Cyber Yuki<p>As I'm rewatching Ghost in the Shell: SAC, I've been paying attention to the city landscapes.</p><p>So far I've noticed the following things:</p><ul><li>There are large areas with tall residential buildings and elevated highways; these must be for affluent people, I suppose.</li><li>I'm sure there must be industrial-only areas, but I haven't paid full attention. Gotta watch out for them.</li><li>Slums. Lots of slums adjacent to tall building areas. Obviously the slums don't have much vertical space. It really puts poverty into perspective.</li><li>There are warehouse districts next to seaports! A lot of backhand deals are done there.</li><li>Motoko's alternate hideout is with one of her female lovers' house. They are houses over the hill, with panoramic windows and privacy dishes below. It's interesting that the windows form a type of flying saucer, so that when looked from below you can only see the metal plates. And yet, when you watch over a distance you can see all the city. These remind me of the hills that are in current Hong Kong.</li><li>There's also a very noticeable commercial district, filled with casinos, retail stores and shop windows.</li></ul><p>Obviously this might or might not be the same city; after all, Japan's a huge region so the episodes can take place over distinct regions of Japan.</p><p>In any case I really need to rethink my city's urban design. Perhaps I should expand my country to cover more areas... but I'm not sure. Maybe just make the city larger and give it more districts so it actually looks and feels large?</p><p><a href="https://hackers.town/tags/GhostInTheShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostInTheShell</span></a> <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/amWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amWritingSF</span></a></p>