Harding...A Preview

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you have got a real nice looking region

and i really like how your transportation infrustructure

all comes to a head in downtown very cool

 

Alek

[barnatom 0]

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Page 6 !!!

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ginchael:
I like your region view very much. It is so nice that you have a downtown with many suburbs surrounding it. And the rivers and hills look great, too.

And the new zoo is layed out very well.

Keep it coming!

[ginchael 1]

Woo! Page six!

Hey guys. Unfortunately, I'm gonna be out of town for a few days. Don't expect an update until at least mid week next week.

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ILL Tonkso--Nice to see you drop by!

Gingerblokey--I don't think multi-vocabularial is a word...well, I get what you mean. Thanks!

oroen--Thank you very much. I really doubt it is the first time...I'm pretty sure I saw it someplace else first, but thanks a lot! Unfortunately, I'm not a perfectionist; just lazy .

aleking--Thanks a lot! Downtowns are often the center of transport networks (at least, its my belief that they should be. Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

barnatom--Thank you! The suburbs are ever expanding, though...accursed zoning changes!

Comments welcome, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Sorry all. This is all I had time to take before I leave for work (in about a minute). I'll post a little bit more tonight.

Whitewater Mountain at Six Flags Over Colorado!



Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

A new resort is growing at the north edge of Mission Valley.



Spurred by the creation of the major Six Flags Over Colorado amusement complex, many hotels are popping up in the area.


The Trump San Tiejo (left) and Omni Mission Valley (right), located on North Valley Drive.


One of the larger hotels, the Ritz Carlton, near the entrance to Six Flags Over Colorado and the San Tiejo Convention Center.


The newest and most luxurious resort in the area, the Raven Ridge Resort; just over the hill from Six Flags!



Even a convention center has been built. Looks like a bright future coming to this area, which is already beeing called by some Downtown San Tiejo...

To be continued...

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Hmm...third post in a row with no comments...

Comments welcome, wanted, and appreciated.

[oroen 0]

Sprawling recreational complex. Most Excellent!

... this is about the second or third time we've updated and posted in each others' journal at the same time...

[ginchael 1]

Hey all. Not really an update, per se, but a region view. You can see the new sprawling amusement district growing...



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oreon--dun dun DUN!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[Traffic_Jam 0]

Very nice!

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work great amusement park,love tha pics

[ginchael 1]

Hey guys.

As school starts up again, the updates to this CJ will probably become less and less frequent (at least until I get those college apps in and I get a case of senioritis ). I do plan to continue this, though, until the region is completely developed.

Plans for this Region
In Order of Priority
(will be crossed out as they are completed)
aka My To-Do List

Finish San Tiejo
Walker areas
Finish building Santa Juanita
Farm Mission Valley
Harding Metro Hi-Speed
Finish exmpansion of southern Harding suburbs
Finish Harding Mountainside district
Finish North Harding.
Dodge Hill areas
South San Lucas River areas



Then...either a new To Do List or it's finished!

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Traffic_Jam, jacqulina- Nice of both of you to stop by! Thanks a lot!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[____----____ 37]

very very cool region view gives me some ideas for my own

Alek

[jacqulina 162]

great region view

[ginchael 1]

Hmmm...I lied yesterday.

It seems that every time I get to page 5 or 6, I tend to get bored with a region and want to move on. This afternoon, I tried to get myself to work on my to do list. When I opened the city, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So, I'm beginning to think that I should move on...

Unless someone really feels that this should go on, I am going to move on to something else.

[justcallmesam 2]

Ay bro, it's looking good. Ay man don't stop your work in the middle of the project. If you keep up the good work you'll be competing with the most respectable city journals on Simtropolis.

[Chris M 406]

I love your resort, nice use of hotels, and department stores, looks like a nice area, which I will visit Mission Valley.

[Simworld 056132 1]

Im sorry I havn't seen this before. I the great, glorious work.

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Hey there,

It's been a while since I last posted here. But I wanted to do so now. I've been very busy these last couple of weeks and I don't see the end of the tunnel yet. So now is my free time until I get tired. So how you been? This City Journal is still fantastic. Great work on the resort areas. Great work I'm really enjoying how you are creating this one. Looks really interesting how you are doing this. Great work once again and I'll be coming back very soon!

[ginchael 1]

Hey guys.

The reasons there haven't been any updates recently:

1. RLS
2. Demand Issues

Mostly number 2.

In order to get my cities to my liking, I use the Radical Ordiance Mod; specifically, the Increase Commercial Office and Service ordinances. It's been fine up until this point.

