Prize draw eh? I never really win them. But I love writing about Midgar, so I'll use that.

What really drew me to Midgar was the sense of dystopia and pollution. When you first start, you see Aerith with a bunch of flowers, which then pans the camera out to the entirety of the city, which is constantly in darkness, and the bright green neon lights. Even when you venture outside of Midgar, the ground surrounding it is necrotic, brown, no life there. It just seems like the worst excesses of society is incorporated there: a lack of environmental concern, exploitation, lust, corporate greed. Hidden away in a small corner of Midgar however is a small miracle of hope; Aerith's church. The fact that no-one but Aerith really enters the church is tantamount to the lack of hope around Midgar.

Another symbolic gesture in Midgar is the Marxist influences in the city. You have the workers in the lower plate, or the proletariats, toiling away in sub-standard conditions. Then you have the upper plate, or the bourgeoisie. President Shinra is your stereotypical fat-cat. The entire city of Midgar is a symbolism for the negative effects of Capitalism. It might ignore any emotional plights or social concerns with it's residents. According to Midgar, greed is good.

But the destruction of Midgar is a very emotional scene. In the epilogue, Red and his children gaze upon where Midgar once stood, now assimilated into nature. The fall of this once huge city is complete, and while questions remain as to where humanity is, I like to think humanity has outgrown Midgar, and learned the lessons from it. It's a fitting end to a very famous city.