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[Evangelion] Why is Tokyo-3 built directly above the Geofront and Terminal Dogma?

It's not like the citizens had to live on the giant armour plates to make them more effective.
Since the residents of Tokyo-3 would be much safer if they weren't in the direct path of the Angels, why isn't the city located a short distance away from the Geofront?
gpt
It serves several functions:

1. It allows NERV employees and their families to live close to their base of operation. Similar to how military bases often have neighborhoods very close to them.

2. It provides camouflage for NERV's shadier practices. Its much harder to spy on or infiltrate a location when its hidden underneath a city. Also, in the event they should come under attack (like in End of Eva), the attacking army would have to weigh the risk of going through civilians.

3. Distracts the Angels. While they are busy stomping through buildings and dealing with the defense weaponry NERV can scramble the EVAs. 

4. It helps distract people from the true intention of the Angels. Public record states that Angels are draw to humans to kill them, making a city an ideal place to corral and ambush them. So long as people are focused on that, they won't snoop around and find Lillith.