City of Headingley - UK

[mntoes 271]

Welcome to the city of Headingley Uk nestled in the rolling countryside of nothern UK.

This is my first ever journal so I will be monitoring reactions to my postings to try and improve as I go along.

The first pictures show the early stages of the city's development with a total population of 10,585. All seems to be well and growth continues despite the odd grumble about no High tech industry.

This picture shows the main entry into th city with the avenue sweeping in from the North.
 


This avenue joins what will be the main outer ring road surrounding the city center. This will lead into the heart of the office and commercial area set away from the farming and manufacturing area.

Here we see the road leading South into the city center. A new avenue feeds off to the left to serve the main industrial area, growth has started but as you can see is not a mass of development yet. Farming area to the right.



Next picture shows the start of the city center with the ring road to the left feeding roads into the commercial and residential areas. Residential on the hill to the left. Commercial to the right.




Finally a night view Nothwards looking to the main city entrance in the far distance.




Well that's the start of my first ever journal. Comments/recomendations welcome  Good or constructive.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Mntoes.

[jkon 0]

Nice start mntoes.Thats a bumpy terrain,are you having the same prob as me where the terrain often shows through the road when navigating hills.

[zero7 68]

Nice to see a CitiesXL journal from you; I'll be keeping an eye on this to see where you take it. 

Is Headingley online or offline?

[mntoes 271]

Replies

Thanks jkon for the comment. Yes I am having trouble with the the road showing through the terain in parts I beleive that this is a known bug yet to be fixed.

Hello zero 7, thanks for passing by good to hear from you. Headingley is an offline city, decided I really must make a stab at a journal .lol Can't enthuse about subscribing to the Planet offer though so I might have to use the new mod to get a large city.

regards

Mike

[zero7 68]

Originally posted by: mntoes

Hello zero 7, thanks for passing by good to hear from you. Headingley is an offline city, decided I really must make a stab at a journal .lol Can't enthuse about subscribing to the Planet offer though so I might have to use the new mod to get a large city.

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I decided I'd give the Planet Offer 3 months to see how MC develop it.  First impressions are that they haven't really thought it through properly;  the level of interaction between cities seems minimal and the trading system needs to be turned into a stock market rather than bilateral deals.

On the plus side - it does all look very pretty and there's clearly lots of potential.

[Larks2242 251]

Congrads on your 1st CJ It looks really cool!

[Nardo69 51]

This is my first comment in a CXL CJ. And I cannot remember any comment of me in a CJ that hasn't been made with any version of Simcity at all ...

Not bad. However these single trees and the bumpy street are a turn off to me. On the other hand these smooth curves do look nice ...

But I guess with my old machine I'll stuck with my old SC4.

BTW: I do hope we don't loose you as a BATter to CXL. As you may see in my recent update your Bosham church is still one of my all time favourites!

Take care! 

Bernhard

[mntoes 271]

Replises

zero7  That's kind of the way I figured the PO would work at first, hence the decission not to take part. Might try it later if I hear signs of improvement.


Larks2242  Thanks, I must be off to the right start then. lol

Nardo69  I am honoured to have your first ever CJ comment.. lol  I'm not keen on the trees either you can't get the look of a descent wood/forest( that would add so much to the game). Don't worry I am not ready to give up Batting for SC4 yet. Besides I can't afford 3DS max   I am working on several lots still it's just RL as usual.   Bosham Church was one of the bats I enjoyed making the most.

Regards friends

Mntoes
 

[mntoes 271]

To the West of the city lies the small village of Ashton. Many of the residents use the great west road to commute to the city.

A small and quiet village the residents were overjoyed when plans were scraped to take the west road through the heart of the village. Plans were changed so the road now passes to the East as it carries trafic down the valley. The residents can rest in their beds having won this small victory with the developers and their grand plan for the region. "We are going for growth" is their mantra.

Who would not want to spend a night in such a friendly community?

Not all were heatened by their small victory in diverting the road, Some cast their eyes eastwards to the ever expanding city. True it provides them with employment but at what cost.? Will the city engulf their small village as the growth goes on?

We cast our eyes again to the East and wonder.

 

 We can't stand it the way of progress some say. Let's wait and see.

Regards

Mntoes

[Larks2242 251]

Great update, nice village in the mountains!

[mntoes 271]

Well the city is growing and the roads are coping with the trafic as the ring road is developed to encircle what will be the business and office disrtict.

