That was not even considering the fact that this was only one road. The next few blocks all had a similar number of shops, if not more, making for hundreds or thousands of these establishments all over.
The competition had to be crazy, but with such a high population, these shops might not be struggling all that much looking at how much was imported, as well as the daily patronage.
The next band was the residential areas, with neatly arranged homes that were similar to suburban homes on Earth. Yet, these buildings were considered high-class.
It was impossible for a city to be this… shiny, but Ando City was different. By law, one was prohibited from living inside unless one had a certain amount of wealth stored in the Bank of Andrato.
Every resident was obligated by law to open an account with the bank and store their capital wealth as a person. It was basically a savings account where the money could not be withdrawn unless there was a just cause.
