Setting

The setting is a modern city, like houston, tampa, orlando, san diego, on the coast, most likely the pacific ocean, there is rail shipping,air freight, truck lines, etc. But stuff still comes in, goes out, there are major corps there, places that need people, employees, etc, but in many respects, outside of the city, few in america know it still exists. it is an oddity.

The city has docks, sewers, slums and million dollar mansions, not always side by side.