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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

man, that is wack. I guess the sea level dropped dramatically? cause "old New York" being up on that island ridge in the back with the old bridges connecting it across is wild.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

There was supposed to be more lore around sea levels dropping and the flying car that justified the vertical New York presented in the beginning.

[–] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

See that makes more sense than what I thought, which is that weird sci-fi trope of stacking skyscrapers such that they form whole undercities, which never seemed like an especially good use of real estate to me, dystopic conditions notwithstanding

[–] stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think I read somewhere the earth had exported a lot of its water, possibly to Phloston Paradise? Hence the lower levels