The Setting for The Five people you meet in heaven

The setting of the book The Five people you meet in Heaven is in many places, but I think the main setting is the Ruby Pier. It is a Theme park by a sea. The Pier is where Eddie has lived all his life. The Pier smells of cotton candy and there are many games and rides. As many theme parks, there is a giant Ferris wheel in it. Sadly the book deosn't say where this Pier is but I know the time of the book is in the either 1990's or the very early 2000's. I think the story would change totally if it was in a different setting. The Pier is where the door is opened for Eddie so he could understand his life, but it couldn't happen without the platform for "Freddy's free fall" falling on top of him. Then there wouldn't be a story because that would have never happened. Thats what I would think would happen if the setting was different.