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Once a thriving port city of good standing, Imperial City today stands as a chaotic city of crime, vice and corruption. Whilst there is still great wealth and affluence in the city, the...

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Mayor Browne

Royal Ports

By Mayor Browne,

The Royal Ports grew extensively along the southern shore of the East Imperial Island along the Kings Bay Estuary following on from continued military operations of the British Colonial explorers since 1797. As the Imperial City grew rapidly and the New England Colonies became a fortified settlement, the docks were further developed in order to accommodate the increasing import and export activities to feed the growing city. Container docks that replace the old labour intensive manned dockyards....
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Location of York Town within the Imperial City metropolitan area, Kings Bay: York Town, like New Victoria is a retreat city that grew from the demand for cleaner, safer locations for dense office space and commercial land plots. As the Imperial City Central grew and expanded rapidly, corporations and businesses were looking for alternative desirable land, well connected to Imperial City by transport but also free from the chaotic and crime infested nature that has characterized the Central city for many...
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The Ports Approach is a small borough sandwiched between the highly dense and low rent neighbourhoods aligning the Royal Ports to its south, St. Paul’s Borough to the north and Oak Temple and Can Town to the west and east respectively. Much of the land in the neighbouring land is occupied by heavy industries, port/dockland activities and vast swathes of residential tracts. Social housing in neighbouring boroughs is very high, although the low rent housing in Ports Approach is predominantly private sector,...
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The Borough of Rockport is an affluent commuter belt suburb located north west of the Imperial City and is in closer proximity to the New Victoria CBD than it is to the Imperial City Central CBD. Many of the residents commute into New Victoria for work in the many offices there. Rockport is like many other similar commuter belt suburbs with a green environment, low density neighbourhoods and is served by good schools and healthcare. The wealthy residents of these communities try their best to turn a...
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By the 1990’s Oak Temple was one of the most violent ghettos in the country. Drug wars and gun crime were the day to day. Theft and assaults a norm. Whilst other ghettos in the Kings Valley/Imperial City conurbation were more run down or decayed, the Oak Temple was by far the most violent and gang infested. This was partially due to the fact that so many gangsters and poor citizens in the Valley’s other cities and neighbourhoods were re-housed here. Many slum dwellers from the notorious East Grands,...
Mayor Browne
Tower block social housing in St. David's around the footpath that replaces the old disused railway line: The St. David's ghetto is home to a number of prolific criminal gangs, most of which originate and operate in and around the St. David's Houses (social housing development). Swarms of goons and hoodlums can be seen at the base of the many tower blocks in St. David’s. The city/borough has experienced mass poverty due to the high levels of unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse problems and a widespread...
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Various pictures around the Central Business District (CBD): South west section of Imperial City Central West CBD Inner city residential neighbourhoods: Imperial City Central West - Near Northside Low rent apartments in East Grands (Imperial City Central East) Nearside South West Old Town, near to Near Northside Tenements on East Imperial, just south of East Grands Tower blocks on the eastern shore of the Royal River, just south of University Village Apartments in East Grands The edge of Clifton beside the...
Mayor Browne
The city was once a thriving manufacturing port where ship building, the construction of military equipment and vehicle assembly took place at a scale unlike many other a place in its time. The city was first occupied by Spanish settlers during the age of the empires. Dutch settlers took over the New World Islands in 1776 but were later overthrown by British invaders in 1797. Following a period of turmoil and war, the Island was declared part of the British Empire and was formally settled by an...
Mayor Browne
Imperial Fort City from above: The event known as the ‘First Flood of the Aristocrats’ took place in the Imperial Fort City. The city had functioned for some time as a quiet place of trade, wealth and a retreat city for many of the Imperial City’s wealthy traders, aristocrats and nobleman. The city managed to remain relatively low density, clean and quiet for many years, despite its immediate proximity to the Western Central Business District of Imperial City which had caused similarly placed areas and...
Mayor Browne
Imperial City conurbation from above: The old dockland areas can just about be seen in the south along the coastline. Up river in the Imperial City Central Business District (CBD), over-density, poor refuse management, decay and general inner city problems led to the long-term decline of real estate land values. This caused businesses to relocate into the new CBD found in New Victoria just north on the banks of the Imperial River where it meets the Royal River tributary. New Victoria is generally cleaner,...
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