To be honest, there has always been gaps between the bases just like there were gaps between cities and continents before.
It was impossible for all places to be exactly the same.
City I Base was one of the relatively poor area. There were not many capable people here and the leader was barely scraping by for the people to live. Even though they did try to plant food and so on, the current situation was not very good.
Because of their low combat power, most of the people in City I Base could only focus on their survival.
For many matters, they could not think too much.
One of them was the problem of clothing.
"The temperature has gotten colder lately… do you think it'll be a good thing if they started to pay more attention?" Amelia asked when they walked on the street.