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Both Blade Runner and Neuromancer depict very different dystopian cities that serve as a significant backdrop to the theme of their stories this backdrop is characterized by bright LED lights and super tall skyscrapers in an effortless blend of high-tech and lowlife elements. The visuals and narrative portrayed our pillar of the cyberpunk genre where there is a possibility for technology so advanced to exist simultaneously as a collapsing society. In Blade Runner, the vision of Los Angeles in 2019 is it gloomy rainy metropolitan area that is overpowered by towering skyscrapers huge billboards, and LED-lit streets. The city is a good representation of a cyberpunk society this is a place where wealth and technological advancements our only in possession of a few while the rest of the population lives in close quarters with a poor quality of life there is a very big contrast between those who reside in the Super tall towers and those who find themselves making ends meet below the neon lights. There are robots that are used for labor that somewhat resemble humans but this represents the line between technology’s ability to serve humanity but also use it as a tool of control and exploitation. From Neuromancer, the urban sprawl is chaotic and dense where advanced technology coexists with crime and a struggling society. This setting is a place where advanced technology cyberspace is the norm while the streets are raging with poverty and crime in desperation. The protagonist of the novel works within the digital realm of cyberspace. This is his opportunity to feel like he is escaping his reality. The novel emphasizes the difference between the high-tech world and the virtual realm that the character can escape to. His main goal is to escape the streets that are filled with drug addiction violence and crime. Both of these works use the setting to explore the impact of corporate technological dominance and how if technology is left unregulated it can significantly alter a society. In Neuromancer the mega-corporations and powerful AI control most of the infrastructure of technology which leaves little room for human autonomy. In both cities the theme embodies a dystopian future that is envisioned by the creator the difference between the neon-lit wonders versus decaying streets in poverty aims to capture the cyberpunk genre where technology is shadowed by societal collapse.