Blue Hope - The Interactive City Journal

[Need4Camaro 50]

Yes! Great job and the bonus points go to..

iamihop11

2nerdy4u

MPTC

Congratulations, you missed 5 Questions or less and your score will be updated this update!

As for the answers...

#1 Blue Hope, U.S. Military

#2 Soni Shuensha

#3 Millidgeville

#4 The Cornell can't represent himself as the U.S. Military in that city because the public will the presence of the U.S. army and revolt against them in fear of becoming nationalized.

#5 Plane, Taxi

#6 East/West Connector, 13 Exits, No it is NOT a full freeway.

#7 Highway 37 at Exit 4, Highway 35 at Exit 9

#8 3 Times. Beggining at Exit 0, Later at Exit 7 just west of Downtown, and finally Exit 9 North of downtown just before crossing the Oconee River into Eaton.

#9 Highway 2,4,6 travel East/West. Highway 35,37 travel North/South

#10. Highway 202

#11. Rail

#12. Yes, The South Island Bridge, 2nerdy4u

#13 Lina Park was a Farm, It is considered to be located in Millidgeville.

#14 5 Major Rail Lines, No Passenger Lines

#15 Coal

#16 North off of Highway 35

#17 Wachita Mountain Range

#18 Oconee River

#19 Eaton

#20 Unstable or Volatile.

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The Score as it Stands!

Name	Points
2nerdy4u	40
Almighty Nienaber	50
Amerikaner	50
autoVino	50
Benedict	3.4
cleaner475	50
Cjah	50
Cowboy[Texas]	51
Critterman	50
CTF	31
DarkEldar	30
Dr Lezard	50
granto93	50
Greenbean418	34
homeandaway	30
Houston_Fan	30
iamihop11	62.7
jacqulina	54
jimmyCo	50
Krio	50
lilmanjs	32
manman99	50
mencc1701	50
Moshi	30
MPTC	73
MsD	50
ObladiOblada	56
ODST_27	50
PennDOTguy	50
PhatHead	50
rct3twins	30
SaltandVinegar	50
Sim_Air	31
Simfan34	50
sobol	50
Tommy_Vercetti3	30
truflip99	30
Yoshiisland	-12
yoshikoroyimara	30

That seems to bring 2nerdy4u out of debt and dead even at 40 points as his previous post brought him out of debt...

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Now lets satisfy some requests, but first... I'd like to congratulate Benedict as he is now an owner of a portion of the South Shore Rail Line... Here is your deed, keep record of it!

 

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First thing, iamihop11 had several requests and I'd like to kick those off first...

... and REMEMBER, Residential Developments earn a 20 Point Grant!

Grid 1 - F2 - Description!

F2 Without Description!

Without the description so you can easily tell where the grid lines are for your planning and interface. Just tell me where you want to live or if you want to biuld your own house, mark the area and send it back, and we'll go from there.

Grid A1/A2 Overview!

this is the overview from Grid A1 and A2 just North east of downtown, I'm going to post closer zoomed in views this way you can be more precise with planning...

Grid 1 A1

Grid 2 A2

- Now lets move further west into A4 and B4 both off of Hwy 35.

Grid 1 A4/B4 Overview!

Grid 1 A4

Grid 1 B4

Take a carefull look at these photo's and draw the area you want developed and give me a description of what you desire and we'll go from there!

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MPTC's request is next!

Parcel 3 C6/D6

This area is located with great convinience off the East/West connector and its At-Grade intersection with Highway 2. There can be no roads or streets intersecting the E/W connector without an interchange with the exception of Highway 2 as displayed. The South Shore Rail Line and Highway 2 also proceed through this portiong, making this land highly profitable Industrial land. The beach at the same time with easy access to the highway entices several to desire resorts along the coastline.

Parcel 3, C6

Parcel 3, D6

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and finally, lilmanjs's request remains last but not least.

Parcel 3 Grid 1 E3/F3

Grid 1 E3

Grid 1 F3

There's no roads out this way so you will be responsible for supplying any development with access to the networked roads in the area. Simply copy and paste this image into your paint (or save as) and draw a detailed map on what you desire your development to look like and represent it on those tiles. You can also draw it with paint but make sure you represent the tiles. Powerlines by the way cannot be zoned over unless consulted by the powercompany for a powerline relocation. Enjoy!

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Thats it for now fellow Simtropolitans, I promise updates will be more exciting than this was down the road but right now it's just one day at a time...

[jacqulina 162]

very nice layout and planning my friend wonderfull beach too,excellent work and pics

[Voulpiotis 4]

Excellent work, great pictures. Just press "G" to take off the grids.

[Benedict 3,119]

Great title deed - thanks!!

[CTF 0]

I can wait a week, or more. Like I said though I would also be interested in paying for then construction of any new plants so if you know for sure what you’re going to build I would like to see that.

[iamihop11 19]

Voulpiotis: I need the grids .

Thanks for all the shots. It'll be fun looking at them all in detail and coming up with some stuff, but it may be a couple days.

good luck with exams 'n' such.

[ObladiOblada 1]

great update

[Need4Camaro 50]

jacqulina - Thank you!

Voulpiotis - Thank you! The grid was intentionally left on for this update as it was to fullfill those who had requests with a bit more reference to the land. You've been added to the score system and will start with 30 Points.

Benedict - lol you're welcome!

CTF - Awsome, we'll wait a week and then I'll show you my plan for the powerplants!

iamihop11 - Take your time, no hurry, and I'll need it.

ObladiOblada - Thank you!

[2nerdy4u 1]

Yay! Out of debt! I'm so excited! I think I'll be planning a little something around Lina Park soon... iamihop11, if ur interested in this sort of thing, go ahead and PM me, so we can decide something beneficial both to you and me.

