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[LexusInfernus 908]

So as some of you know, I used to have another CJ, Bostonia, but neglect and a total system reinstall with no backups made of the region and cities have left me with nothing. So, time for a new region, new cities and a new CJ! Follow me as I develop the region of Eden, from a small city to a sprawling metropolis. 

 

 

 

Welcome to Eden

 

 

We will start in the south western corner in Eden Point

 

Eden Point is a small town and currently the most southern settlement in Eden. Its founded two years ago, in 1905, by a number of real estate developers who wanted to cater to more affluent Sims. So far they have had mixed success and mostly attracted moderately wealth Sims. Perhaps its a little early to cater to the super rich 5 years after the first Sims settled in the region...

 

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The house of the mayor of Eden Point. 

 

The commercial and cultural heart of Eden Point, with some shops and offices, the city library and the primary school. 

 

And as we follow Eden Points mainstreet we reach the city limit and move on to the next area:

Eden Bay

 

Eden Bay is the main administrative settlement in the region and consists of 5 small towns. This is the outer area of the first town, Eden, and is closest to Eden Point, and the first place where the Sims coming to Eden build their houses.

 

Mainstreet of Eden. 

 

Mainstreet of the second town, Serfton. Analysts predict the first and second town will merge together within the next 5 years.

 

Outskirts of the third town, Farmgate, which is also the largest town in Eden Bay. 

 

Farmgates office district, as well as some early high rises. 

 

Following the road from Farmgate, we reach John's Station, a small depressing little town, build to house workers for the paper factory. 

 

If we follow the road to the South East, we reach Eden's Spring, a small town at the edge of Eden Bay. This is the well off side. 

 

At the other side of the little spring river we find the less affluent Sims. But real estate prices do seem to be rising. 

 

However, if we follow the road and rails from John's Station to the North, we reach:

Loggers Hill

 

The Town center of Loggers Hill

 

And the main residential area, currently under heavy development as business is booming in Loggers Hill. 

 

 

 

 

Well I hope you enjoyed the first tour. Comments, questions or advice are much appreciated

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Welcome back! I look forward to seeing what exciting new stuff you have in store for us.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

A solid start! Looking forward to more.

 

You also asked for advice well I can think of two things only:

1. Shadows! They make everything look better turned up high.

2. The MMP river. RFR Plopwater and Heblem's paths combined make for a great looking basic MMP river.

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Schulmanator: thanks! 

 

@Ln X: Thanks for the advice. I fear I forgot about the shadows in this update but I will make sure they are in the next one. And super thanks for pointing me to RFR water, it looks awesome! 

 

Welcome back to Eden

 

Today we are going to have a closer look at Eden Point and Loggers Hill, who have both seen some extensive growth during the past 4 years. 

 

First we go to Eden Point

 

It started with the Ayn Rand Is Awesome Foundation (ARIA Foundation), a group of libertarian extremists based in Eden Point that felt that they shouldn't have to pay the local government to send their kids to school. Instead they wanted the public school closed and replaced by a private school. Here we can see them protesting in front of the school, where they prevented teachers and children from entering the building. 

 

In the end, the government compromised by allowing the private school to be build but the public school to be kept open. However, since there was no place in Eden point, the government had to begin expanding to the other shores and the small island in the middle. 

 

A street was upgraded to a road and a bridge to the island was build. 

 

The private school was build. The ARIA Foundation also attached a church building to it, and every day at the school starts with a sermon dedicated to the great invisible hand of the market in the church, before children are taught that the best things in life can only be achieved by screwing everyone else over. I'm sure we will hear more of this ARIA Foundation in the future....

 

Here we see some of the new houses that were also build on the island. 

 

 

Meanwhile in Loggers Hill, industry has been booming. 

 

While the major industrial areas are in Eden Bay, the primary resources used in the production process, namely wood and Ertz, are all from Loggers Hill. 

 

A sizeable woodcutting operation just outside of Loggers Hill. For now they are cutting trees in areas where the city council has plans to build residential areas, but ideas of setting up more sustainable wood plantations are currently being debated. 

 

After the trees are cut, they are processed in the saw mill before getting loaded up on a train and moved to Eden Bay, where they are used to make paper, or further refined so they can be used as building materials. 

