Crystal Junction

[whiteshark365 563]

Sandy Ridge Update 1 (Small Town):

Today the town of Sandy Ridge was founded on the south cliffs of the Upper Crystal Canyon. Sandy Ridge is a small quiet peaceful town located at the junctions of Freeway 11, and routes 511 and 70. This town has about 2,300 hundred people living in it. Residents founded Sandy Ridge to get away from the rapidly growing hastle of Crystal Junction. The town is realtivly close to crystal junction, about a 25 minute drive from west downtown.

Regional View Showing Sandy Ridges Location.

Sandy Ridge Town Overview.

[whiteshark365 563]

September 5, 2931

Sandy Post

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[Elodia7 2]

Looks nice.  The desert terrain is a nice touch.  They sure are nice looking cities. 

[whiteshark365 563]

I just thought I'd add a map of Crystal Junction to my post. This way when I am trying to describe where everything is located, such as Regional Highways you know where they all are.


Crystal Junction Regional Map.


I am still taking votes on which downtown proposal you would like. Here are the tallies so far.

[Chappington 131]

Well, it looks like my vote will make it a tie again. Proposal 2!

 

Anyway, the region looks really nice, especially with the terrain mods. Keep up the good work!

[Izzulguyr 0]

Your city in the desert is beautiful! I like it ALOT your work is great!

i vote for proposal 3, you could turn this spot into a big downtown, plus i like radical changes...

[fire47251 0]

I like the region, but I don't like the desert terrain with the city look.

[whiteshark365 563]

Thanks for the compiments guys. I'll be taking votes still on the final proposal for another couple of days. There probably wont be an update until tomorrow. Later on tonight I'll be posting my first BAT building in the BAT Exchange, as well as a pic of it on here.

[whiteshark365 563]

I posted a seperate post in the BAT fourms on this building but thought I woudl post another reply in this fourm.

Here is Crystal Junction Headquarters, my first BAT Building.


Vote Results So Far:
Proposal 1: 0
Proposal 2: 2
Proposal 3: 3

Still taking votes.

[FullStrenght 74]

I just popped into your city, and I must say WOW! You are doing an incredibly detailed and good job on describing your city (region's) growth. I think I would go for plan 3, but let the largest or first businesses stand as small local landmarks. Ofcourse not everyone wants to move their businesses. I live in a town of almost the same size, and the counsil has talked about constructing a mall here for 20 (!!) years. It's finally here, but one house owner did'nt want to move for construction, so the mall was built around it! I can imagine this kind of stuff happening in your town.

[whiteshark365 563]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Sorry its been a while since I did any updates, been busy with bat, but finished my first project in it. Anyway I'll be posting another update something today, not sure when. As far as the votes still taking them.

Proposal 1: 0
Proposal 2: 2
Propsoal 3: 4

[Elodia7 2]

I think I'd go with proposal three.  Good to clean up the downtown for future growth before any large buildings develop.  The black and white images are pretty cool. 

[Smurfer2 7]

I love this interactive stuff. I vote for proposal 2! Your city continues to prosper.https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/1.gif>

[+Guest]

Wow, 110 degrees ehh, that city must have hot teperatures.

[Llama_Sim 0]

If you want to go for realism, (not that you have to) #3 wouldn't work. A city wouldn't move their city hall, hospital and other municipal structures for reconstruction. But, I will admit, the growth would be wonderful with wide avenues dotted with transit. But, I wonder how the Chronicle will report the loss of 2000+ jobs...lol I'm not one to criticize, (I've completely changed some of my cities ) so good luck with whatever Downtown's future may hold! Whatever you do, don't let Wal-Mart set up shop in the new downtown...

[thatmonkeysim 8]

i vote for 3!!!
but this is awesome!!

i need to use somthing that can change my pics like that!

[whiteshark365 563]

Well everyone I have finished taking the votes in. The results are as follows.

Proposal 1: 0 Votes
Proposal 2: 4 Votes
Proposal 3: 6 Votes

Looks like proposal number 3 it is. As you noted the extra vote I added was for myself. I voted for proposal number 2, but anyway, the downtown reconstruction will be added in the next update. Grrrr too many projects, didnt get arround to working on my city all day yesterday, oh well update today, hopefully. (Sharky swims in circles with frustration lol).

New Update Soon.

[simmax 0]

Well, I would have voted proposal 2, but do whatever you want...

Crystal Junction is now a very nice small town... Traffic seems to be a problem for such a small city (many upgrades have been needed!)! Toll booths can help to regulate traffic, by placing them in overcrowded roads. The sims will use the closest road instead, but a few will still pass through the toll booth. It's a good idea if you have an overused road next to an avenue.

[whiteshark365 563]

I went ahead and added your vote to the list. Luckily I havent started work on it yet.

Proposal 1: 0 votes
Proposal 2: 5 votes
Proposal 3: 6 votes

Answers to questions.

I got the black and white photos by using Paint Shop Pro Version 8.1. The pics are actually black yellow and white. I did a hue saturation modifcation on the pics, which basically converts to the pics to black and white with a yellow tint to them. This gives the appearnce of a more aged pic.

[Simguyuk 0]

yay, extensive development please (if you're still open to votes)

[EKOmantys 0]

Great city and region I must say, especially since I live in Phoenix, I'm used to the 110

[whiteshark365 563]

Novermber 24, 2947

Chrystal Chronicles

35

[whiteshark365 563]

Thanks for voting everyone.

The votes are now completed.

Final Results.
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Proposal 1: 0 votes
Proposal 2: 6 votes
Proposal 3: 7 votes.

Looks like proposal 3 it is. However It will be slightly modifed from what it shows above. Just minor modifcations.

[das8929 0]

Dang how can someone survive those temperatures lol?? Very creative city I like the change in scenery. 10/10

[whiteshark365 563]

November 24, 2948

Crystal Chronicles (Speical Edition)

40

[ginchael 1]

Hahahahahha I love it!  I know that its oversaid but I like checking out this journal.  Very original! 

[Llama_Sim 0]

Congratulations! At first, I was skeptikal to Proposal #3. But you sure pulled it off, and I can't wait to see the results. Great Job! I'm glad that a few historic structures were left, it made the whole thing seem more probable. And BTW, why does the Chronicles cost 40 cents now? It used to be 35, right?

[whiteshark365 563]

It only costed 40 cents that time because it was a special edition. Normal edition is still 35 cents.

 

Thanks for the compliments guys.

[steveg 0]

Wow! Very original CJ. Has given me many ideas for my city, can't wait to see it grow into a bustling metropolis center.

Very very entertaining, keep it up!

[simcityperron 2]

Those first Screenshots of the terraforming remind me of HALO. Cool stuff!