 

  Not quite yet circling the city the mayor is waiting for more residents taxes to fund the completion. The ring road will form a large oval shape.  The city center is now spreading to the south with residents commuting to the North and East to the new manufacturing areas. Well away from all the pollution. A border is left at either side of the roads. This city is aware that if all goes well the roads will have to be upgraded.

The business district is now taking shape and providing plenty of employment.

 

Ok "nothig special" I hear you say but we are only a young city and we are proud of progress so far.

With all the demands for employment there has been a large growth in the manufacturing area, these citizens are keen to work.



  But with more manufacturing comes a demand for more power. "Far too expensive" call the businesses.  The Mayor's solution is a wind farm. Where? On top of the hills of course, lets take advantage of one of natures gifts.



  we are going to have to provide more entertainment soon as I hear grumblings from the residents "I'm bored". Well I guess we should spend some of their money on them. 

But that can wait until next time.....

Regards

Mntoes. 

[zero7 68]

 Nice update.  I see you've gone for the wind farm solution to the demands for cheaper electricity.  I've taken the same option - it seems to be the most viable solution when those demands first start to appear.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work my friend

[Larks2242 251]

Great update, Those roads do look a little small for a city also great spot for the windmills

[Mayorm 14]

amazing work, I'll be reading future updates

[Skimbo 304]

Nice to see this city develop, I will keep an eye on the CJ, hope you will post some more pics

[bluespottedhorse 49]

It doesn't look realistic, where's your central retail and business district or downtown core. From the size of your settlement the buildings look like they belong to a city with a huge population like 100,000 or more. Normally one wouldn't see any high rises unless the city has a population of over 100,000, and then there might be only 1 or 2 maximum.

[mntoes 271]

Point taken, but with limited choices of buildings I just waited to see which buildings grew and I needed to create jobs. I think the whole thing about realism won't happen until custom content is available. The city is growing now so it might resolve this problem. I'll post some more pics soon.

[mntoes 271]

Well it's Chrismas in Headingley and of course the Mayor has decreed that we can afford some new Christmas lights this year.

And to bring in the tourists the mayor opened the local Christmas market:-

Not many tourists here yet. Hmm.. we'll have to think about even more lights to bring them in. I'll have to work on it.

Regards

Mntoes

PS more updates later I just had to show these to you now didn't I ?

[Larks2242 251]

Great job the city looks really cool!

[Herdervriend 46]

Very nice, when will there be another update?

[mntoes 271]

Thanks, Herdervriend I guess with Christmas and all I kind of forgot to do an update. I'll work on that soon but in the mean time a couple of pictures to show the youth of the city.

 The first pictures shows som grafiti artists at work whilst their friends dance in the street.

The second shows a girl also dancing. I recon the truck owner won't be too happy though with her dancing on the roof though.

Hmm perhaps it's time to get some more police presence in  the city.

 Sorry it's such a short update I will work on a longer one soon.

Regards

Mntoes.

[Larks2242 251]

Cool teaser, hope the truck owner does not see her dancing on it

[Skimbo 304]

the poor girl@Larks

Np, I hope you finish it soon

[mntoes 271]

Thanks all for the replies.

   Well the city is growing at a pace now and an ever increasing network of roads is developing. Keepling an ever weary eye on the city's budget the mayor has decided not to authorise the building of any express-ways yet. He knows that they will be needed soon if more business is to be attracted to the city and bringing with much wanted jobs with them.

   He is a cunning mayor! he has managed to develop a whole new area of offices with the promice of fine views overlooking the lake. Plenty of business lunches held to reach some of these deals, oh and of course the elites can move in along the lakeside in their big new houses and they won't have far to commute ...just sign on the dotted line.

   He always keeps a photo in his walet to show-off the delight of Headingley (never one to miss an oportunity to push his pride and joy)

 So we need some houses for the elites and quick. Better get building soon,

Regards

Mntoes.

[Larks2242 251]

Awesome overview of your city, Headingley is really looking good!

[Herdervriend 46]

Tnx for responding so quickly with so much pictures Looks awesome

[jazyje 1]

Hopefully you build up the area around that CBD office park by now -- any photos?

[coensc4 0]

how did you get skyscrapers so fast

[Jaybyrd05 3]

You can switch on Expert Mode and place any buildings except the special unlock-able ones that need certain #s of resources..... it helps immensely in my opinion.

Looking pretty good so far mntoes! I like the layout and road networks a lot!