Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-16083651-20140722215813/@comment-13965604-20140723161211

DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote:

I'm positive they've referred to it as Northern Cal before. But, it is a big state, and technically anything about the middle line would be 'northern' Sorry, poorly phrased on my part. I meant room for the other packs to be from. California is a huge state, and there is no indication that the Hale's claimed anywhere near all of it as their territory. So if Beacon Hills is near the coast and north of San Francisco, that leaves a large amount of area just in California for other packs, plus Oregon and maybe Nevada.

With his fondness for Pakour, Derek at least does very well in urban environments (Beacon Hills is oddly over-developed for a "town", even though most of the buildings seem abandoned). Thus the big cities alone could host numerous werewolves within their boundaries.

This might have worked to some wolves' disadvantage. Areas with lots of wilderness are easier for the Hunters to do what they please in. A bunch of people with illegal assault rifles inside a major city would probably be labelled a "gang" and be the subject of intense police scrutiny. The Hunters seem to like being the only ones with guns. If cops started shooting at them the hunt would be less fun. Plus, the Hunters seem to favor "spray-and-pray" shooting. Even Chris. I notice that the Sheriff seems to be a much better marksman than him.

Is it really that overly developed? From what we've seen it jives pretty well with what I've seen of South Bend, my county capital. Of course, it's an actual city with it's own police force, not just relying on county brownies...

The wooded areas may feel more natural to the werewolves, but I've definitely been thinking it's not the most logical place to reside for the very reason you've stated. But yea, I could easily see two or three packs sharing a city like San Fran, LA, Chicago, or NYC. Not including their corresponding counties.

I've just been looking at the county being a Hale territory, and the fact that they've never introduced any other werewolf residents subtly confirmed that. It seems sudden that were are learning about other established packs in the county. Why were they not involved in any of the previous messes? Why did they never. Approach Derek? Hell, why wouldn't they have handled the Peter situation before Laura? It was basically unclaimed territory for six years, but would draw Hunters putting themselves at risk if they didn't do anything.