Ask Dawn; Why are the Meadowlands split?

 

 

Dawn: The primary reason there is a division between the North and South Meadowlands was largely due to the fact that the area that is now considered the “North Meadowlands” was constantly invaded and retaken by native wolves until Leif Hunter, the first Representative Leader of Alpine Glade lead a successful charge to push the native wolves out of the region once and for all. This thirty year period of contested ownership of the region sort of....cemented a dividing line between the North and South, with the Southern Meadowlands remaining largely safe as the Native wolves hadn't occupied the area, and it was much closer to the heart of the rest of Zootopia's settled districts, and subsequently their militias. But the South Meadowlands was largely the 'port' area for the Scottram Settlers, and the North Meadowland's was sorely needed to grow crops in order to support the growing populace, which is what kept the sheep fighting for it in the first place.

After the Native Wolves were finally driven back for good, and the North Meadowland's properly claimed, the area remained somewhat....unofficially distinct from the South Meadowlands for a good century until the citizens of the regions pushed to make the separate distinction official, complete with having their own representative that shaped local laws in relation to the actual local population.