 

Also making use of the train tracks is the Ertz quarry (if you are wondering, Ertz is a special kind of precious metal, found in the black rocks you can see in quarry). The amounts of ertz found so far have been rather minimal so there has been no need for larger capacity loading facilities. It can still be loaded in by hand. 

 

Another major employer in Loggers Hill is the BioFuel Corp, who owns all the farms in Loggers Hill. They grow the stuff that later gets processed into biofuels in Eden Bay.

 

And in order to sustain the accommodate the demand for workers, a new residential area has popped up. 

 

 

Well thats the update for today, feel free to post a comment

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

I really like that sawmill and the quarry! Good use of mods.

[jmsepe 2,038]

Great to see you start a new CJ, Lexus. So far everything looks good.

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Ln X: thank you, I really like how the quarry turned out as well

 

@Jmsepe: thank you, much appreciated! 

 

 

Welcome Back to Eden

 

Today we are going to take a look at what has happened in Eden Bay in the past 2 years

 

First if we take the road from Farmgate to the South we will see that a new town has emerged, called Stufton. 

Its a town that has grown extremely rapidly. 

 

 

The fast growing population has attracted the attention of several mega stores who recently opened their doors, which in part spurred the development of Stufton with housing projects for employees. Several hotels can also be found for people who want to spend more than one day shopping in the mega stores. 

 

Analysis does show that the arrival of these two mega stores and the distribution center has had a massive impact on the demand for jobs. And a number of smaller store holders are afraid they might be put out of business by the competition. But so it seems the market is big enough to allow big stores and smaller stores to coexist. Or as a spokesman for the Ayn Rand Is Awesome Foundation (ARIA Foundation) put it "The invisible hand of the market provides for all". 

 

The first public radio station of Eden Bay has also opened up on top of the hill East of Farmgate and North East of Stufton. Sims also use it as a place to start a hike on a sunny Saturday. 

 

 

Meanwhile in Serfton

 

Citizens are complaining that the industry is stinky and that without an official fire department its just a matter of time before the town burns down. 

 

And sure enough: 

A small industrial accident causes a fire. Only through the heroic efforts of the factory workers and bystanders can the fire be put out in time. 3 people still died in the fire however, and 25 others had to go to the local clinic with breathing problems. 

 

At the new Eden Bay city hall the debate rages on how to prevent such accidents in the future. Most agree that its high time for the creation of a fire department, but the discussion is where to but their bases.

 

 

Finally 

A trash dump has been dug out and now collects the trash of all the cities in the Greater Eden Region. Environmentalists note that its filling up at a worrying pace.  

 

Finally an image of the region in 1909. 

 

Thats it for this time, hope you enjoyed it  

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

I love the 4th picture and your landfill! Showing some mod placement prowess there!

 

p.s. A little something for the pictures;

[Sango 66]

I usually don't like industrial areas, but yours looks great! Also, very nice use of the mmps 

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice work! I like it.

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

I love the radio station and the area around it, nice use of the curved roads and a lovely setting.

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Ln X: thank you. 

 

@SimEmirate: thanks, I generally think that industrial areas are the most difficult to do right. But the Industrial Facelift mod from Paeng combined with his grunge industrial alleys and some of Murimk's props helped significantly

 

@Schulmanator: thanks! 

 

@Belfastsocrates: thank you, I figured the radio station would get the best reception on a quiet hilltop in the woods

 

 

Welcome back to Eden

 

Its 1913 now and Eden has grown steadily in the past few years. Two new settlements have even appeared on two of the islands to the south of Eden Bay, on Braal Island and Goose Island. Today we are going to have a look at those two. 

 

We begin at the harbor of Braal Island, which is also the only access point to both islands thanks to the Eden Ferry Service. Of course, Sims that can afford their own boat can simply use that to go between Braal Island and Eden Bay. 

 

We follow the main road into the island....

 

...take a turn left (North) and go past the sea rope manufacturing plant towards Braal's Point. 

 

This is Braal's Point, a small community located at the most Northern point of Braal Island. 

 

 

The rocky coast of Braal's Island is a loved spot for locals to walk their dog or stare over the water. The currents however are very dangerous and 16 people have drowned in the three years since Braal Island first became inhabited by Sims.

