Dubuque, Iowa

[jacqulina 162]

the details are amazing my friend

[sammerhammer747 0]

wow!! Mr Beer, you are continuing to amaze us all!! Very beautiful work!! How much time on average a week to work on this CJ? Do you have any other cities on the go besides Dubuque? Also, I love those powerlines!! Do they work or are they EYECANDY? Are they on the STEX or did you make 'em yourself??

overall, well done!!

[bakercity 270]

Great lots David. I give this CJ a 1,000 A+ grade. I love this and your work; just wish I had your skill in making those lots. Keep it up David. JKB

[SC4Poser-moser 0]

great looking towns/farms/everyhting. but yes i do see a lot of orange in your little mini map thing, i actually think that is crazy cool becuase that's hard to do, so extra points for that from me

[Mr. Beer 12]

GMT  -  Thanks a lot my friend!

selles  -  Yes, they are. They work as park! Thanks for your comment

Twenty20  -  Thanks!

saathoff37  -  Okay, I searched on a map where Ft Dodge is... I think it's a very nice region where you're living. Cheers!

Nardo69  -  Hi Bernhard, I'm glad to see you back! You're right, large wasting space, suburban sprawl and large farmlands... It's America! Take care you too!

Almighty Nienaber  -  Lol, thanks   Iowan and Nebraskan don't like each other? Sure both are very friendly people! Thanks again!

Evillions  -  Yes, I do, I have a large collection of custom Lots and I can plop exactly what I want where I want, it's a very usefull method when building real-world cities. The RCI works as growable ones, with jobs and residents but I need some modds to avoid the city decline too fast. Thanks for your post!

jacqulina  -  Thanks a lot!

sammerhammer747  -  Hum, a few yours per week, between 4 and 6 hours. Rarely more. It takes to me a lot of time (6 hours) only for one city and I play only with one region. I can't have beside projects, I won't have enough time for playing them all. Powerlines works and produce a few energy. They are avaible here on the STEX. Thanks a lot my friend

bakercity  -  Thanks a million JKB!!! I'm very glad that you love my CJ!!!

SC4Poser-moser  -  Thanks! The orange colour in the mini-maps means that's ploppable lots!

Thanks to all and see ya for the next update!!!

David

[TmiguelT 10]

awesome work on the rural area!! i got a question... where did you get those high voltage pols??

[N106 10]

Good work on this CJ. I noticed a zot in one of the pictures. Here's a useful cheat to get rid of zots so you can take photos. tastyzots is the cheat. Just remember to type it after you take the photo to get the zots back. Otherwise, amazing!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Here is!!! Welcome to South Dubuque, IA, a neighborood south of downtown, between the I-92/I-29, the City of La Motte and the airport. Mostly residential and industrial, build along the IA-37 and US-27 the sector was the first to devellop during 1940-1950 as a residential suburb, which were incorporated in the City of Dubuque in 1968. Activites are mostly axed on commercial services, warehouse and spare parts for mechanical appliance. 

Industrial along Cedar Road (IA-37), South Dubuque, IA

Residential and industrial near Waterloo Avenue, South Dubuque, IA

Cedar Rd is dominated by trucker restaurants and warehouses, South Dubuque, IA

Harversters Parts Co. on Cedar Rd, South Dubuque, IA

Junction of Waterloo Ave (E-W) and Cedar Rd (N-S), South Dubuque, IA

Same image, but closer. South Dubuque, IA

Retail on Cedar Rd, South Dubuque, IA

Another view of Cedar Rd, South Dubuque, IA

Near Waterloo Ave, South Dubuque, IA

Suburban homes, South Dubuque, IA

Enjoy!!!

David

[art128 4,622]

Wow David, this is just fantastic my friend.

All those details are excellent !

Arthur.

[dfnva 34]

Nice area. I like the mix of industrial, residential, and commercial depending on what part of Cedar Rd you're on.

-Dan

[GreekMan 246]

wow you capture america's rural suburban communities! Great work Mr. B!

[Hawkeye9 0]

Great job MR. Beer!!!

The suburbs look amazing (as always)!!!

Lookin forward to more!!!

[antsel 841]

As always, great update. One that that I admire from your city building skills is your ability to make empty space look so REAL. In any given city there is always small parcels here and there that remain undeveloped, especially in the suburbs. You've mastered the art of sprawl! Great job, I'm going to keep coming back for more.

[allez l'om 1]

wow!! I like your city a lot!!!

[GMT 389]

actually, I'm tired of always writing the same and really loves to say something else than how amazing your work is and that all the effort of plopping everything is really worth it and that the overall look of your work is stunning and so on and so forth...

but I can't help myself. Truth is, that's all I can say over and over again because that is simply how it is: amazing work, the effort you put into plopping everything really pays off because the result looks stunning...

oops, I did it again... ^^

[De Ja Vu 117]

Everything looks very nice! Great use of the LE Keep these awesome updates coming!

