Yes, there's a horse racing track and cricket grounds. Varscombe Park cricket club has been historically important.
More amusingly, residents delight in the annual Cabbage Roll down Het Hill. You're allowed to run after it and kick it. About as many injuries as you'd expect.
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The Textiles Museum next to Varscombe Park is famous for its permanent collection of satin. It is whispered to be unwise to linger in certain rooms, because some stretches of fabric have a peculiar... pull.
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Citizenship is defined in the same way as it would be for any English city. Immigration has become fraught in the last few decades because of malign political forces. B____ has always been a cosmopolitan city by the standards of the region, though. It's more welcoming than most. #Septopolis

Paying your taxes, or being officially exempted from them, makes you a citizen of Safe Harbor for the next year--which also makes you a citizen of Terre Reine for that period.

It's easier for citizens to be heard by the government, but it's not something that comes up for most people.

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25) Citizenship

Any Alliance member-species is a citizen of the Alliance. Anyone born to a member-species is a citizen of the Alliance.

The tricky part is becoming a member of the Alliance in the first place! It takes careful negotiation.

Interestingly, a useful vector for it

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West Harewood actively encourages Folk with useful skills to move in: most houses are owned by either the town, the Guild or the PWC, who assign them for free to those lucky ones. Everyone else better be prepared to pay a steep price (which includes access to the free mess hall).

Oh yikes! When I published Titanic Voyage, set in the near future, I had no idea that even immigrants who are in the US legally would soon be arrested, imprisoned, and occasionally shot. I know my stories are in an alt-future but recent events made me realize that... #Septopolis #HistorytownAZ

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This is where Belaqua turns into Mean Girls for a bit.

You only get to immigrate to Belaqua if someone wants you there. Did a local fall for you? Then if they really like you and see you as having a future there, it's up to their family to adopt you into their fold.

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Global citizenship is granted at birth, so people are free to move to any non-restricted sector any time they like. The hardest part of moving is in the logistics - having to pack up all your stuff and unpack it all again when you arrive.

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Immigration is not a big issue for Alkesh. Due to the nature of the industries a lot of overseas visas are processed for work. If someone is a Sehorean resident they (1/?)

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Holy s...equence, did I finally manage to catch up 🙂

Citizenship rules are pretty clear. You are allowed to live inside or even be aware of the Bunker's existence if you accept Newes' version of Guardian, giving them direct access to your body and (maybe a slight spoiler) thoughts.🧵

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I'll just skip the virtual and focus on the real this time.

Canteens. Canteens and - Oyun's Observation Room! It is a new, cozy space with upholstered seats and beanbags to hang out in, something completely new for the Community to enjoy. 🧵

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As usual, two sides to this thanks to ALARES.

The real world, in a way, >is< a museum, people keep many physical artifacts they came in with, including their old clothes, random keepsakes, whatever they could grab when leaving their homes seven years ago. 🧵

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Alkesh is host to a plethora of bars that fit all of it citizen. From Sports bars, to ones themed for specific cultures, to underground counter-culture clubs, and even simple (1/?)

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Many people visit the City of Gates, but actually living there is quite restricted.

There is limited space, and limited resources. Pretty much the only people who are allowed to live there are the followers of Niona who run the city. 🧵

B___ has a lot of riverside bars. One that is popular with students is Ashleys' - famous for the psychedelic giant chessboard round the back and a stage which has hosted many local and touring bands, but the acoustics of which has given rise to some odd stories. #Septopolis

#Septopolis 2026! 9/25 This is an interesting question. For non-human animals, we should assume the rules are quite different—species that are native to the region are broadly granted assumed citizenship (if for no other reason than managing them would be too much trouble). Humans have other rules.