 

  

We go back to the main settlement and take the road south. 

 

 

Where we reach a small agricultural area, providing most of the food for the inhabitants of Braal and Goose Island. The biotech greenhouses are especially useful for increasing the crop yield on limited space, like an island. 

 

This is the most southern point on Braal Island. The Goose bridge will take us to Goose Island, which is located directly south of Braal Island

 

This is Bromton, the main settlement on Goose Island. Goose Island is called so because the explorers that mapped it thought it looked like a goose. 

 

The firehouse of Goose Island, guiding ships to safety. 

 

 

Goose Island has a decent industrial area providing a job to many of the Sims on both Braal and Goose Island. 

 

And a small harbor ships the products off to the rest of the world. 

 

Alright guys, that was the update for today. Next update following soon! Questions, comments or feedback are/is much appreciated

 

 

Oh on a final note, given that they featured quite prominently in this entry and will make appearances in the next update as well, the harbor (both the marina and the industrial harbor) are part of the CDK 3 set from Pegasus. The hightech greenhouses are part of Pegasus Utopian series. Gotta give credit where credit is due  

 

[Schulmanator 5,787]

A nice mix of different settings. Good work!

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Oh yeah! With each entry you keep on improving. Keep it up.

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Schulmanator: thank you  

 

@Ln X: I'll do my best

 

Welcome back to Eden

 

Today we are revisiting Eden Bay. Since this is a SJ about the 'natural' growth of a city its time to show how much Eden Bay has grown since last time, starting in Eden. 

 

Since Eden Bay has been growing significant and space at the coast has become sparse, the city has started buying out farmers so they can develop the land. Everything that was on the right side of the road used to be farm land, but has now been turned into residential and industrial zone. 

 

The same story applies here. Every building on this picture is build on what used to be farm land. 

 

 

The old Eden Bay commercial district has also grown significantly with the first medium rise commercial offices appearing.

 

Since the industrial fire of 2009, Eden Bay has done much to improve fire safety, including building several fire stations. Here you can see the first one. 

 

Eden and Serfton have finally merged together thanks to this residential area. It did take longer than the analysits originally predicted. Probably because they hadn't taken the Serfton power plant and industrial area into account.

 

Moving on to Farmgate

Where quite a few homes  located at the mainstreet have made way for shops and offices.

 

And where medium high rise buildings have also started to appear. 

 

Farmgate now also has its Marina and the Eden Ferry Service has a station here, making it one of the places where one can travel to Braal Island.

 

Stufton has been growing as well and now has its own, albeit small, industrial zone. 

 

Alright, thats it for today. Next update will look at whats happening in Loggers Hill and Eden Point. 

 

 

And credit where credit is due, the fire station I've been using and one that looks, imo, superior to the Maxis one can be found here.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Nice suburbs and good job on the port area. If you want to get wealth textures on the curved streets then place a street piece right next to the cusp of the sharp diagonal turn, while for ninety degree curves drag diagonally from the street tile adjacent to the sharp 90 degree corner.

[cromabianca 158]

I'm currently working on a similar project just now and I'm enjoying reading you! Thanks: great CJ

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Ln X: Thanks, I will definitely have to try that! 

 

@Cromabianca: thank you, and good luck with your own project

 

Welcome back to Eden

 

Today we are revisiting Loggers Hill. It has been profiting from the boom in Eden Bay quite significantly. 

 

This was the center of Loggers Hill in 1910. As you can see, some of the farms already had sold their ground to the city so it could use the space to expand (sorry for the lack of shadows in this pic). 

 

This is the same area in 1913. All the farms had to make space for the expanding city. 

 

This is where Farmer Johnson used to have his own plot of land. Now its shops and a few community gardens. 

 

 

Not that any of the farmers really care. They got a much bigger and better plot of land to the east of the city, and the council has signed an agreement that this area of land is not to be re-zoned for the next 100 years. 

 

Mean while, the loggers have finished cutting out this part of the woods and the city has moved in to build a new residential area. 

 

And the plans to set up a tree farm have been approved. This is just the first one. Two more are getting planted in the future. 

 

Finally, Loggers Hill is profiting from the environmental laws that are being enacted in Eden Bay. Polluting industries are no longer welcome or have to pay hefty taxes. The planners in Loggers Hill on the other hand, are not so concerned with the environment and have opened the doors for the industry. No doubt this industrial park will expand in the near future. 

