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Centerville is a well developed region of over 2.1 million

 

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Sky view of the region from Artesia.     This is a semi-rural area that might not be that way much longer.  

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South Walnut Street in Downtown

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Here is the town of Silver Valley when it was first developed.

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This is the same suburb as it stands now which is approaching buildout

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Very good city, congratulations! Please post more pictures!

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Nice!!!!! More pics please!

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Good job mate! Love that evening-picture of downtown!

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Love that city!!! Cant wait for a new update, to bad the traffic isn't that good, but (maybe you already have this) a nice bypass/ringroad will eas up the pressaure surprisyngly much.

Just a tip do what ever you want with it, but dont stop updating! It's an order!!!

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    View of the skyline from Round Grove park.  This is an older suburb.

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    A residental street in Sun Valley.  This is a newer and higher end suburb in the northeast

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    You know what?, This city reminds me of the San Fernando Valley which is my hometown near Los Angeles. Because of all that rapid suburban sprawl in the 1950's in that city you are building. Also, surrounded by mountains reminds me of more my hometown.

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    Traffic off the East Bridge (Hwy 878).    Traffic here is bad.  This bridge may get replaced soon.

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    Map of inner city Centerville

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    The western portion of the city is poor while the notherrn and southern area range from middle class to upper middle class and the Eastside is where the elites live.

    High rise housing projects in the near west side.   This area is a prime spot for redevelopment for more office space and higher end housing as it is adjacent to Downtown.

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    Television Center Park right outside of the Fuji Television Company HQ in the Near West Side

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    Street scene from a more typical neighborhood in the Near West Side

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    Street level view of Highway 78 that cuts right through the middle of Centerville

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    View of the city from a rooftop in the Far Westside which is the part of Centerville west of 78. 

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    Industry in the area is located in the suburbs.  Heavy industry and manufacturing is in Southbank City.  High tech is mostly in Round Grove with more being developed in the outer suburbs.

    Southbank City is the most dreary part of Metro Centerville.  All the dumps, junkyards and heavy industry is located here.

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    Residential in Southbank City.  The majority of the residents in Southbank City are poor because the area is polluted.

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    This one is the Highland City Business Park which is a new development.

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    Street level view on Highland City Hwy which is the main thoroughfare thorough this town.

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    Overhead view of new subdivisions in Highland City

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    The suburbs have expanded into Lake County which includes the city of Woodhaven and the town of Lakeside.   These towns developed after Hwy 199 was extended further west.

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    Downtown Centerville at night.

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    The Town of Artesia where there are still farms. 

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    The region continues to grow so a new town is being planned for development in Centerville County.  The area's location near several freeways makes it a good area for development.

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    Your city journal is so awsome.

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    Simply incredible. The attention to detail makes it even more immersive. It looks like CXL is having a little renaissance here, with great CJ's like this.

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    Businesses were dying in this part of town so the highlighted area has been bulldozed and redeveloped into residential.

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    This is the same area after it's been redeveloped.

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    To make room for new high density office development this neighborhood near downtown was demolished.  New residential for these people was built in the Southside or Southbank City.

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    This is West Downtown after renewal.

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    New offices in West Downtown

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    This is a rich neighborhood in the Northside and the towers in the background is Uptown.    This is near the city limits between Centerville and Tucumcari

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    This is the skyline of Centerville from Highway 199

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    Love that last photo with the palm in the foreground!!!

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    wow. wonderful.

    like your journal very much.

    all this detailed planing.

    just imagine this with public transport... :-)

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