A region well developped : Arrache.

[yarabundi 3]

Thanks for your comments. I spent long hours to perfect my city. For that reason, your feedbacks are meaningfull.

[yarabundi 3]

For those of you that found the pics too long to download - since they were png's, you should not have any trouble anymore since every pic now is jpg. You have no reason anymore not to come to visit this CJ. Most of the pics are 800X600 - few to resized yet.

[jacqulina 162]

very nice work you have done looking out for more updates

[yarabundi 3]

Just to open your apetite :

[_MostlyHarmless 17]

Those are some high flying skyscrapers there! I love the update, keep them coming!

[Simworld 056132 1]

Very nice last update. I can't wait to see more  By the looks, it seems you have turned the maxis region upside down. Great. I would love a big update showing us the cities. Keep it on!

[tbone04044 0]

i cant believe how big some of your skyscrapers are... and your city is masssive, that must have been so many hours of gameplay.... good work, it makes me wanna download your region and look at it all up close to see the details you probably put into it....

[Dave The Hokie 0]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet City!

8/10

[yarabundi 3]

tbone04044 : I was just thinking about it. I will some times early january go back to some district not visited since a long while, take some pics to display...

Thanks, buddies !!

Merry Xmas 

[yarabundi 3]

The mayor of Arrache announces an update of Portèse - the most recent district to be developped. 

The district administration - in cooperation with the central regional government - chosed not to limit building height. The result is striking. A race for the sky created a gigantism freenzy.

Most of the high density's sections are completely built and the city planning department is now spending more time on the finishing touch.

The hillside will be kept as natural as possible and a forest trail leading to an observatory will be added at the end of the trail.

 

Here is the head office of the Arrachian Industrial Conglomerate (or in french, the C.I.A.)

 

 

[yarabundi 3]

Second update in two days : Portèse detailed.

The Regional Center for the Arts :

South-east financial district :

Estates :

A flower market :

In the same area, communications towers :

Santa Claus village :

The amusement park :

The cultural district :

Enjoy !!

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats an awesome update very nice planning,and the details are amazing my friend,awesome pics

[yarabundi 3]

Thank you jacqulina. Coming from you, I very highly enjoy the comment. Even thought not many simnauts -neologism that I invented in French to describe the internauts foruming on toutsimcity.com - not many simnauts are posting feedbacks on my CJ, I can see that it is visited a little bit. Happy New Years everyone !!

[yarabundi 3]

[RushHourFreak 1]

What a great city, the amusement park is awesome, the downtown is quite stunning and the region is very nice!!!

Bonne Ann

[yarabundi 3]

This is the south-east of Portèse, just north of the Regional Center for the Art that was shown previously :

In a city where real estate space is rare and precious, an airport is a must but an obstacle to highrises construction in the same time. That is why the aerial corridor leading to the airstrip is so narrow. Like for other cities airport in the world that are in the same case, only qualified trained pilots are allowed to land and/or take-off from Portèse's airport. 

[Cjah 15]

Great use of custom content and also...the river...I really think it looks great in the region!

Those japanese bats really do look good...maybe a few night shots upclose or something....

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend your work is awesome its just a busy time of year after the holidays you will probably have more people visit your cj but dont get dissheartened it is excellent work and pics

happy new year

[Schulmanator 5,799]

Impressive update! It all looks good, but the amusement park area looks like the most fun!

[DanTso 0]

WICKED!!!!!

you gave me some awsome ideas for lots!!

it is a sweetttttttt region!!

man Rock on!!!

Dan =)

[yarabundi 3]

jacqulina : thanks for the cheering. I was wondering why my CJ did not have more feedback. I'm full with the Holiday spirit now !! 

Schulmanator : it seems like my amusement park will benefit from the new equipments uploaded on the Stex by RJM Designs today.

Dan Tso : glad to be inspiring !! 

Now, here's an incredible revelation : Arrache's location on our world. It finally has been released to the simnaut's users of toutsimcity.com after more than two years of showing them pics of the region. You won't have to wait that long since today is the revelation day !! 

