Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is a city that resides within North Utah, United States. It has no known nicknames after the apocalypse, though it is commonly referred to as 'SLC'. Salt Lake City was founded in 1847 and had a population of just over 1,222,000 before the apocalypse. The city was one of the hardest hit cities in the West and only had around ~90,000 survivors.

History
Salt Lake City saw its first case sometime in July 2021, though it didn't experience an outbreak until September. Central and South Salt Lake City was quickly transformed into a safe-zone by the military, as seen with the list of 18 safe-zones. The safe-zone held an initial population of around 70,000 survivors that dramatically decreased to just 15,000 by early 2022 due to people fleeing the city. It is unknown when and how the safe-zone collapsed.

The city saw several survivor groups pop up around the city shortly after the safe-zone collapsed, which may be from the other ~20,000 survivors, some of the 15,000 safe-zone survivors and people who passed through the city. The biggest group as of 2032 is an unnamed bandit group with "an army of 1,000 men", though there is also a small military group from stranded ex-military members who practice cannibalism, with their numbers being around 800.

As of 2032, much of the city is still overrun with zombies with most survivors avoiding North and Underground Salt Lake City due to the high numbers. The city has also seen some heavy decay and nature-recovering.