Old Town

Old Town. Girls rules this part of Basin City, according to the Truce they've got worked out with the police force. Cops dosen't enter Old Town, without a Very good reason, but if they enter, the girls take care of them. Maybe they blow their car, maybe they chase them outta there, nude. But they never kill a cop. And the police force get its share from the money the girls earn. That's the Truce. And nothing but the Truce.
For some to unknown reason, the Mob -the Wallenquist gangsters - want the Truce to explode into atoms, and they try hard to make it so.

The first Roark in Basin City, in the middle 19th century, saw the town decay, and decided to do something about it. He bought luxoury sleepers from France, and then the city was blooming again.