Coolsville is a city on Zargonia about 700km East of Settlement with a population of about 450,000, it has something of a reputation as ‘a popular destination for Banded Mers.’  It is an attractively architected city with plenty of greenery.

Coolsville is named for the result of some local geological quirks that cause it to have a lower average temperature than other cities at its latitude (which is close to Zargonia’s equator.)  The city is built around the shores of a large, long lake nestled among hills, which serves as a divider between the ‘haves’ on the South shore and the ‘have nots’ on the North.

A little research shows that Coolsville is home to a couple of ‘exclusive’ communities and a popular location for people with the means and connections to do so have second residences – there are hints of a lucrative private enterprise that circumvents the Allocations Bureau assignment of housing.  Though not shown on the transit map in Oliver’s memory, there is a hybridyne service to Coolsville – but it is not available to common Mers.

Ref:  G-041