 

Well thats it for this time. Questions and comments are much appreciated! 

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Great tree farm!

[Ke|is 3,333]

Fantastic update !! Keep up the good work.

[jmsepe 2,038]

Oh my Lex. You have greatly improved. The logging scene looks awesome.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice work! Great changes.

 

Rock on!

[jacqulina 162]

very good work so far nicely put together 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I just love those tower farms from PEG.  Great stuff you've got going on here!

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Ln X: thanks, I'm very pleased with how it turned out  

 

@kelistmac: thank you

 

@Schulmanator: thanks, rocking on is the plan

 

@jacqulina: thanks!

 

@NMUSpidey: yes I think they look pretty great. But its a little to bad they initially also come as commerical buildings. It looks a little silly when a greenhouse suddenly appears between your offices in the CBD

 

Welcome back to Eden

Sorry it took so long before this update. I didn't have access to SimCity for a few weeks so yea...Now I got it on Steam though so no more relying on having the discs with me  

 

Anyways, on to the actual update. Today we will take a look at the East Coast. Since Eden Bay is booming and farmland is getting turned into urban districts this has been creating some pressure on the food supply, with rising food prices as a result. This in turn sparked a little farming boom, with the majority of the farms getting set up at the East Coast and West Coast. This update will focus on the East Coast and the next update at the West Coast. 

 

Good, starting out at the Southern point of the coast. 

 

The town Southern Edge. A small farming community

 

 

Following the road to the North towards the next farming community. 

 

 

The road goes north, past the farms between Southern Edge and the next town: Dafford

 

Dafford is a small and young community. Only one year old.

 

Taking the road further to the North, we reach the next town: Parcival

When entering the town from the South one is greeted by a small industrial storage area. Mostly for farm supplies. 

 

Parcival is a lot bigger than Dafford, and its also a year older. It was the first settlement at the East Coast. 

 

 

Farms surrounding Parcival. 

 

Following the road through Parcival to the North it does not take long before you reach the farms of surrounding the most northern town on the East Coast, namely Iridun.

 

 

The farms around Iridun.

 

 

 

And the town of Iridun itself. Its only a year old and yet its already bigger than Parcival. Competition between the two cities is also fierce. 

 

Anyways, that was the update for today, hope you enjoyed it. Questions or comments are always welcome  

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Good looking area! I like it.

[jmsepe 2,038]

Nice small town. I like the wind power plants near the shoreline. 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Heh, the first time I had those things popping up in commercial districts I was shocked.  Luckily they files are properly labeled so I banished the commercial ones

 

Anyways, lovely set of towns.  I like the abundance of trees, especially.

[LexusInfernus 908]

@Schulmanator: thank you

 

@jmsepe: thanks

 

@NMUSpidey: Yeah, thankfully its easy to ensure that they only appear on farm land. And thanks. 

 

 

Welcome back to Eden

Today we are going to look at the West coast, which has also benefited albeit to a lesser extend, from the farming boom. 

 

Starting with the road from Eden Bay, we go west. 

 

 

And follow the main road until we reach Eden West. 

 

 

Its a small rural town with only a few thousand citizens, and a healthy small business main street. 

 

From there we follow the street into the farm fields. 

 

 

 

Small patches of trees remain untouched due to environmental concerns. 

 

From West Eden we take the road to the North to the next town, Mavenfoort

 

Before we reach the town of Mavenfoort itself, we first need to pass a few small farms and cross the Maven river itself. 

 

 

 

 

And there we have reached the town of Mavenfoort itself. 

 

 

 

Mavenfoort is located at the end of the Maven river. The name itself is a reference to the bridge. 'Foort' is an old Dutch word for a shallow patch of river where one can cross. 

 

 

Mavenfoort has some of the most relaxed agricultural zoning laws in all of Eden, which has caused it to attract a lot of large scale farming corporations that couldn't get the amount of land they wanted elsewhere in Eden. 

 

Anyways, that was the update for the Eden West Coast. I hope you enjoyed it and questions/comments are as always much appreciated  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

Very nice rural areas! Interesting placement of the wind turbines!