Show Us Your Suburbs

[Don_Pato 528]

Suburbs, Luquenz.

[JojiTX 765]

Here are some pictures of the burbs along E Sonterra Blvd between the business district and the shopping district. Mostly pics of my first completed suburb north of Sonterra with some custom gates.

Lastly, here's a cheaper suburb...

[Sydney Claridge 106]

On 21/06/2020 at 1:48 AM, JojiTX said:

Here are some pictures of the burbs along E Sonterra Blvd between the business district and the shopping district. Mostly pics of my first completed suburb north of Sonterra with some custom gates.

 

Definitely reminds me of some of the nicer Houston-area suburbs (such as The Woodlands), given the dense woods and tall trees.  With shorter trees, it also resembles Stone Oak in far northern San Antonio somewhat, not to mention the choice of road name; there is indeed a Sonterra Blvd in the Stone Oak area.

[JojiTX 765]

21 hours ago, Houston_Fan said:

Definitely reminds me of some of the nicer Houston-area suburbs (such as The Woodlands), given the dense woods and tall trees.  With shorter trees, it also resembles Stone Oak in far northern San Antonio somewhat, not to mention the choice of road name; there is indeed a Sonterra Blvd in the Stone Oak area.

Thanks! I'm glad the resemblance is there. I'm currently doing some lot editing to make the lots a bit more traditional. I've done a lot of looking through The Woodlands via streetview for inspiration (I personally haven't been there, my parents have and they love it). And living in San Antonio, I pass through Stone Oak quite a lot. I'm a little obsessed with trying to replicate my real life surroundings into this game 

[PlanetOfHats 506]

Not that I did much more than lurk here over the years, but after putting SC4 down for awhile, I've made a lot of progress on a region I've been picking at for awhile. Some photos of Mersey Falls, a work-in-progress suburb of the city of Warrington in broader Cheshire County, Ontario.

Homes built up along both sides of the Mersey River. Upstream to the north, there's a small waterfall where you'll find high-wealth homes concentrated.

 

The southern part of the "core." Mersey Falls has some developmental similarities to, say, Toronto suburbs, where a lot of development takes the form of mid-rises and condo towers.

[PlanetOfHats 506]

A scene from the inner suburban areas of Cossayuna, USA - a picture of post-industrial decline.

[mattb325 28,880]

 

[plutonium 17]

Heres a few i'v made over time.
I have to admit......
The allure brought forth from the "top down" urban planning technique is unquestionably fun, addictive and if all else... satisfyingly aesthetic in the end!
All the while it is possible much like real citizens, my Sims may beg to differ having to actually live in these suburbs. But Iv made no consideration to their pleas!
After all, this is the suburbs...  

Now iv tried my best to follow the "local - collector - artery - super block - express" road structure. This being what is most common here, from where I am from.
This has all lead to a traffic nightmare and budget more needier then a six pack of toddlers! 
For example, the green space used is common practice for having local residential roads run parallel to the super blocks artery. IRL as well as in game the cost to mow, seed, maintain eats up some serious moula.

Enjoy  
 

[mattb325 28,880]

[Paulo S.M. 321]

11 hours ago, mattb325 said:

DUDE !!
THATS FREAKING AMAZING !!
Love it !!  

[clhigh7 583]

@mattb325 Both the neighborhood and the houses are stunning!

[JojiTX 765]

I have to say it's been a while since I last played. Joining the "pc master race" last year was fun but then I started modding GTA V and... yeah. But now I want to toy with SC4 again and these new houses are pretty great. Here's a test neighborhood where I'm trying to plan out a subdivision:

[JojiTX 765]

Current work in progress on some new neighborhoods. It is heavily based on a community called Westover Hills in San Antonio:

[JojiTX 765]

Hate to triple post but apparently this topic is kind of dead.

Anyway, I've finally started putting a lot of work into creating some sprawling suburbs. I'd honestly never done a fully fleshed out, developed, and forested suburbia before. It's still a WIP as it takes time to grow properly, but here's what I've got so far:

South Gates

It's a mass planned community of Perry Homes with plenty of ponds and outdoor trails.

Plenty of prime real estate. I got the idea from zooming down onto a random neighborhood in southwest Houston. At first I attempted to replicate it but then sort of just did my own thing and I like the result.

The trails are very nice and offer a mild incline up a small hill for a spot to lounge.

It's definitely one of the best neighborhoods I've planned out. I'm sure the HOA fees are quite expensive.

Further north is the high school and some cheaper neighborhoods that are still are work in progress.

North of that are some older neighborhoods and shops. Here I've had the chance to grow my relotted NDEX mcmansions:

Really happy with how that turned out.

I made these last year and I'm actually a little shocked looking back. They definitely capture the look of upscale Houston/Dallas neighborhoods I think.

[Captain Adam 422]

Generic suburbs~

   

[timoftomorrow 59]

Aside from the NAM and some custom buildings and props, I run a pretty vanilla set up, so my suburbs are not anything too extraordinary.  Anyway, I always like to make up little backstories for my cities. It makes it more fun for me.  Currently, the largest city in my region is Moderna Hills (no relation to the pharma company).  As the story goes, Moderna Hills had been for many decades a hub for film making.  It was home to many studios churning out celluloid goodness and making stars of regular Sims overnight.  But after a while, the movie industry left for greener pastures.  One lone studio still exists in Moderna Hills. Lampwick Inc. occupies a portion of the former Monumental Pictures studios. 

Here are a couple of Moderna Hills' more unique suburbs.

