City of Hollywood

The City of Hollywood (often referred to as simply Hollywood) is the megatropolis at the heart of the greater Hollywood area. It is the largest city on Earth (including parallel Earths) and has a population between 40 and 150 million, depending on the time of day and major filming schedules.

Geography

One of the places hardest hit by the Big One, very little remains of what could be considered the city's original landscape. The area is more geologically varied, with new rivers, mountains, mesas, chasms, cliffsides, and even never-before-seen features that have required new classification.

History

The formation of the city began in the aftermath of the Battle of Los Angeles, when the rest of the former city of Los Angeles was folded into Hollywood. Although at the time this concession was meant to keep Hollywood under control, it only hastened the inevitable expansion. With greater resources at its disposal, Hollywood tripled in size until the Big One. Even that earthquake could not slow the city's progression, and rebuilding efforts caused the greatest expansion yet.

It is only a mix of geographical boundaries, such as Mount Nowhere and the ocean, and legal restrictions, such as the private ownership of the Backlot Foothills backed up with threats of armed response, that keep the city from expanding further outwards. But upwards remains an option, with the city boasted some of the largest skyscrapers ever constructed, and some of the largest never constructed.

Districts

Alphabet City

Main article: Alphabet City

Formerly a section of warehouses for prop storage, this part of the city has been converted into a dense section of residential and commercial properties purely used by puppets. Although it underwent multiple demolitions, it was rebuilt in larger and less coherent forms each time, with its current incarnation almost three times the size of the original. It is kept under a close eye by the puppet division of the city's municipal pest control department.

Bayside

Main article: Bayside

Downtown

Main article: Downtown

The Heights

Main article: The Heights

LAX

Main article: LAX

Little Roswell

Main article: Little Roswell

The city's main alien enclave, Little Roswell began as a prisoner of war camp during the Invasion of Hollywood. After its official closure the city policy was to charge the former POWs rent, and the area rapidly grew economically out of sheer necessity.

Moleburg

Main article: Moleburg

Formerly a section of the Los Angeles sewer system, this subterranean district of the city is home to most of its mutant population thanks to City Ordinance #188, otherwise known as the "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" law. Despite the lack of sunlight and an environment that is partially hazardous to most forms of life, Moleburg has a thriving economy based around the barter of strange, glowing crystals locally known as "sparkles".

Olympus

Main article: Olympus

Steeltown

Main article: Steeltown

Studio City

Main article: Studio City

Sunset Slums

Main article: Sunset Slums

Toon Town

Main article: Schnooklyn

Three square blocks of the Toon Town district of Schnooklyn cross over into the native reality of Hollywood, existing in both cities at once. Due to the inherent danger posed, it was walled off for public safety shortly after the cross-dimensional entanglement was discovered. Crossing over from one universe to the other has been made easier by the construction of the Toon Town Tunnel, providing an "anchor" to ease navigation. It remains a popular tourist destination for thrillseekers and cartoon enthusiasts.

Underwood

Main article: Underwood

One of the larger effects of the Big One was to rip open a chasm approximately sixty-seven miles deep and three miles across. Unable (and unwilling) to attempt to fix the issue, the city saw the chasm as an opportunity to address the need for cheap real estate. The walls of the chasm now host numerous cramped apartments with scenic views of the dizzying drop down to the planet's molten core, as well as several geothermal power plants.