Editing Brockton Bay (section)

==Geography==
Brockton Bay is located in the northeast of the [[United States]],<ref name="1.2e1"/> north of [[Boston]].<ref name="II1.2">[[Daybreak 1.2]]</ref> The Atlantic Ocean borders it on the east,<ref name="1.2e1">Thanks to the surrounding geography and the ocean bordering us on the east, Brockton Bay had some of the mildest winters you could find in the Northeastern States, and some of the most comfortably warm summers. - [[Gestation 1.2]]</ref><ref name="3.4e1">I took the same general route I took on my morning runs, heading east, towards the Bay. This time, though, instead of turning up towards the Boardwalk, I headed south.<br>Back in its heyday, every inch of the city had been a bustling metropolis. Ships were coming and going at all hours, trains were coming through to deliver goods to be shipped overseas and the city teemed with people. The northern end of the bay – especially the area close to the water – was all about the industry. Ships, warehouses, factories, railroad and the homes for everyone who worked those jobs. You also had the ferry running across the bay itself. - [[Agitation 3.4]]</ref><ref>Bitch took turns and moved sorta aimlessly as she headed East, towards the water and the beaches. - [[Hive 5.10]]</ref> while mountains or hills border it on the other sides, especially to the west.<ref>We were on the West end of the Docks, judging by how far the water was, and how close we were to the mountains that surrounded the city. - [[Tangle 6.8]]</ref><ref name="8.2e1"/><ref>It was out of the way, placed atop Captain's Hill, at the base of the mountains to the west of the city. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/extermination-8-8/ Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.8]]</ref> The state it resides in is never mentioned.

Brockton Bay had a civilian population of around three hundred and fifty thousand as of the [[Battle against Leviathan]],<ref>I was scared. A huge part of me wanted to just close my eyes and hope Leviathan didn't come, that I wouldn't have to deal with him. It would be nice to join the three hundred and fifty thousand other Brockton Bay residents that were trusting the heroes to handle things, find a peace of sorts in surrender and helplessness. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/extermination-8-4/ Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.4]]</ref> which declined significantly with the subsequent evacuation.<ref>The humans outnumbered parahumans by eight-thousand to one, give or take, in urban areas. Outside of the more densely populated areas, it dropped to a more manageable one to twenty-six-thousand ratio. But here in Brockton Bay, many had evacuated. Few places in the world, if any, sported the imbalanced proportion that Brockton Bay now featured. What was it now? One parahuman to every two thousand people? One parahuman to every five hundred people? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 13]]</ref> It was probably in the top 10 US cities in terms of total cape population.<ref name="1.3">[[Gestation 1.3]]</ref>

The city was founded over an underground lake or aquifer.<ref name="8.2e1">The television screen showed a cross section of Brockton Bay as seen from ground level. The West end of the city was bordered by hills, and the terrain sloped gradually from the base of the mountain down to the water. Directly below the image of the buildings that marked the city's location, there was a large cavern, bordered by rock on all sides except the part nearest the beach, which was sand. It was marked blue – filled with water.

"Brockton Bay, this location, is a soft target. The city was originally founded at this location because of the proximity to the coastline for trade routes and an aquifier that provided the first settlers with access to fresh water. This aquifier, essentially an underground lake beneath the city, is our weak point." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/06 Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.2]]</ref>

Being a coastal city along with its surrounding geography, Brockton Bay has a fairly mild climate. The summers are comfortably warm and the winters are one of the mildest in the Northeastern States. This may be one reason [[capes|people in costume]] congregated there.<ref>[[Gestation 1.2]]</ref><ref name="9.2c1">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/sentinel-9-2/#comment-1616 Comment by Wildbow]</ref><ref name=R11V/>

There were blocks of shipping containers scattered throughout the city, a legacy of a brief period where they were used as cheap off-the-books housing before this was banned.<ref name="4.5">[[Shell 4.5]]</ref>