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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The macguffin is the Spindizzy field, which can enclose an object and drive it faster than light. The more mass a Spindizzy has to work with, the better it does, and there's no reason you can't enclose an entire city in a Spindizzy field and launch it into the galaxy. That's precisely what happens, as whole cities leave an economically depressed Earth to look for work in the galaxy.
I have to love a series where the city of New York is a major character.  |
The cool part is that the Spindizzy field is spherical, so all the underground stuff goes along with the above-ground stuff. There's still sewage lines, electricity conduits, steam tunnels, and the subway!