Will New York City Ever Fully Recover?
At the end of The Division, players learn that New York City is beginning to stabilize and will soon be capable of rebuilding now that you’ve defeated the Last Man Battalion and conquered all other major threats. However, what does the rest of the United States intend to do now that one of the financial centers of the country is essentially out of action, and a huge amount of its cash was infected with a deadly virus?
For big fans of The Division, gaining a better insight into the future of New York City is a question that is longing to be answered, and could arguably open the door to a whole new chapter of the story.
Does the rest of the country intend to rebuild it as an economic center? Or instead, leave it to become a desolate ruin of a once powerful city? Toward the end of the game, the Dark Zone is suggested to be a particularly mysterious area and the one part of Manhattan still dominated by crime and corruption.
Considering the state of the Dark Zone, it seems like it would require a lot more than the JTF and Division agents to put the problem right. Especially when the JTF struggled to control the less corrupt areas of Manhattan on their own. The Dark Zone is ultimately the heart of the problem that reconstruction efforts would face, and no clear answer on how this will be tackled is given throughout the story. At the same time, though, it seems unlikely that the rest of the country would be happy with Manhattan remaining a lawless, breeding ground for a deadly virus.
By giving fans answers to the larger question of what lies in store for the future of New York City, some of these sub-questions would become much clearer.
