I haven’t seen this anywhere here but a press release for My Little Pony: A New Generation was released a while back and revealed some very interesting information about the movie such as…
Generation 5 is confirmed to take place a hundred years after Generation 4.
The three pony cities of G5 are inspired by three major locations from G4:
Maretime Bay is based off of Ponyville with the buildings serving as an inspiration for the town.
Bridlewood is based on the Everfree Forest with it being described as an evolution of the forest.
Zephyr Heights is based off of Cloudsdale. The Pegasi moved to the mountains to simulate living above the clouds.