2068

(image source: Google Street View and London's Daily Mail)

Magoun Square, 2064: Aliens land.
(source: Rachel Strutt)

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Introduction to the 2060s

The Urban Ring Line opens again, as does a new Purple Line to Waltham, both of which cut through Somerville. Hover cars, which were introduced in the 2020s, have finally become affordable. Zip wire technology also makes great strides. The effect is that people rarely walk on the ground anymore. Alien spacecraft land in Magoun Square; their pilots are hostile at first, but soon become proud residents.

The US slips further from its former position of economic and political domination. India and China have become economic powerhouses, and account for half of the world's GDP.