Meridian Habitat

Meridian grew around a floating desalination works. Neighborhoods were added only after the existing residents voted to extend water, power and transit to them. The city keeps those expansion votes beside its timetables: an empty platform is a promise that someone is still expected to keep. Roof gardens cool the lower streets while harbor ferries carry freight under the passenger decks.

The newest district, Rainward, has water but no finished transit connection. Its residents received the first advance distress call, addressed to a ferry that had not yet been built. The Harbor Cooperative has suspended construction until somebody explains whether finishing the vessel will cause the disaster or prevent it.