>>57430076It's, ironically, pure soul. Showing that compared to the traditionalist Johto, which is careful in what urbanization it allows, Kanto is carelessly willing to throw any cultural and/or spiritual aspects of its region into the trash for the sake of modernity.
Same thing as them deciding to reclaim the Power Plant, forcing all of those thriving electric types to scatter and find new homes that they'll be far less likely to live well in.
