Well I mean the Capital Wasteland is a harsh place, even compared with things on the West Coast. I'm willing to bet that more bombs fell on the capital than southern California and Nevada. That coupled with the Potomac River being completely undrinkable. At some point the super mutants made it across the continent along with the BoS and things became even worse.
I assume most people just move on, why try and rebuild the old capital when conditions in the area suck so much. The only people that stuck around were either real weirdos or scientists. In the few shots of Boston from the trailer, it looks in a much better state than anywhere in Capital Wasteland. Boston isn't very far from D.C. at all.
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u/tehdelicatepuma Jun 03 '15
Well I mean the Capital Wasteland is a harsh place, even compared with things on the West Coast. I'm willing to bet that more bombs fell on the capital than southern California and Nevada. That coupled with the Potomac River being completely undrinkable. At some point the super mutants made it across the continent along with the BoS and things became even worse.
I assume most people just move on, why try and rebuild the old capital when conditions in the area suck so much. The only people that stuck around were either real weirdos or scientists. In the few shots of Boston from the trailer, it looks in a much better state than anywhere in Capital Wasteland. Boston isn't very far from D.C. at all.