What Terrans call the Residential Sector, the native Nectarians know as Tina'a; the word means "little house." This is a quiet district, where much of the old architecture of the city is preserved. The Residential Sector is home to most of the city's middle class for the nobles dwell in the Administrative Sector or on country estates and the poor must live close to where they work. There are a few business in the Tina'a, mostly quiet taverns or small shops selling household goods.
The portions of the Tina'a nearest the Old City are the best preserved and most pleasant. The wide streets are lined with the comfortable homes of Nectar's merchants and manufacturers. As one gets into the cramped areas along the canal, the streets get narrow and crooked and the tenements rise higher.
The Residential Sector is home to Nectar's small but growing Terran contingent. The crown jewel of the Terran quarter is the American University of Nectar. The American residents tend to cluster the University. Other Terrans congregate across the Square of the Fountains, where the Cafe' Francais remains the center of social life.
Crime in the Residential Sector is mostly limited to burglaries and thefts. In the poorer parts, along the Baetis canal, there are occasional murders. From time to time, a group of bandits will loot a part of the Tina'a, then retreat across the canal by boat to the impenetrable ruins of the Mortuary Sector.