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Do we know much about culture in everyday UNSC life? I would imagine it's rather dark, but do we know anything about the average citizen of the UNSC? Things such as music, cars and other things? Or is the Car and Pilot easter egg from Halo 2 really our biggest insight?
What we know:
-Car and Pilot magazine seems to have replaced Car and Driver. [1]
-Fish Tacos are popular in New Mombasa [2]
-New York and Beijing are the two major cultural centers on Earth [3]
-Moa Burgers are especially popular on Reach. It is unknown if this is the case on other colonies. [4]
-Skyway Cafe is a coffee shop in New Alexandria. It is unknown if this is a standalone shop or a chain. [4]
-Club Errera is a popular nightclub on Reach. It is unknown if this nightclub is privately owned, or is a chain run by VYRANT TELECOM, the company that owns the building in which one of them (assuming their are others), was located in. [4]
-Farming communities on Reach are isolated and very self-sustaining, most of them aren't even mapped. It is likely that this isolation makes life their much like old farming life, such as it was in the Southern US years ago. [4]
-Most Reach farmers use TurboGen trucks called Spade, a flatbed truck. It is unknown what else this company manufactures. (Note; the logo on the Spade has been closely compared to that of the Dodge Ram, it is possible TurboGen is the descendant of Chrysler or General Motors Company) [4]
-The Genet is a popular civilian car in New Mombasa, made by Huciv. It is unknown if it is popular, let alone sold, in other parts of Earth and UNSC space. [4]
-Two car companies (presumably TurboGen and Huciv) mass produced cars in competition with each other, one using Hydrogen power and the other Electric. [annotation needed]
-The civilian Warthog, simply dubbed "Hog", is a popular car sold on Earth. It is likely that the Hog is popular on other UNSC worlds, because of the widespread distribution of military Warthogs. [1]
-The New Mombasa police department uses Pelicans. It is likely that other cities also use them. [5]
-Additionally, New Mombasa is overseen by a Superintendent AI. It is likely that other major cities are also regulated by Superintendents. This monitoring would include police, traffic, harbor, sanitary and possibly fire control. It is also possible that these AI were monitoring everyone in the city. [5]
-As seen in Sadie's Story, civilians have communication devices called "Chatters". They seem to be like modern day smart phones, except that all calls are video connections. Ironically, also in Sadie's Story, she makes noises to convince her father the connection is breaking up. Her father kindly reminds her, "This is a video connection Sadie. I can see you", suggesting that regular phone calls still exist. [5]
-It was illegal to have a son that didn't serve in the armed forces, unless they were deformed, blind, deaf, or had a serious mental defect. It is unknown how long they had to serve for. [annotation needed]
-Average male height is 6'3, and Female is 5'10. [annotation needed]
-The public on Earth had no idea what was going on in the war. Propaganda seemed to tell them that the outer colonies were holding out, even when the inner colonies such as Reach were falling. [3]
-The average life expectancy ranges from 98-142. [annotation needed]
That may seem like a lot, but it's hardly anything.
Sources
1. Halo 2
2. Halo 3
3. Second Sunrise over New Mombasa
4. Halo: Reach
5. Halo 3: ODST
[Edited on 02.13.2011 6:44 AM PST]