Again, this is a great idea for a CJ!

[lilmanjs 2]

how much money do I get to make this stuff?

[Need4Camaro 50]

2nerdy4u - Thank you!

lilmanjs - You begin with 30 Points, you actually have 33 Points now. There is a 20 Point Grant for residential property.  So if you want a residential nieghborhood, you will have 53 Points to pool with. For every tile you desire to develop, it will cost an X amount of points (use the picture above to see how many points it will cost.) So try to develop within your point / cost range. Feel free to ask me questions if you're confused.

[lilmanjs 2]

ok and how much do roads cost?

[Need4Camaro 50]

lilmanjs - Use the image below for reference, it is an overview of the area you requested and will give you the costs per tile for everything you should need, unless you want parks that is... If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

[CTF 0]

I look forward to seeing them. In the mean time I'll just post and gather points..... Could I, and would there be any benefit to owning waste disposal services?

[2nerdy4u 1]

Can I see the area around Lina Park. Grid etc. iamihop11 and I might start up a mutual development type thing.

[iamihop11 19]

Hey guys. It looks like the Lina Park area's about to grow even more

I have shelved development around the East/West connector on HW 2 until the road is upgraded, which from my information sounded imminent. I have shifted my focus mostly to the commercial zone around HW 35 instead, as well as helping with anything 2nerdy4u gets going around Lina Park. I'll have pics of my proposal in the next post, although I'm not sure that I'll be able to afford it yet, as it is considerably larger than my first development, and would require buying a lot of buildings. I have one question about it, though. My current idea includes demolishing some residential buildings and rezoning to commercial, but it would zone even more new residential plots in a less trafficked area (on a side-street rather than on HW 35). Would I be able to get the grant for developing residential areas?

[Amerikaner 42]

HMMMM 50 points eh lol looks like im gonna need to build an Amerikano store...hmm now where could i build that???

Anyway this is looking really neat my friend, it has grown a LOT since i was last here which was like page 1...sorry i just sorta got all my CJs mixed up but i will be here a LOT more now this is really cool, great job.

[Need4Camaro 50]

CTF - Yes there is a benefit to owning waste services. I'm alittle on the short side for time this morning so I will get back to you with the point costs this afternoon, I have to configure them.

2nerdy4u - Yes, I'll try and get that up this afternoon. It'll show everything on that side of the river + LinaPark as it stands.

iamihop11 - Anything that exceeds 10 Tiles of residential zone earns the Residential Grant whether it is enticed with commerce or not. Keep me posted!

Amerikaner - Anywere you choose. If I were you I would look for a highly traveled highway that way that will attract customers, more customers = more points.

[politicman 1]

I really like it It's a big job you are a pro And pics so cool !!

[lilmanjs 2]

green is for residential and black is for the roads. would I have enough money to connect the road to the ones in parcel 3 D6?

 

[Need4Camaro 50]

politicman - Thank you! You've been added to the score and will begin with 30 Points!

lilmanjs - You should easily have enough. I'll need you to be just alittle more specefic however. Do you want those to be Streets, or actual roads? Also from Parcel 3, D6 I'll need you to provide me a photo on where you would like to connect the road. Do you want any residents on the OUTSIDE of that street that circles the residential area? Also what would you like to name this development?

[Amerikaner 42]

Well Amerikano is like Dolce and Gabbana in the Sim world, so putting it anywhere will bring the rich and famous in the area, is there a high fashion shopping area in the City? If not I would like to build one.

[iamihop11 19]

Okay, here goes. I'll say right away that you'll probably have to ask me to clarify some stuff, but I'll try to explain.

For Talliup Corner, the current "big" project:
The color-coding works like this:
Yellow: Overall projected land to be purchased.
Black: Building to be razed.
Light green: light residential to be zoned.
Dark green: Medium residential to be zoned.
Very Dark Blue-Green: Medium park green.
Grey: Proposed "Talliup street."
Blue: Medium Commercial to be zoned.
Dark Red: Simply purchasing the buildings, with no changes.
Pink: Reserved parkland, pehaps to be purchased by the Schop Institute. 

For the smaller project, the yellow outlines what I'd like to buy, and the white is the house I would like for my own. 

If you want me to tally up the costs for these two projects, I'd be glad to save you the time, just let me know. 
(Hopefully these attachments will work)

[iamihop11 19]

And no, they didn't. Urgh.

[2nerdy4u 1]

Wow. Quite and ambitious project. Hopefully I can get something like that going near Lina Park...

[ODST_27 1]

Wow, I totally forgot about this CJ. It's looking great!

Anyways, could I see Parcel 3 Grid 1, B5 (it was on page 4)?

[iamihop11 19]

2nerdy4u: Yeah, it's pretty ambitious, but potentially very proffitable and the location's pretty nice. So, sure, i think getting some shops near Lina park would be great for getting the area's economy going. You can take the lead with the project, if you so choose, and my only request right now is that we name the whole town Linaton. (Lina's a very very good friend of mine, and as geeky as it is, I'd like to name a (imaginary sc4) town after her)

I like the fact that more ppl are getting on board with Blue Hope. It'll just get more and more realistic and cooler as more simtrop.s join.

Need4camaro, this idea was brilliant. We just need to keep up the advertising and posts.

rock on,

[MPTC 0]

could i posiably get a look at Parcel 3 C5 and d5 also

[2nerdy4u 1]

Ok, I'll take the lead with the Lina Park Commercial Development. I'm glad too that this is getting more people. It's a wonderful idea...

[jacqulina 162]

excellent idea you have great plans my friend