[Darmok 34]

Hi David,

I have two things to say...

First I'm ashamed to have never visited one of your CJ's before today! (Or if I did I'm doubly ashamed nver remembering it!)

Second... I stand humbled by what I see here! WOW! I simply love this!

The sprawl, the sheer vastness of it, reminds me of several farming communities I've seen north of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) the same, supposedly, waste of space but dictated by necessity and/or by the availability of said space. Unlike several places in Europe where space is at a premium and every parcel of land must be used to a full extent.

I'll certainly follow your progress here with great interest, and please forgive me if, from time to time, I "borrow" some of your ideas.

David, you just gave me a refresher course in rural design, thank you!

-John

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Incredible! Realistic as always, shows what we've come to expect from you

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Wow! This is one amazing CJ!

The details are top notch and it really does have a Midwestern feel!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Great work! The level of detail is astonishing. Are the buildings plopped?

[sammerhammer747 0]

beautiful David!! I love it!! cant wait for more

[Mr. Beer 12]

TmiguelT  -  Thanks, I found them on the STEX. I can't remember the exact fil ename but you'll find it by using the "search" tool.

N106  -  Ohhh, thanks!!! Yeah, "tastyzots"... I forget it and I used "zoneria" indeed... Ok, thanks!!!

art128  -  Thank you very much, Arthur!

dfnva  -  Thanks Dan. You find this kind of road very often, particulary on old develloped areas.

GreekMan  -  Thanks! After Baton Rouge, Omaha and Linvoln, sur I took some experience!

Hawkeye9  -  Thanks! Probably an update this weekend! I have took a lot of picture about South Dubuque, IA!

selles  -  Thanks a lot! Not easy to recreat. I learnt a lot from the CJ authors of Edmonton and Different Looks of NY. Very good CJ!!!

allez l'om  -  Merci beaucoup!

GMT  -  Hi my friend! Don't worry about that, it's always a pleasure to read your comments! I'm very glad! You don't need to leave a long and big impression about my work, I know you're sincere!

De Ja Vu  -  Thanks, it's planned to finish this project (not this year...)

Darmok  -  Hello John! Wow, thanks a lot for your comment and, you'll probably fall from your chair, but I visited this last september Toronto and I drove thru the Hwy 400 and Trans Canadian 7. The landscape inspired me a lot for building something much more realistic. You're right about a part of Europe, in my country (Switzerland) every sq km is used with attention (sometimes it's too much dense) but it's the only way we have to preserve space.

 Don't worry if you catch some ideas from my CJ, I'm very glad of this, I do the same with other CJ'ers. 

Thanks you again for your post, John!

ilikehotdogsalot  -  Thanks   You put the level higher... So, I must work (play) with much more diligence!

sEAhAwk fAn121  -  Thanks!

edmonton_stinks  -  Thanks. Yes, all are plopped but they have stats/jobs or residents.

sammerhammer747  -  Thank you. Saturday I'll make an update if I can or earlier!

Thanks to all for your posts!

David

[rewright 804]

I haven't been in the forum for awhile and came across your new work, and I am enjoying it very much. Like you, I prefer more realistic cities and yours is one of the best. exceptional work.

[saathoff37 11]

Wow looks great!

[jutrock 4]

you've done a fantastic job of recreating rural america. keep up the good work!

[ironicepitome 0]

jutrock is right, this is very midwesterney!

[CityNut_607 5]

love it!!

[Tomasneto 20]

Yeah, very nice update Beer!!!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

That rural update on the last page was simply fantastic, great little details everywhere. I should definitely stop back in and see what you are up to next!

-Todd

[Mr. Beer 12]

rewright  -  Thank you very much!

saathoff37  -  Thanks my friend!

jutrock  -  Thanks

ironicepitome  -  Wow, I'm very glad! Thanks!

kody_bandmaster  -  Thanks!

Tomasneto  -  Thanks a lot!

SimHoTToDDy  -  Thanks! I'm very glad that I get you inspired! 

And so, with four days of delay...

Another pictures about South Dubuque, IA...

Mix of farm, homes and small warehouse, along Menominee Rd, South Dubuque, IA

Always along Menominee Rd. Railyard (Northern-Burlington), South Dubuque, IA

Benett & Son Domestic Oil deposit, South Dubuque, IA

More on the south, Morgan Mills Acres, South Dubuque, IA

Residential street scene, South Dubuque, IA

Back to Cedar Rd, South Dubuque, IA

And where Cedar RD (N-S) ends and become Menominee Ave (W-E), South Dubuque, IA

grain elevators and railyard near Menominee Rd, South Dubuque, IA

Normans Park Acres along Burlington-Northerns tracks, South Dubuque, IA

Cheers and happy Saint Pat's Day in the case if I reply later!

David