City of Sia, California

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Thanks for taking a look at my journal! It's not going to be much when it comes to some of the other ones on here, but I will do my best to keep y'all entertained!

First, let's do the important stuff...

The map is actually a map of Tokyo and Yokohama by arashi_1987. I chose it because I liked the shoreline and the canals and I honestly was planning on doing Tokyo, but changed my mind at the last minute! Anyway, thanks for the map, Arashi.

Second, thanks to the people in chat for helping me find the Shore Conforming SeaWalls from jeronij. They will make things a lot better.

Third, thanks to Kevdan25 for making all the restaurants you hopefully will be seeing in my city. It's nice to have variety so that I don't have a flea market district.

Fourth, thanks to EVERYONE who contributed to the STEX. I have downloaded millions of BATs and they make the cities look so much better. You guys are all very talented. Thanks for taking the time to make someone like myself happy.

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Game Modifications:

I tried to stay away from the hardcore cheats. The most drastic modification I have made is to the schools and the hospitals.

I adjusted the radius of the schools and hospitals to cover the entire city. It's silly to think that an ambulance can't drve across town. I've also adjusted the schools the same way, as I hold the firm belief that school busses are also able to go across town.

I have the Pathfinding Fix by DarkMatter installed. I also have the Street Cul-de-sac Mod by Qurlix August installed. I am also using Rob_2616's Urban Housing Mod. And finally I am using the network addon mod.

I am pretty sure that is it for game mechanics modifications.

I have downloaded different police cars, trains and busses, so thanks to those who contributed on that front.

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Special Thanks:

Everyone. Reading the forums and downloading from the STEX made Sia a reality! Bless you all!

Super Special Thanks to Mikeaut1 for his guide on creating suburbs.

Another Super Special Thanks to PhilsCafe for inspiring me with Acorn Creek!

If I think of more people I need to thank as I go along, I will. And if you notice something you did that is making a big impact on my city, kick me in the bum and make me thank you! I'm very forgetful.

On with the story! (Next Post!)

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Welcome to the city journal of Sia, California. (Sia is pronounced SEE-uh)

In 2006, a previously undiscovered underwater volcano erupted about thirty miles west of the central California coast.

This volcano formed an island.

The island was quickly annexed by the United States and the State of California. Governor Swartzenburger called it Lava Island, in homage to its formation. It was then officially declared a California county, Lava County.

A conglomerate of businessmen from the United States, Korea, China and Japan purchased a majority of the land on Lava island. They had different parts of the island

[oroen 0]

Nice details with the background information, and the logo and map look great. Of course, I will be most interested in seeing the work of the Department of Tranportation and Transit.

[ewink 0]

Date: 10/23/2005 11:34:13 PM
Author: oroen
Nice details with the background information, and the logo and map look great. Of course, I will be most interested in seeing the work of the Department of Tranportation and Transit.

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You shant be disappointed! The SD2T just issued a map of Sia's waterways. It's not THAT cool, but you have to cut them a little slack. They are working out of the Mayor's car hole till city hall gets built! That map is at the bottom of this posting.

(Begin in character; you can click on most pictures to see a larger version.)

Life began in the city of Sia, CA on April 22, 2011 when the first construction trucks rolled into town and began to build roads. More and more trucks came as people looking for a life away from the hustle and bustle of LA, SF and central CA boated over to the island.

Of the six wards (or districts), the first that began to see development was the Island District.



Houses began to be built almost as soon as the roads were paved and the electricity and water started flowing. The first development was in the Rose Park Neighborhood.

Rose Park is named after the district's alderwoman, Juliet Rose. There is also a large sea side park that bears her name as well.


The intersection of First Street East and Henderson Avenue North will forever be known as the birthplace of Sia.

A side note, all N-S streets are designated 'Avenue' regardless of the street type. All E-W streets are designated 'Street' regardless of the street type. The exception to the rule is four lane roadways which are designated 'Boulevard'. Unless they aren't.


The first commercial development occurred at the intersection of First Street West and South Pacific Coast Blvd. It was a used book store.


The first industrial development occurred on Madison Street East, near Eldon Avenue South. The shop overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

Industrial development was going slow for a while till the city council voted 5-1 to dip into the city's coffers and build a shipping dock, known only as 'Dock #1'. It was later officially renamed 'North Dock' after it was obvious that a second dock would be required.


Less than a month after North Dock was built, 80% of all available I-2 zoned land was purchased. The city's Planning and Zoning Committee then agreed to zone more available land I-2, and turned over control of North Dock to SD2T (Sia Department of Transportation and Transit).

SD2T then had a second dock built that was of course named 'South Dock'.

However, South Dock has yet to increase industrial demand enough to pull the city out of its current deficit.

Areas down North Pacific Coast Blvd. were quickly zoned C-1 in hopes of spurring commercial growth, since residential growth is exploding. In four months the population of the Island District went from slightly less than 2,000 to slightly under 5,000.

Seeing the growth, and knowing the other districts might soon be experiencing the same growth, inter-district transportation needed to be tackled. However building roads across the miles and miles of canals can be expensive.


Fifth Street East, (The image says Avenue, but I promise if you mail someone and put 'Avenue' it will be returned to sender. SD2T was at the burger stand when they did this picture...) which began as a two lane street, was converted to a four lane avenue. The Fifth Street Bridge was then constructed over the Hacienda Canal.

A second bridge was proposed by the SD2T, but was voted down 3-4 by the city council (the tie breaking vote being made by the Mayor). That bridge would have brought Seventh Street East across the canal as a two lane road.

Hopefully the city will be big enough to have a newspaper by the next time I post!

Two final pictures, the Executive Mansion located at 197 Rei Avenue South.


And a shot of the Rose Park Neighborhood from the air.


Current City Council meetings are held at Dominick's Pizza, located at 342 North Pacific Coast Blvd. On the agenda is an ordinance requiring all residents to have smoke detectors (Sponser; Ward 2 Alderman Tiki Mulika.) Also a resolution requiring the SD2T to rename a section, two blocks long, of Third Street East, between Second Street East and Serena Avenue (Sponsor; Ward 3 Alderwoman Juliet Rose.)

Apparently the Alderwoman doesn't think it's possible for an E-W street to intersect another E-W street. More details on this controversy to come!

Oh, here is the waterway map I promised!

[jacqulina 162]

great start

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i gotta say you do some real nice looking maps

keep up the nice work

 

Alek

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/24/2005 3:22:08 PM Author: jacqulina great start

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I couldn't say it better myself.

 

BTW, is there a single CJ that you haven't posted in jacqulina? 

[Iknowu 0]

nice area but it needs to turn on the details

[Micah 16]

Nice region. Great namings for all those rivers.

[PhilsCafe 8]

Hey ewink, great start. The city logo looks very nice and I love the maps and the graphic presentation of the in-game pictures. Great job on that. I know how difficult development can be at the beginning of a new region. But the little development looks quite qood so far. I've realized that there is quite a steep ramp leading onto 5th Ave bridge. I'd suggest to use BridgeHeightMod (see 'Modding Files') to avoid having such steep slopes.

I also like that you've provided a background story for Sia. It's really a nice story.

I was pretty surprised and honoured when I read my name in your first post. Thanks a lot and I'm glad Acorn Creek was of some inspiration for you...

Take care and keep it up.

- Phil

[PhilsCafe 8]

Nooo, I thought that would never happen to me... - please ignore this double post.