Aliso Canyon is just like any other canyon; big, dry, and dusty. Well, except that it it sitting on one of the nation's largest natural gas deposit and holds at least 115 wells, some of which are 40 to 50 years old. The canyon sits approximately 2 miles north of Porter Ranch, and most of the wells sit northwest of the neighborhood. However, the flow of the gas was directly into the affluent community, where then many of its residents were burdened with horrible nose bleeds and nausea. The community has a relatively low population density for a L.A. neighborhood, and ironically enough it had been considered to have the cleanest air in all of northern L.A. The residents of Porter Ranch did not let the physical distance between them drive them apart, in fact, they were considered to be a very close knit community who stuck together. The leak, however, has caused them to relocate, to break up their community. In this relocation, we have expanded the setting from the idyllic community to all of L.A., into hotel rooms and one bedroom apartments.
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