Welcome to the Nine-Digit Region!

[1131989 223]

So, I've been working over in the City Journals section but decided to create the first "Judgmental Map" of a SimCity 4 region to my knowledge.

 

http://judgmentalmaps.com

 

This shows my current region with some off-the-cuff insulting remarks about my cities and neighborhoods. My favorite neighborhood is the one labeled "Hipsters"; it is entirely low-wealth but highly-educated and is intended to have a college town or "Portlandia' feel.

 

Breaking character here, but is there an easier way to upload images without parking them in a city journal?

[Benedict 3,119]

Grrr... hipsters...

 

 

And much better to use an image-hosting site (e.g. imgur.com) to keep track of your images.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Glad to have you here. Looking forward to more.

[1131989 223]

Thanks! Although I hate imgur, etc...so you may not see many updates. Also, it took some days for this to appear on the forums (I logged out and the thread vanished). I'm a newbie to forums so what happened?

[1131989 223]

My newest city is the hipster/college town that I promised you above (this tile did not exist on the judgmental map; I deleted some sprawl below it). I basically created it by driving out medium and high wealth Sims via high residential taxation, attracting high-tech industries for the tax revenue (bixel makes some high-tech plops that generate tons of tax revenue), and jacking up health and especially education to create a college campus. 

As a liberal town, Southwest Cobisa is home to the Park of Tolerance, which contains (left to right) a Hindu temple, a Buddhist pagoda, a synagogue, a nondenominational shrine, a church, a mosque, and a pagan temple.

SWC's college and hipster orientation can be seen in its housing stock. From converted fire stations,

to diagonal condos, 

to the Victorian and Art Deco homes of Puritan Club,

 

every home (at least as large as my BAT library allows) is unique.

 

And what would a college town be without the college? The artistically mismatched pavement is my favorite, as this is an artsy school.

 

[TekindusT 3,809]

Grrr... hipsters...

 

 

And much better to use an image-hosting site (e.g. imgur.com) to keep track of your images.

 

Problem, Ben?

 

 

@1131989: You have a big mix of styles there, not very convinced about it... But I like the pagoda concept!

[1131989 223]

@TekindusT, the reason for the inconsistency is that this region is said to have an extremely diverse demography and culture. My new journal entry

explains some of the theme I am going for, which would be a highly developed economy of +/-3 million people in the same cultural realm as New Orleans, Haiti, and the Louisiana Bayous. Some parts of my region are based on these (http://lagniappenola.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/san-malos-maroons-and-manilamen-in-louisiana-part-two/).

 

Edit: Yes, my thread says "nine-digit" but my username and city-journal have nine digits. That is because my region is a lot bigger than I expected so my username is too!

[1131989 223]

AMONG THE TOMATO GROWERS

 

-Bassa Principality News

 

The ongoing European debt crisis has had a substantial impact on Bassa's economy and population. Thousands of southern European Sims, mostly Portuguese and Italians, have flocked to the area's outer fringes in search of a better life. Many of these new migrants have brought a little bit of 'the old country' with them: tomato cultivation. Homes in many suburban areas now have tomatoes and grape vines over their driveways and rear yards.