Here it is :

It's within the Bermuda's triangle. As a matter of fact, this city is knowned by the "Unnormal" - the name given by the people of Arrache to you, human being from the "other side"  - this city is knowned  to Humans by the name of Atlantis.  You all know about the legend, don't you ? How come Arrache never has been revealed to the "Unnies" (the cool and slang word for Unnormals) ? Simply because a dense cloud of mist is protecting it. That mist, despite its liquid state is as dense as titanium and nothing can be perceived trough it by any mod of detection - even from space, even with Hubble telescope or any spying satellite. The N.A.S.A. and the C.I.A. (as the Russians and the Chinese) tried so many times to unveal the contents on the other side of the cloud that even Arrachian's authorities stop counting. Unnies cannot detect them but they can detect any attempt to "read" them - so that even if they've been trusting the unexplicable mist capacity to hide their existence from what they consider as the outside world, they stay alert every time anyone try to discover the mystery of Atlantis. 

What Unnies do not know is that Arrachian's ships (sails ships in previous centuries and explosion's engine ships today even nuclear engine ship) are travelling all over the planet, pretending to be from any of your existing nations. Same with planes. Arrachians have no imperialism motivations but simply travel the world around to provide Arrache with the necessary goods to run the city - as any of your cities would do or to sell Arrache's manufactured goods.

[jacqulina 162]

hey your very welcome my friend,you are doing really well with your cj, excellent work and pics

[tbone04044 0]

your city is quite breathtaking... so many bats to look at. i see you have added the amusement park, and it looks good. Cant wait to see more!! see ya soon!

[Narya 14]

WOW, those city pics are... amazing. Looks great. Keep on good work and looking foward to see more.

[yarabundi 3]

Thanks everyone. Anyone familiar with the region must have seen the circular forest that has been protected. Here is a general view of the Martiapolis'district. Some lunatics believe that this is a supernatural phenomenon and because of that, this is a the most important pilgrimage's center in Arrache. The religious people thought were slow to build shrine and commerces were there long before any zealot's sects could build any important temple. As you'll see with more details a little later, investors were faster to react (as opposed to zealots) and that resulted on the construction of many observation's tower around the phenomenon. Please note that this district has been developped few months ago and that since then, I love to believed that I acquired more mastering of the game.

However, this pic from year 25 doesn't show the full developement of this district.

Let me start by showing the evolution of the south-west :

In year 52 :

In year 63 :

In year 73 :

Close-up in 73 :

In 91, the view from the observation tower is obstructed by some buildings that have been been built at the edge of the protected forest :

as you can see at the top left of the later pic, the entranched highway has been covered. 

Before :

After :

A view from slightly north of the previous one :

The north-west end of Martialpolis as in 52 :

and in year 80 :

The northend :

The north-east end :

The center-east :

The south-east (details) :

The center-south :

The center-south toward west in 73 (details) :

 

Center south-west general view in 73 :

In 91 :

As you can see here as in many pics, all the observation towers were bulit on an earlier stage of developement - when the urban department believed that the construction should be limited to preserve the enire circular forest. Much later, real estate moguls had controls over zoninf for a little while before teh zealots had their way at City Hall, therefore allowing the city council to pass the Circle Forest Protection Act or CIFOPROACT. Some cal it the CIFOPACT. 

Center, south :

Between 51 and 91, a new mostly residential neighbourhood was built :

As I mentioned in the introduction to Martianopolis, the zealots were too late to ract and barely no church were built in this district. However, the district just north of here, named Mont-qui-Parle (or translated from french Mount-that-speaks) has been host to many different sects and their shrine. This will be the subject of the next update.

[siqueira_SCB 23]

woww!!

u have a great cj!!

congrats!! =DD

[Deever 23]

Nice! You got CBD's, industrial sectors, good waterfronts--the whole package!

Keep those pics coming!

[yarabundi 3]

To everyone : don't hesitate to look at the previous post that I'm editing by the hour...

Thank you siqueira.

Deever : I tried to diversified my region. I'm pleased that you you like it.

[Schulmanator 5,799]

Nice work! This is an impressive city you have, with quite a variety of buildings and development styles. Keep up the good work.

[yarabundi 3]

This is a teaser for the next update. Martiapolis is the site of a strange unexplained phenomenon where a forest grew naturaly with a circular shape, creating a religious frenzy. Unfortunately, the district on which this forest is located has been invaded by the "vendors of the temple" - disappointing the zealots pilgrims that could not find decent terrain to build temples. Not to be taken by surprise a second time, many different sects (or religions, depending on which side we're located) bought terrains on the district north of Martiapolis, named Mont-qui-Parle or "Mount-that-Speaks" - all this before any other real estate sharks had time to react.

Here is the regional map indicating the location of the two district, connected to eache other :

Since I discover recently that I also have a life outside of SC4, I'm going to a diner at night with some friends. So, update will have to wait.