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Ro-Esri is a commuter town for Pacifica, on (or perhaps under) New Innsmouth. It's about 25 kilometres outside of the main city. The town is mostly underwater, being located immediately offshore adjacent to the microcontinent Oleurio's coastline. The largest areas of the town are the Esri and Sandside districts, both of which are on the seabed. However, there is also the Ro district, which is located above water, on the island Lesser Ro. The town's population is about 36,000 - unsurprisingly, most of the cis-human portion live in Ro, whereas almost all of the sharks live in Esri and Sandside. The whales are split between the three, though they tend to favour Sandside, which is locally-considered the most upscale area. Ro-Esri is a quite-average, moderately-prosperous area which is also in the happy situation of being a place where very few "significant" events ever occur. The town's politics are mostly typical for Union, though echoing the nearby capital, it is considered a little "difficult" by Harmony and Peace (the town's council has an unusually-large Opposition delegation, and they have even been known to form the majority on some occasions).

The below- and above-surface districts are linked together through two main transit hubs. These have air-filled areas suitable for cis-humans, and pressurised corridors connected to nearby buildings and public walkways. There are docking bays for submarine shuttle-buses, and elevators for foot passengers to travel to and from the surface. (The elevators run straight up the very-shear western rockface of Ro, to a secondary hub that's above the waterline.) There are also lock-out chambers, so both divers and sharks can directly-access the sea, in a reasonably-convenient manner.

At the time shown here, it's still very early in the morning, so the daily commuter rush hasn't yet started, though you can see a shuttle-sub in the background, doubtless taking some overly-enthusiastic morning people off on whatever errands they're up early for.

Ro-Esri is a very normal place where very normal things happen, and that is probably its main merit as a place to live.

Description
Ro-Esri is a commuter town for Pacifica, on (or perhaps under) New Innsmouth. It's about 25 kilometres outside of the main city. The town is mostly underwater, being located immediately offshore adjacent to the microcontinent Oleurio's coastline. The largest areas of the town are the Esri and Sandside districts, both of which are on the seabed. However, there is also the Ro district, which is located above water, on the island Lesser Ro. The town's population is about 36,000 - unsurprisingly, most of the cis-human portion live in Ro, whereas almost all of the sharks live in Esri and Sandside. The whales are split between the three, though they tend to favour Sandside, which is locally-considered the most upscale area. Ro-Esri is a quite-average, moderately-prosperous area which is also in the happy situation of being a place where very few "significant" events ever occur. The town's politics are mostly typical for Union, though echoing the nearby capital, it is considered a little "difficult" by Harmony and Peace (the town's council has an unusually-large Opposition delegation, and they have even been known to form the majority on some occasions).

The below- and above-surface districts are linked together through two main transit hubs. These have air-filled areas suitable for cis-humans, and pressurised corridors connected to nearby buildings and public walkways. There are docking bays for submarine shuttle-buses, and elevators for foot passengers to travel to and from the surface. (The elevators run straight up the very-shear western rockface of Ro, to a secondary hub that's above the waterline.) There are also lock-out chambers, so both divers and sharks can directly-access the sea, in a reasonably-convenient manner.

At the time shown here, it's still very early in the morning, so the daily commuter rush hasn't yet started, though you can see a shuttle-sub in the background, doubtless taking some overly-enthusiastic morning people off on whatever errands they're up early for.

Ro-Esri is a very normal place where very normal things happen, and that is probably its main merit as a place to live.