Whats the deal with Evansville? Is it a real place or is it made up like the Simpsons Springfield?
Arcology 19 (Evansville) is actually based on a real place in Indiana. As for the inevitable question of why I chose Evansville, the thinking is that all the major cities were destroyed in the Big Oops and so the only pockets of civilization left to mankind were the smaller communities. So while San Diego wouldn’t survive the withering destruction accidentally focused upon it on during the cataclysm, the not-too-distant towns of Santee or El Cajon might survive. Thus, while Chicago (hometown of Buck Rogers) was reduced to ash, Evansville survived somewhat intact. Also, I needed someplace close enough to the Blue Grass Containment Zone (formerly Old Kentucky) that robots escaping from the Arcology could feasibly walk to it. For the extremely curious, Evansville is not my hometown and I’m not from Indiana or anything like that. It was just conveniently located next to the BGCZ. By the way, aren’t the Simpson’s supposed to be from Northern Kentucky? I seem to remember that tidbit from tha
