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-===Distance to cities===
+===Location in relation to cities===
-It is not clear how close the ACCs could be to a city's center/suburbs. It doesn't make sense to place an ACC ''too'' far away and in a [[Wilderness Preserve]] (too much decontaminating work). But if they're too ''close'', you end up with toxic waste (the product of decontamination) right next to a city. [[Quotes/Speech#One way out|Unused dialogue]] indicates that the ACC was conceived of as being ''underground'', which would explain a few things, including the fact that most of the clean air seems to be pumped through massive "lines" such as the one seen at the end of {{C8}} instead of simply released into the open air. Those lines must run up through the city's foundations, which would explain how they're able to get close to a city without dumping waste in the middle of it. Note that ambient street sounds (police sirens, car horns) can be overheard in {{C7}} even though no city is visible, adding further evidence that the city being served by the ACC is much closer than you'd think from your surroundings.
+It is not clear how close the ACCs are to a city's center or suburbs. If an ACC was far outside of the city then it might be located in a [[Wilderness Preserve]], requiring constant decontamination work at the site. But if the ACC was smack dab in the middle of the city, you'd presumably end up with toxic waste (the product of decontamination) needing to be transported quite some distance in order to be safely outside the city.
+In a possible solution to the conundrum, [[Quotes/Speech#One way out|this unused dialogue]] indicates that the ACCs are ''underground''. This would keep the waste separated from the inhabited area of the city, even if it accumulates at the site of the ACC. Judging from the end of {{C8}}, the clean air has to be driven by turbines to its destination instead of simply vented into the open air as one would expect if the ACC is at ground level (one could imagine that pipes connected to these turbines run up through the city's foundations). Note that ambient street sounds (police sirens, car horns) can be heard in {{C7}} even though no city is visible, adding further evidence that the city being served by the ACC is much closer than you'd think from your surroundings.