Where do the animorphs live?

[wolfev]

I'm not sure if its ever explicitly said, but I know its implied that the Animorphs live on the west coast. Is there any proof against this. Here's what I have to prove they are.
Book 1:There is a beach near there city.
Book 4:Tobias claims a ship was heading to Singapore, this is an easier trip from the west coast so east coast ships probably don't go there.
Book 14: They are near a desert which has area 51's equivalent near it.
Also, though the range of Red Tailed Hawk is nationwide the range of the Golden eagle is west coast.
The only question is what state, I think California, and what city.
I really hope this isn't like trying to find Springfield.

[ANItiger13]

The Animorphs do live in California. It's said in the last book. I think near Santa Barbara or something, but I'm not sure.

[Shock]

they live in a large town/mini city in south cali..

but once you think about it, it's was kinda stupid for the yeerks to only have one pool... have to wonder if there where more...

[Chad32]

they live in a large town/mini city in south cali..

but once you think about it, it's was kinda stupid for the yeerks to only have one pool... have to wonder if there where more...

I don't think it was that big of an operation at first. They did grow, but for whatever reason, they just had one pool complex.

And yeah, the Animorphs live in California. That much is confirmed.

[Duff]

I think there were pools in other places, but thats another long discussion lol

After the series its confirmed that they lived in south cali, but in one of the inside cover pictures it shows a cop with oregon pd on his badge, forget which one ill have to find that

[Essam 293]

they live in a large town/mini city in south cali..

but once you think about it, it's was kinda stupid for the yeerks to only have one pool... have to wonder if there where more...

I can't remember where I got this from, but I think it was mentioned (by either K.A or in the books) that the one in their town wasn't the only Yeerk Pool, but it was the largest and the most developed one that they had so far.

Remember, the Yeerks weren't invading on Earth for very long when the Animorphs began. Maybe about 5-6 years? Edriss (Visser One) and Essam were on Earth for several years making a life for themselves (and building up The Sharing), however, the secret invasion didn't start to fully take off until Edriss presented the Humans to the Yeerks and was promoted to Visser One (with Marco's mom).

Even then, it would've taken some time to assemble and grab the right hosts in power to pull off a project as big as the underground Yeerk Pool, especially in secret. The amount of planning involved in scouting a good place, and then finding the proper funding to bring in construction equipment needed to build something that huge (not to mention the amount of labor time the Yeerks used to actually to build it), would've taken a good 5-6 years for the Yeerks to progress to where the Animorphs saw them for the first time.

Atleast, that's what I've always assumed. It has been a long time since I've re-read Visser or any of the books.

[ThermalRider]

I don't know about it being in southern California. I was always more inclined to believe it was in the northern part of the state. The climate matches more and that's where the big forests and mountains are. The south is more dried out. Also, some of the animal species mentioned are more likely to be in the northern part of the state.

Is it ever actually stated to be north or south?

[~]

Personally I always pictured it where Sunnydale is in Buffy. Which is to say it's near (or is the Ani-verse' version of) Santa Barbra.

[morfowt]

in one of the inside cover pictures it shows a cop with oregon pd on his badge, forget which one ill have to find that

I think you're talking about book 39.

[Essam 293]

Personally I always pictured it where Sunnydale is in Buffy. Which is to say it's near (or is the Ani-verse' version of) Santa Barbra.

*Season 7 Spoilers*

YES! Even though Buffy ended after Animorphs, the Hellmouth under Sunnydale in Season 7 always reminded me of the Yeerk Pool. I can't help but relate the massive cave in of the Yeerk Pool in Animorphs to the Buffy season finale, when the Hellmouth collapses under Sunnydale.

[Kelly]

Before I found out they lived in American, I used to hope it was Australia haha 

[esplin]

I don't know about it being in southern California. I was always more inclined to believe it was in the northern part of the state. The climate matches more and that's where the big forests and mountains are. The south is more dried out. Also, some of the animal species mentioned are more likely to be in the northern part of the state.

Is it ever actually stated to be north or south?

that is an excellent point and i gotta go with that, i dont know much about california but it doesnt sound like southern part of it with all the forest.

[wolfev]

at least none of them were jerks like those kids on the MTV California shows. Of course, I sometimes thought Rachel was kinda getting like the stereotypical Valley girl sometimes and that bothered me. Sometimes I really just wanted to hit her. Of course, that is what makes the character so deep.

[esplin]

MTV is lame, id like to think that most people arnt like that...

[Nateosaurus]

Before I found out they lived in American, I used to hope it was Australia haha 

Haha, I was like that too