1 - Studio Vista:  This small residential area was originally built by Monumental Pictures on it's sprawling studio property.  It is an enclave of small private bungalows intended to house Monumental's biggest movie stars.  Recognizable by it's original perimeter fence and winding cobblestone streets. Remnants of a dedicated trolley line to the studio still remains on the thoroughfare to the south.  After Monumental closed down, most of the studio land was razed and redeveloped.  However, the bungalows were saved and turned into public residences.  The large house in the center was once home to Monumental's studio president, and it is now the official Mayor's residence. A unique piece of local history.

2 - Felicity Heights:  A wealthy and upper middle-class neighborhood.  Many large estates and historic homes occupy this waterside neighborhood. Many of Moderna Hills' movie stars had homes here.  When the studios left, most of the homes were abandoned and fell into disrepair.  But an effort was made to revitalize the area and many of the original homes were saved.  As an homage to it's past, the streets in the neighborhood are named after movie stars.

[Terring 6,476]

Suburbs, just not in a classic way

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[EffTheGrid 3,686]

[JojiTX 765]

On 9/30/2021 at 5:14 PM, EffTheGrid said:

Very nice! May I ask, how did you do that slip turning lane for that intersection in the top left corner?

[EffTheGrid 3,686]

On 10/3/2021 at 3:14 PM, JojiTX said:

Very nice! May I ask, how did you do that slip turning lane for that intersection in the top left corner?

Hey Joji, I just drew it out with OWR. NAM 41 makes the slip lane with R+OWR, and supports AVE-2

[JojiTX 765]

6 hours ago, EffTheGrid said:

Hey Joji, I just drew it out with OWR. NAM 41 makes the slip lane with R+OWR, and supports AVE-2

Is that not available for NAM 42? I was trying to draw out slip lanes with owr but it doesnt seem to work. Only way for me to get them is if there's like a diagonal road interesting or if I cycle through the intersection puzzle pieces.

 

nvm I found a tutorial. Sheesh, I seem to learn something new about the NAM everyday.

[EffTheGrid 3,686]

15 hours ago, JojiTX said:

Is that not available for NAM 42? I was trying to draw out slip lanes with owr but it doesnt seem to work. Only way for me to get them is if there's like a diagonal road interesting or if I cycle through the intersection puzzle pieces.

 

nvm I found a tutorial. Sheesh, I seem to learn something new about the NAM everyday.

No worries. Can't wait to see you make some Texas U-turns, frontage road style 

[art128 4,618]

Technically not a suburbs at this is still inside the ring road, but this is a "suburban" type district of my city, as it's not composed of W2W buildings or towers like the very core of the city.

 

[MiaBella96 2]

On 06/06/2020 at 6:03 PM, Arn71 said:

 

 

WOW! beautiful work here, what custom house BATs are you using?

[Arn71 785]

58 minutes ago, MiaBella96 said:

 

WOW! beautiful work here, what custom house BATs are you using?

Thanks. Those are from several housing packs made by Mattb325 (available on the STEX).

[CorinaMarie 29,774]

My regions aren't all farmland. Here's a sprawling suburb I've created:

[SIM-ple Jack 17,445]

Muskego

[NateKC 107]

Here's several suburbs from the Nottingham region I'm working on, population 2 million sims and growing.

Northeastern Suburbs

These are all built along a belt highway on the east side of the river. Here's a rich neighborhood with a large high school and suburban office park about 5 km northeast of downtown Nottingham.

Another lake suburb a little bit further east with a marina.

A suburban park on the east side of the region just past the belt highway.

The Mall del Sur in Eastlake and surrounding neighborhoods.

Closeup of the freeway interchange in Eastlake.

The far eastern edge of the region looking west.

Another lake with a marina (grade needs to be fixed... I know) on the northern edge of the region.

Northwestern Suburbs

Here's Jackson Township, located approximately 5 km due north of downtown Nottingham.

On the west side of the river bend is Roosevelt, a small city on the outskirts of the region that transformed into a massive suburb when the belt highway was built.

A major shopping area in Roosevelt.

Southwestern Roosevelt

Belt highway in Roosevelt, looking south along Roosevelt Road.

A parkway lined with stately homes just inside the belt highway loop.

Southern Suburbs

Southfield is located approximately 5 km due south of downtown Nottingham and 2.5 km southwest of downtown Union.

A nice aerial view of the sprawling mega-burb, north of the belt highway.

 

A suburban neighborhood located between two highways.

The western edge of town.

The eastern edge of Southfield looks about the same, except for the smaller lot sizes due to it being an older neighborhood.

Southwestern Suburbs

This part of town is located on the other side of the river bend approximately 5 km southwest of downtown Nottingham. There is no convenient interstate access or rail transit leading into the main part of the city, and to get into downtown Nottingham, the quickest route is to drive through a large industrial district and a concentration of housing projects on the other side of the bridge. For those reasons, this area has failed to attract wealthy sims and is almost exclusively working class, with a smattering of more substantial homes.

(This should be the end of the post... why do photos keep showing up at the end of the post after I edit and delete them?)

[Ssaidd 1,325]

Not sure if i'm allowed to call it a suburb or maybe a ghetto, kind of a mix

with nightshots

[NateKC 107]

On 10/22/2021 at 11:48 PM, CorinaMarie said:

My regions aren't all farmland. Here's a sprawling suburb I've created:

What's the large lot in the center of town with the heart shape? I'm getting a medieval/European vibe. Very unique!