Recently, demand has been dropping like a stone across the entire region, but especially in the suburbs. Harding Mountainside has vast swaths of undeveloped subdivisions; San Tiejo refuses to let anything grow, including farms in Miison Valley; the areas along the South Harding River are just simply not developing. This is a growing problem, most likely caused by pathfinding and the large amounts of plopped buildings I use (like all those malls in Harding Mountainside and several skyscrapers in the downtowns of all of the cities. Does anyone have any idea at all how this could be rememdied?

Please try to help me!

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justcallmesam--Wow, thanks a lot! I will try to keep this going, if this stupid demand bug gets fixed. And I am honored that one of your only four posts is in my journal.

DragonAnime--Thank you! Mission Valley won't look so nice soon though, when the farms and sprawl kick in.

Simworld 056123--It's no problem; I'm just glad you decided to stop by!

Mexicanboy13r--Well, hello there stranger! Glad to see you back! I've also been very busy, and unfortunately haven't been able to visit San Fransisco, but I'll definitely try to come by. Thanks a lot for your support, and I'll hopefully seeing you soon.

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated. And please try to help me with my demand problem!

[ginchael 1]

Well, thanks to some help in chat, I have started to make way with my demand problem. At least some of the residental areas are developing. Thank you, Hello1234!

But for right now, I am FINALLY appeasing Mexicanboy13r by placing a park along one of my rivers.



Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[Traffic_Jam 0]

Very nice work!

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Hey, I'm liking what I'm seeing... Great work, Glad you started remodeling that river/creek beds up, I say it's about time. Anyways, I like your location on where you have started this park. I'm really liking it. Please do add more giving it that shady feelin' if ya know what I mean. lol Anyways Great work I really like how you are getting this done. Great work Once again!

PS: You spelled San Francisco Wrong, Remember this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_e_except_after_c

[jacqulina 162]

very nice

[ginchael 1]

Almost time to cross that Harding Mountainside off that to-do list...yay!



A small commericial area.



A half-developed $ residential area in between many highways and avenues.



In contrast, a $$ residential area near Rayado.



Some of the first high tech industry in the region.



Finally, a map of the Harding Rocks City Park, as well as an overview of the entire area.

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Traffic_Jam--Thanks a lot, and thanks for stopping by again!

Mexicanboy13r--Sorry man, I don't spell check. I'm lazy like that! This is the first of many large parks in the area. Others planned include one on Mount Pleasant and another near the creeks along the southern portion of the San Lucas River (Eagle Lake Park is another, see a few pages back.)

jacqulina--Thanks, and come back soon!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Don't put industry near the river like that. It's not going perfect now. Remove those and put those far away from the subs. Because it's just way better all that river area can be green and lush you know. LoL, J/K but if you want that, that's all good from me I guess. I just don't like seeing stuff out of place if you get me. Great update I wonder how you are going to build on that hilly terrain. Great work man Still enjoying your City Journal

[ginchael 1]

I've worked a lot in Pennington lately, and this side of the river is COMPLETE.



First order of business was culturing some demand by creating a large park in the Pennington Business District. It is called Levee Park.



Also developed is the small neighborhood of Lowry Hill. A less than a mile from the historic Lowry village, this neighborhood is one of many examples of Victorian archetecture in the area.



Halsey Square, between Pennington and Lowry, has one huge mansion--the home of millionare Peter Wallace, the owner of a large internet company that sells exercise machines.



Finally, we arrive in Lowry, an artsy village northeast of Pennington. Many rich in the area...maybe a few movie stars...



Random Pic time! A close up of the Pennington Station and central Pennington.



Finally, an overview of the entire area facing south.

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Mexicanboy13r--Jeez, you scared me with that bold font. As of right now, the industry needs to be there for demand reasons. But for sure, it will be moved away. That, and I was testing the waters, so to speak. Also, I don't really plan to build that far up the hills; too far up the slope, too far away from downtown, you know. Thanks for commenting!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Hey all.  Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been having some major (and I mean MAJOR) computer issues for about a week now.  (I'm actually writing this now from a different computer.)  In addition, I've been working on my college apps, so I don't have a lot of time to fix the problem.  So, updates will be less and less frequent.  But, by November, I should be past all the RLS stuff and be able finally finish Harding!

[Fairlane500 8]

Looks really great. The way you build your suburbs looks extremely realistic, I may have to borrow a few concepts.

[Superstar 69]

Excellent CJ ginchael! I don't believe I've bumped into it much before, looks really good

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Alrighty then, I will NOT use bold in your City Journal, Nor any italic or coloring of any sort.

Sorry about that. 

[oroen 0]

Pennington looks great; I really like the avenue/road/street hierarchy and layout.