Cockburn City - Journal

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On October 14, 2000 Sir George Cockburn a very wealthy owner of Freight World Co. has sent out a small group of land surveyors to the west of Broken Hill city. His intentions were to establish a small, quiet, lower to medium density city that could rake in big profits from exporting large amounts of natural spring water throughout the globe. After two weeks of extensive research surveyors found a perfect location for establishing a new city that would accomplish the goal Sir George Cockburn had in mind. It’s abounded in natural spring water reserves, has a potential for providing a good amount of land for farming purposes, and about seventy five percent of the land is flat. On January 22, 2001 Sir George Cockburn had purchased this vast amount of land from the Bonner County Commission for half a billion dollars. To the residents of the Bonner County that seemed like a very risky investment, especially since the local economy has gone through some serious beating over the past few years. This region is plagued by high unemployment rate, and deep cuts to local government services. But this didn’t bother George Cockburn, he was very highly motivated, and he had already spent good chunk of his fortune to turn his back on what would become the wealthiest city in the region.

Land Surveyours photos:

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Plans for the city revealed.

March 04, 2001

Sir George Cockburn had laid out initial blueprint for the city by splitting it into four distinctive districts: residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial. He wasn’t very excited about setting up an industrial district in the city that would advertise itself for selling clean natural spring water. But he knew that the industrial district was necessary to attract large number of residents into his city. Establishing a new industrial district would also be good for the Bonner County region which suffers from high unemployment rate.

George’s Cockburn City Blueprint:

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nice start. can't wait for the rest! Don't let industry get to big, you can always import!

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Construction of City Hall Completed

June 2, 2001

Construction of Cockburn City Hall has finally come to an end. Week before the construction of the city hall was in its final stages; George Cockburn has stepped down as the owner of Freight World Co. to peruse a new career as mayor of Cockburn City. His company is currently run by his oldest son Jack Cockburn. Cockburn City also welcomes its first 303 residents which had build a small residential community near the water front. Current unemployment rate in the city is 0% thanks to the George’s tax incentives to lure heavy industry into the city.

New City Hall:

Small Residential Community:

Industrial District:

Satellite View:

[N106 10]

Yeah, imageshack is being stupid today. I couldn't even access the site this morning, let along upload photos. Hopefully it'll work for you later.

[Leendert91 0]

Can't wait for the next update, what is the name of the map btw ?

[barcasam7 185]

nice map and keep it up mate, looks good so far!

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Originally posted by: Leendert91

Can't wait for the next update, what is the name of the map btw ?

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Great Lake map.

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Originally posted by: N106

Yeah, imageshack is being stupid today. I couldn't even access the site this morning, let along upload photos. Hopefully it'll work for you later.quote>

I got it to work finally...

[Jimboob 0]

Cockburn? Seriously? Haha.

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Great start -- cant wait to see more!!

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Originally posted by: Jimboob

Cockburn? Seriously? Haha.quote>

Haha yeah why not

I was looking for city names out of Australia, and I came upon City of Cockburn which is located in Western Australia. I wanted to have a city with a unique name (with some sense of humor off course) 

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City of Cockburn Starts Exporting Water

July 22, 2001

George Cockburn’s dream of providing the world with fresh natural spring water is finally coming alive. Construction of two Water Pure water towers came to an end two days ago. Yesterday they started pumping up fresh underground water which was then shipped over to a bottling company in the industrial district. This morning first shipments of Water Pure water was delivered to major retail stores throughout Broken Hill City (major metropolitan city in Bonner County). If Water Pure brand catches on in Broken Hill City, George will construct more water towers and will expand his business to other cities within the Bonner County.

Water Pure tower near the Residential District/Ambassador bridge area:

Water Pure tower near Cockburn City Hall (view from the city hall roof):

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Growing Pains

August 10, 2001

Since June of 2001 Cockburn’s population had grew from 303 residents to 2190. City maintains 0% unemployment rate thanks to the expansion of Industrial District and introduction of the Commercial District. Cities cash reserve grew by nearly two million dollar. But with the impressive growth come minor headaches. Like the ever increasing traffic between the Residential and Industrial district. Mayor George Cockburn plans on expanding the two lane road into a large avenue. No businesses or homes will have to be demolished since there is plenty of space to expand on both sides of the road. New road will be constructed to the west of city hall as a detour for the industrial district. This detour will increase an average commute time to and from work by an hour. Construction of the avenue will begin tomorrow, and should last about 2 months.

Construction Plan:

[Leendert91 0]

Its starting to look something

[Bamafan 0]

It's looks good so far. I'm downloading the demo right now.

[MTLT_17 27]

This looks great! I cant wait to see the imagination of you and others with CXL as there was with SC4.

@Bamafan... ROLL TIDE ROLL! Undefeated!

[un1 41]

Your pictures of CXL are really nice, despite all the bad comments I think I will get it eventually.

Amazing pictures!

[super_monkey 0]

oh my

its so nice to see the game being played

i bought it. but my graphics card is not big enough !

[buildsolid 4]

Very nice city, and for anyone that is confused it is pronounced "co-burn", but yeh good thing I live in the area next to cockburn.

[Hawkeye9 0]

Wow this is really well done great job!!! I like the effects you have on your pictures and the game looks stunning!!! Lookin out for more!!!

[Larks2242 251]

Nice job the city is looking excellent!!

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Looks like there is a bit of planning going on here.   

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Looking great!!!

[pkd 0]

Very Cool. Thanks for sharing and can't wait for more updates.

[Kryptowhite 9]

Good news: this is the best cities XL CJ i've ever seen.

Its also the only one i've ever seen

[citiesxlfan42 27]

Drools on self. I'm gonna get a napkin.

I love it. The CJ, that is. Not the drool. Uhh....

[Benedict 3,119]

I'm enjoying your approach - planning, showing some focus shots, showing progress. Looking forward to seeing how your city progresses.

[jazyje 1]

The Plan was good, but seemingly never realized...