Metropolitan San Andreas

[mnmsimmer 0]

Current Population at 1,041,449

Beautifully set in Coastal Southern Texicota.

Dry Mediterranean Climate surrounded by mountains and scrub-oak woodlands...until more sprawl attacks!

Soon to start uploading pics and info! I tried to make it a real-looking city.  

Port San Andreas 

Suburb SW of San Andreas; on the San Andreas River.

Population: 43,522

(Pics of The City of San Andreas and Region View Available at bottom.)

Captions describe pictures above them.

Part of the Older Suburbs in Port San Andreas

The "Strip" at Portia Beach in West Port San Andreas

The "Strip" Again- Late Afternoon, 

beachgoers starting leave the beach & to head back to Suburbia.

The "Strip" late at night, parties are going on, the nightlife here is HOT!

This is the true Town Center of Port San Andreas, as you can see, 

like the "Strip", it too is quite built up.

A street of well-to-do 1.5 million dollar homes on minute lots-

That's what ya get in S. Coastal Texicota!!!

These exclusive subdivisions are great alternative to suburban block living.

The taxes here aren't bad due to the Industrial East Side of Town, and the proximity to downtown San Andreas couldn't be better... but, there is usually LOTS of traffic! Homes in this particular area start at around $849,999.

A Closer look at a street in the sought-after Willoughby Subdivision.

Tract homes on tenth-acre lots like these are all too common in S. Coastal Texicota,

The demand for housing greatly outpaces supply so land is usually 

swallowed up in this manner. Homes in neighborhoods like these 

typically range from $599,999 to just over $700,000

A cheaper alternative to this areas over-priced single family real estate is tight condominium living. These are moderately priced at around $549,999.

This is busy East Port San Andreas, where a huge porportion of the metropolitan area's industry is located. The bustling seaport imports and exports a wide range of goods to and from the area.

Areas of high-tech industry such as this largely support the regions large and growing upper class.

This historic lighthouse marks the entrance of the San Andreas River and helps guide ships into port during frequent rain and wind storms.

The Industrial Area at night- quite a bright sight!

Highridge

Quintessential Victorian-Era Suburban Village NW of San Andreas

Highridge provides a slower pace of metropolitan living in an idyllic atmosphere.

Quiet, friendly neighborhood streets are lined with the 

wafting scent of orange, rose, and crepe myrtle blossoms.

The hills surrounding the village provide breathtaking vistas of natural glory.

An overview of the close-knit neighborhoods composing Highridge.

Highridge is also a destination for the 'Old Money' crowd, 

whose homes dominate the ridge.

A closer look into a quaint neighborhood "trapped" in time

Some mansions overlooking the San Andreas Valley.

A wonderful vintage cape cod home for sale at $1,399,999

The cost of real estate here is compensated by the small-town feel, convenience to S.A., and lack of commercial or industrial development.

Stay Tuned for My Next Update in 

The Metropolitan San Andreas CJ.

[mnmsimmer 0]

Have a little Q, how do you get the pictures bigger and use captions? I think it would really improve my CJ?

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend great start you have done and very nice pics,are you a member of imageshack

[mnmsimmer 0]

no, all the pics just came from the sc4 albums, but i did photoshop some of them

[mnmsimmer 0]

no, all the pics just came from the sc4 albums, but i did photoshop some of them

[jacqulina 162]

join imageshack and host your pics from there then you will post nice size pics if you need help pm me after you have joined ok my friend

[dfnva 34]

Wow, this looks great, and has a lot of potential, I'd be curious to see a regional view.

Some recommendations/constructive criticisms: I highly recommend downloading the NAM on the STEX, I agree with Jacquilina that you need to upload your pictures to Imageshack (just go to www.imageshack.com and upload the picture and put the link in when you are writing your CJ and the picture will show up full size, just make sure it's smaller than 600x800 or it will be deleted).

The road patterns in your region are very griddy...maybe that's what you want, but as you branch out into the suburbs, I'd recommend not using grids for your neighborhoods, etc. as it looks more realistic.

Also, I saw the picture with the houses right next to your airport... I'd definitely buffer your airport with some industry or undeveloped land (with trees? parks?) as people won't continue wanting to live there.

The picture with all the lower-wealth mid-rise residential complexes could definitely look better if you add some parks mixed in... there's a lot of stuff on the STEX (ponds, puzzle pieces, great stuff). Also it looks like those residential areas are right next to dirty industry and a jail, so add some trees, parks, as a buffer. Then the area won't looks so homogenous. Now on the other hand, ignore what I said if you want the area to look like that. I've worked hard trying to create run-down areas to look like that, so maybe you're on to something.

In your neighborhoods, I'd recommend using streets instead of roads (as you already do in some places).... for some reason it urks me when I see stoplights in quaint neighborhoods.

Finally, download more from the stex for more variety in some areas.

Whew... I hope I didn't bombard you and I definitely like what you've done, you've differentiated between your central business district, and surrounding areas, but with some work this could really be an awesome CJ.

Dan

[dfnva 34]

One more thing... I highly recommend download some seawalls from the STEX as they will make your coastlines look great.

I hope I've helped and not been too critical... I think this region will look great!

Dan

[mnmsimmer 0]

i actually wanted to make the inner suburbs very dense and "griddy" because thats how inner suburbs look around my area.. and the ghetto, if i put parks, i would have to keep all the ghetto buildings historicalized in order to keep from being torn down, that is the only ghetto are of the city.. notice its in the south central are... hehehe and that and City of industry are the only two municipalities with such lower class areas. However, i do too think i may need a little more variation, but it gets hard when you lots of skyscrapers. i am startign to have difficulty developing the remaining vacant land in my city because the time slows down and sometimes stops on superspeed... its getting frusterating. ive tried altering graphics options and it really doesnt help too much.. any suggestions for that?

[mnmsimmer 0]

ps im now gunna start on my Port San Andreas section, its a suburb/ industrial area southwest of SA on the SA river

[Schulmanator 5,813]

[mnmsimmer 0]

why the f*%k can't i put more than one picture in my CJ???? i had all the pictures in the EDIT section to match w/ the captions and only the first one showed up... rly frusterating, i would have showed up real nice. I used photobucket to host my phots and so far its the only one w/o red Xs where the pic should be!!!!

[mnmsimmer 0]

um and uh does anyone kno how to put pictures directly in replies?

[mnmsimmer 0]

wow, it worked, now how do you all like it?

[Amerikaner 42]

well this is a cool city but im confused what pictures and such are we looking?

[Krio 626]

Looks good, reminds me for my own start.

[SamTheMan 0]

From the pictures I have seen, many of the houses in your neighborhoods look the same, is that your objetcive?

[daniel01 0]

looking really good. keep up the good work mate

daniel01

[mnmsimmer 0]

"From the pictures I have seen, many of the houses in your neighborhoods look the same, is that your objetcive? "

I was actually attempting to acheive a more cookie-cutter look in my "newer subdivision" neighborhoods. But, yes I would like more variety in my "older" block neighborhoods.

"well this is a cool city but im confused what pictures and such are we looking? "

Captions describe pictures above them.

[mnmsimmer 0]

Hope everyone likes this update, especially the close-up of a block... that turned out really well. I am starting to get the hang of this! Thanks to all helpers and commenters... not to mention the multitude of people contributing greatly needed props, textures, and buildings.

[crazyyaya 4]

I don't really like that neighbourhood where every building was the same, kind of uncreative and unimaginative.

[crazyyaya 4]

Otherwise its a nice city