or live amongst normal humans, instead living in their own trashed ghettos, the most prominent one located in Milton Keynes.

* This shows up during [[Alan Moore]]'s run on ''[[Wild CATS]]'', when the team visits Khera, where it turns out the Kherubim-Daemonite war ended centuries ago everywhere except Earth. Khera is ruled by the wealthy and technologically advanced Kherubim while the planet's indigenous population, a race of [[Sizeshifter|Sizeshifters]] from which [[The Big Guy|Maul]] descended, has been displaced into underground cities, and Daemonite civilians living on Khera are confined to a low-tech ghetto. Having one Daemonite ancestor is enough to get Voodoo, a Kherubim-human hybrid like her teammates, forced into the ghetto.

* [[Marvel Comics]] also has Attilan, where pretty much every [[The Inhumans|Inhuman]] on Earth lived (until it moved to the moon), and Wundagore Mountain, home of a society of humanoid animals.

* [[DC Comics]] has Gorilla City, a city in Africa populated by talking gorillas(!) and surrounded by a field that doesn't just keep humans out, it makes the city invisible!

 

== Film - Live Action ==

* In the film of ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', children are not permitted in Vulgaria, so parents have to hide their kids in the sewers.

 

* The Dipple on the planet Korwar in [[Andre Norton]]'s science fiction stories. It was filled with war refugees no one wanted to deal with.

* The ''[[Wild Cards]]'' novels have Jokertown, the only place where Jokers (the 9 percent of the people who contract the Wild Card Virus who don't die or become normal-looking superhumans) don't have to be self conscious about their disfiguring mutations.

* In [[Harry Potter]], there is a werewolf ghetto. In Half-Blood Prince, Lupin goes to tell them to [[Stop Being Stereotypical]].

 

* The Alienages in the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' universe are ghettos for the City Elves.

* The Magical Ghetto in ''[[Dreamfall]]'' is where [[The Empire]] of Azadi keeps the non-human citizens of Marcuria permanently locked in. Azadi claim it's for their own protection. It doesn't stop them from scouring non-human's hauses in search of illegal goods and blocking supplies of medicines and food to the ghetto.

* The Underground, the setting of ''[[Touhou]] Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism'', is where those youkai that were shunned and despised by their brethren went, including a spider that causes disease, two mind-readers with severe [[Power Incontinence]] (or at least very poor [[Mind Over Manners]]), and all of the oni (with the exception of Suika, who left). True to [[Crap Saccharine World|the nature]] of ''Touhou'', the denizens not only willingly moved to the Underground but are far more content amongst fellow exiles than they were before.

** Gensokyo itself acts as one for the Outside World. Canon (such as the prologue of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'') hints that this is part of a [[Masquerade]] to allow youkai to continue [[To Serve Man|preying on the humans of the outside world]] without retaliation.