West Harkin Ghetto | How the other half lives
Welcome back to Selbring County. Rooting for Aristocracy and Corporatism while abolishing Democracy and oppressing the lower classes since 1934.
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spursrule14 ~ Thanks. Sandbox regions are always easier to do since it requires less of an...effort?
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Hellken ~ Thanks a lot, and yeah, the region shot isn't the most impressive out there
RepublicMaster ~ Thanks a lot Will. The university is definitely fitting, exactly why I decided to use it. Looked pretty good for a evil headquarter And, lol yeah, such an "amazing" region shot
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pingpong ~ Thanks a lot, good to see that the part was fitting in the scene. I wasn't to sure about it at first
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In the farther edges of the western districts of Selbring lies the ghetto district of West Harkin. The district is called home by over ninety to one hundred thousand people in a dense jungle of corporate owned structures and project housing. People from all walks of life live in these apartments, but all with one common factor in their lives. Each and every individual lives miserable working-class lifestyles, and inhabit destitute apartments with often, more than just one family.
The oppression and stress from the higher-class aristrocrats push these people to the edge, many who of which are considered as mere slaves to the corporate world. In the West Harkin Ghetto, life is hard, brutal and dangerous. Crime is rampant and law enforcement is almost non-existent, whereas if present, always extremely corrupt with bribery being accepted 100% of the time. If not, brutal force and public beatings would be the common consequence for any reason. West Harkin is no more than another battleground in the world, where people fight for the few resources that exist, and kill store owners for their food and possessions.
It's what the aristocrats had reduced the residents of the city to. Leaving them with what little Humanity they had in their tainted blood.
Gangs in Selbring are at the heart of the homicide stage, where they dominate large turfs and land which divide the poorer district of the city and along the borders, war between them erupt. Outside this housing block, there is a small gathering with one of the gangs that dominate 4 structures in the area.
More project housing rise from the ground. The empty playgrounds and recreation area are a sign of ominous things to come. Typically, there is likely to be a shoot out between two dominant gangs.
Outside the ghetto residential area, businesses and other rundown apartments of the West Harkin area lie over a concrete wall. The store-owners of this area are often prime targets for burglaries and are often targets by gangs for bribe money as a sign of 'good faith' on behalf of the gangsters themselves for not sacking their businesses.
The empty streets seem to only create an even more tense atmosphere.
Along the walls of the ghetto, anti-aristocratic movement and pro-freedom graffiti and gang tags are marked all over. Propaganda posters posted by the PWA or 'Pyrocorp Workers Association are pasted in repeated tiles, to remind the people of West Harkin where their place is and what the consequences of 'freedom' seem to be.
Back at the project housing area of the ghetto, large smokestacks stand high in between the apartment complexes.
Day begins to transition into evening as the sun sets over the city. The project housing appears stretches over a vast distance.
By nightfall, dispatched hovering surveillance drones make their way through the streets of Selbring's ghettos. Once at their marked destination, a giant holographic warning and timer inform the residents in advance that the established curfew for West Harkin in particular is in effect within the last 10 minutes. Curfew times can vary between districts, while few of the more obedient areas have no curfew at all.
Some of the local residents returning from their jobs are now making their way hastily back home. Otherwise, the consequences could be dire.
At the project housing area, traffic from returning workers is heavy within the the last few minutes before active curfew. Streets begin to clear. But inside...it can be all out violence.
Then again, it's just another day in West Harkin Ghetto, Selbring.
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