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===Campori=== | ===Campori=== | ||
Campori, whose name originated as ''Campus Orientalis'', was an occasional military marshaling ground during the time of [[Great Levantia]] and was sparsely populated for most of [[Urcea]]'s history. Even after being incorporated into the city as part of the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], Campori remained largely rural until after the [[Second Great War]]. The area was developed by the [[Government of Urcea]] with large public housing projects intended for veterans of the war and their families. The projects were intended to be models for the rest of the country, but ran into significant problems during construction including cost overruns, and many of the houses were not complete until the early 1950s. The area was considered up and coming during the 1950s and 60s, but generally began to decline as the population of Second Great War veterans began to move away in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The population of veterans was gradually replaced by other groups of Urceans on waiting lists for housing, namely {{wp|Vagrancy|vagrants}} from across the country, recently released convicts, and other generally impoverished people. The introduction of these groups lead to a dramatic relocation of the veteran communities by the mid 1970s, leading the area to significant economic decline. The situation partly stabilized with the introduction of [[Crona|Cronan]] immigrants during the 20th century, but due to the prevalence of tower blocks the area remains a major source of housing stock for those with very low incomes in Urcea. | |||
Campori is one of the few [[Housing_in_Urcea#Public_housing|locations in Urcea]] where {{wp|tower blocks}} are still in widespread use in the 21st centuries. Much of the economy of the area is characterized by body shops - both legitimate and {{wp|Chop shop|those operating for criminal purposes}}, the occasional budget supermarket, {{wp|dollar store|dollar stores}}, {{wp|fast food restaurant}}s, and tobacco shops. Crime is higher than most other parts of the city, and it is a major source of controlled substances flowing into other parts of the city, including narcots and pornography. Efforts by national and city leadership to remediate the area - including potential urban development projects which would destroy the public housing projects - have generally been unsuccessful. It is considered to be the poorest part of the city according to most available economic and crime metrics. | |||
===the Monastic Quarter=== | ===the Monastic Quarter=== | ||
===Landsmeet Square=== | ===Landsmeet Square=== | ||
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===Popeswood=== | ===Popeswood=== | ||
Popeswood is an area directly south of the [[Papal State]] that was largely considered part of the Papal State until the 1815 [[Papal_State#River_Concordat_of_1815|River Concordat]]. It was mostly undeveloped at the time of cession to Urcea, serving as a private hunting ground for the Popes and other Curia officials. Retaining much of its wooded character well into the mid-twentieth century, the Popeswood borough was developed in the latter half of the twentieth century as a convenient commuting location for large homes of financiers and other Urcean entrepreneurs whose businesses and corporate headquarters were located in Kingswood. The neighborhood has become one of the most fashionable in the city due to the high concentration of wealth, with most Urcean business officials of any significance maintaining a residency in Popeswood. The Archcathedral Rapid Transit system does not serve the borough of Popeswood, having no stations within the borough, and many critics have alleged this is by design. | |||
===The Papal State=== | ===The Papal State=== | ||
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===Kingswood=== | ===Kingswood=== | ||
===Arvan=== | ===Arvan=== | ||
Arvan is the site of the ancient [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] river port city of ''Arvenium'', which entered decline during the 4th city and was reduced, like the rest of Urceopolis, to a center of a few scattered fortified manor houses after the fall of Great Levantia. Many of these manor houses would gradually develop into major castles and accordingly became considered key fortified locations near the capital, coming under Royal control in the 13th century. From the 16th century on, Arvan was essentially controlled by the military, continually redeveloping the local fortifications while building sprawling barracks complexes. Like much of the city, it became part of Urceopolis via the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]]. With the military leaving the area after the [[Red Interregnum]], Arvan became primarily a warehouse district during much of the 20th century, providing logistical support to business and industrial operations in neighboring Kingswood. As heavy industry gradually left the city during the 20th century, Arvan was slowly redeveloped into a mixed-use, bedroom-tendency community during the latter half of the 20th century, with many warehouses demolished in favor of [[Housing_in_Urcea#Single_family|single family homes]], though many were also converted to stylish multi-unit apartment buildings. Since around [[2005]], Arvan is generally the home of middle class immigrants from [[Crona]], particularly the [[Nysdra Sea]] region, with their less well-off relatives moving to Campori. Arvan's Cronan community is vibrant and has developed unique traditions and cultural festivals. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cronan Quarter". | |||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||