Post by Garland Hobbes on Nov 24, 2012 22:15:14 GMT -5
History
Established thirty years ago, Delta City was founded on one man's vision for a future of enlightenment and efficiency. That man was Carlos Dos Santos, and his vision was to create a self-sustaining Libertarian jewel of a metropolis. The area that presently comprises Delta City once consisted of a hazardous waste-laden river valley and a condemned reservation for the Lenni Lanape people of New Jersey. Considered inhospitable and a major money sinkhole, the three-hundred square mile plot of land was offered to the highest bidder just to defer upkeep responsibility from the state. To the surprise of many in the business world, multinational industrial firm Dos Santos Inc quickly bought it up and attempted what many considered an impossible clean-up. It only took roughly four months, however, for the biochemical genius Dos Santos to strip the land of all harmful material using innovative new remediation techniques. Environmental scientists were amazed, and businessmen were ecstatic. Interested parties from all across the globe soon flocked to the privatized city known as Delta.
As quickly as the waste was eliminated from the soil, the infrastructure popped up even quicker. Roads and water treatment centers seemed to pop up over night, and the Dos Santos Inc headquarters soon followed thereafter. What was merely a polluted forest months before was rapidly developing into an industrial and technological powerhouse. The city ran into its first problem when it attempted to build a residential district on the old Indian reservation and found that there were a fair amount of indigenous people who still used the formerly condemned land as a haunt. Homeless and mostly alcoholic, the predominantly Lenape squatters found the newly built homes easy to break into. Land prices took a hit and the district, now known as Old Lakeshore, became known as an area of rampant crime. While Dos Santos focused on building up the agricultural, chemical, and general industrial firms at the city's core, the squatter-laden outer boroughs remained in a state of instability. Today Delta could be considered a Libertarian paradise. Those who pay more get the most service, and the wealthy patrons of Delta at the city's center are obviously getting more service than the poverty-stricken residents of Old Lakeshore. Overall, Delta is a beacon of luxury and decadence.
Established thirty years ago, Delta City was founded on one man's vision for a future of enlightenment and efficiency. That man was Carlos Dos Santos, and his vision was to create a self-sustaining Libertarian jewel of a metropolis. The area that presently comprises Delta City once consisted of a hazardous waste-laden river valley and a condemned reservation for the Lenni Lanape people of New Jersey. Considered inhospitable and a major money sinkhole, the three-hundred square mile plot of land was offered to the highest bidder just to defer upkeep responsibility from the state. To the surprise of many in the business world, multinational industrial firm Dos Santos Inc quickly bought it up and attempted what many considered an impossible clean-up. It only took roughly four months, however, for the biochemical genius Dos Santos to strip the land of all harmful material using innovative new remediation techniques. Environmental scientists were amazed, and businessmen were ecstatic. Interested parties from all across the globe soon flocked to the privatized city known as Delta.
As quickly as the waste was eliminated from the soil, the infrastructure popped up even quicker. Roads and water treatment centers seemed to pop up over night, and the Dos Santos Inc headquarters soon followed thereafter. What was merely a polluted forest months before was rapidly developing into an industrial and technological powerhouse. The city ran into its first problem when it attempted to build a residential district on the old Indian reservation and found that there were a fair amount of indigenous people who still used the formerly condemned land as a haunt. Homeless and mostly alcoholic, the predominantly Lenape squatters found the newly built homes easy to break into. Land prices took a hit and the district, now known as Old Lakeshore, became known as an area of rampant crime. While Dos Santos focused on building up the agricultural, chemical, and general industrial firms at the city's core, the squatter-laden outer boroughs remained in a state of instability. Today Delta could be considered a Libertarian paradise. Those who pay more get the most service, and the wealthy patrons of Delta at the city's center are obviously getting more service than the poverty-stricken residents of Old Lakeshore. Overall, Delta is a beacon of luxury and decadence.