South Sound

Population: 150,000

If the big city is a mouth, begging to be fed, then South Sound is the spoon.

The City of South Sound derives it's name from the South Sound itself, an ocean inlet entering the area from Tailfin Harbor.

A narrow but deep channel, the sound was always ideal for shipping.  What it lacked was enough area for true shipping at scale.  So for many years, South Sound was an "also ran", trailing well behind the ports of Addiesburg and The Approaches, who have miles of waterfront space to put a dock on.

Then came containerization.

Quick to capitalize on the next technology, and partnering it with tremendous rail network access to Jamestown and Theodore, South Sound became the major international shipping hub for the Dornelles Region very quickly.

A determined commercial interest has sprouted above the waterfront, determined to squeeze more profit from the boxes moving hither and yon.

Ultimately, South Sound works so long as the ships keep coming.  But good times always last forever.

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Another ugly city that has clean itself a bit.  The sound used to be polluted black and almost no one lived here.  It was an industrial satellite of the bigger city.

Well that didn't last, and repetitive industrial blight just wasn't that interesting for long.  Originally, I thought this could be a vacation spot with the Cruise Ship dock located here.  But that ultimately ended up closer to the ocean, and this became a modest, but muscular port of trade.  I taxed the crud out of $$ and $$$ Commercial, and it still wanted to set up here.  So things must be ok.

I like that it's not pretty, but also not ugly.  This is a living, working, town.