New Haven

[Gridlock 9]

Hi Yall ,Thx for dropping in and welcome to the city.The Mayor of Dallas has supplied all simtropolis

members with a 7 Days travel pass enabaling free passage throughout the region ,also the pass

allows upto 7 night free accomadation in any of the regions 5 star luxury hotels.LOL

This cj is being documented using :

a, A Default Version of SC4 Rush Hour/ No mods ,bats ,lots ,nam etc (This changes later on , for the better i might add)

b, At a Hard Setting

c, No Loan Spamming

d, No Fast forwarding many years in main city.

e, Regional growth,City to grow with regional time line.

f, No Cheats

g, No R$,CS$ spamming

h, Default config New York Region

i, Tax rates to be 8.5% min

Also

a,The region isnt real and isnt meant to resemble reality

b,Transport Networks are direct and designed for bulk usage .

c,I could just put a few tiles of water with the mayor in game

terrian editor to supply water,but ive left the inlet,lakes to please the sims .

The Objective : Dallas to have ,+ 3 Million Residential Population

Can it be done .... err ?? Not sure sometimes i feel the orig sim city for Win95 had

more build power,just the graphics got better in SC4,but to me sim city is about #.And quality

of life .

If anyone got a default city at over 3 million then plse post me a pic here ,thx

After this : Then i will be d/l ing all those Bats and stuff ,you guys have been kind enough to

share with us all ,as a ***** to simtropolis ,but a veteran of sim city i find this

site awesome .In 3 years of playing SC4 i have been unable to beat the game into

submission ,got real close with a 2.4 million city ,but the transport network couldnt

cope so i scrapped the Region and Decided to build for 3 million instead .

I hope to update this cj at least once a week,do regional tours,and discuss statistics.

So here it is ,

Located centraly in the vast flatlands of a fertile Valley ,Dallas enjoys the potential

rewards from 10 direct neighbour connections,and is ideal location for a huge wealthy commuter

/Commercial office city .

The first overviews show Dallas ,s favourable position in the New York Region.

New York Region At 16 years old ........

The Satalite view shows the Vast land area the New York region covers......

City of Dallas

At this stage Dallas is no more than a small town,flourishing from the demands for labour

driven by its neighbour city ....

Within 3 Years the Dallas skyline begins to see some dramitic changes larger residential building

begin to develop.........................

[Cjah 15]

Not bad.I like what has been done and those rivers are not bad.Maybe a mod or two for land or maybe a water mod?

Anywho good job and I'll take alook at the next update when it comes along...

[Micah 16]

Looks interesting. Can't wait to see how you get to the Dallas skyline... that should be interesting also. Good start and welcome to SimTropolis if nobody has already... I bet it is going to be hard building Dallas without BATs, but we will see.

Oh, and do people up in Dallas really say Hi Ya'll? Because no one says that in Houston anymore. (Not being rude, just asking a serious question).

[pickled_pig 7]

Playing without the NAM should be a challenge.  But I also agree that you might want a water mod - and I don't see what is wrong with BATs; they just'll add some variety and diversity to your city's buildings.

I suggest you convert the pictures in future updates to JPG; it'll make things quicker for people with dial up, such as myself.  It took around 10 minutes to load this page up.  If it took any longer, I might not have commented.  Just my two cents, though.

[Gridlock 9]

Hi,
Thx for your interest in the city ,i to look forward to viewing the finished skyline of Dallas,and
its neighbours ,although i think ,this may be many sim years away ,if at all the city is ever finished
once its peaked at default ,then i will use the mods to see wut happens,so this project may take some
time to complete...
LOL ,:Y all , hehe ,dunno being from the UK im not sure why you folks use the term Y,all, all the time.
Only that a good clan buddy of mine from Texas says Y,all every other word on ts ..i l ask him;


With it being the Holidays i spend quite alot of time working on the region .100,000 ,s of Industrial
jobs have been created throughout the region,this has seen the development of other cities which has
pushed New Yorks Pop to over 2 million.
The Regions Capital ,even tho it still basicaly covers the same land area has seen its population
explode as sims flock to within commuting distance of New Commercial/Banking jobs created in
other nearby cities.
Dallas planners have carefully spent the limited budgets on transport links ,hopefully designed to
meet the needs of a ever growing population.
Over the Next Decade the city plans to invest heavily ,in residential development ,and transport .

Central New York at 20 years
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The Satalite view shows the development of Dallas,Luton and Worcester.

Dallas reaches 20 years old
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More Big change to the Dallas skyline ,Some sims decide city life isnt for them and a few abandonded
buildings have appeared ,however the city planners must concentrate there limited budget on expansion
rather than re development .

Dallas Stats
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Age 20 years
Total Population 261,115
(160,000)R$$
(38,000)R$$$
City Funds 6,658 Simoleons

Budget
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Income $34,539.00
Expediture $27,627,00
Business Deals $0

Loans
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$45,000 University yr 5 --Paid--
$5000 Bridging Loan (cash) yr 14



Education 120
Av Income $60,000.00
Commute Time 85 mins
Air Polution 52
Water Polution 60

Utilities/usage Monthly
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Electricity 8,000 KWH (Imported)
Water 34,000 Litres
Garbage 319 Tonnes (Exported)

Others
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Life Expec 64 yrs
Unsolved Crimes 22

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Happy New year wishes to all or Y ,all from New York Sims and the UK ,,

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[Micah 16]

Oh, I see, your from the UK . I didn't know that. Well, your doing a really good job.  So I'm guessing your freind lives in Dallas since you're making a CJ in Dallas?

[sloppet 3]

not so bad at all! nice work!

[Cjah 15]

Great job getting all the high rises to grow!It really is looking more beefed up.

Good luck and happy New Years!

[djrules5454 5]

Nice city!

[diablo_del_bano 3]

i would suggest surrounding the high density with some lower density. the high density just looks odd all by itself. also, get the reunion tower of the stex. you need the dandelion to make the dallas skyline. thats all, as i really don't know that much about the real city. except that my favorite radio show is recorded there. oh also, the original simcity was for dos. that was the first one i ever played. simcity on my tandy 1000 that my dad gave me. it was fun...

[+Guest highstreet]

will be hard to do it without BATS and other stuff keep up the though

[jacqulina 162]

great start looking forward to more

[Frymon 0]

Not bad looking forward to more

[Gridlock 9]

Hey ,
Welcome to this update of my Dallas cj.Still being a nub at simtrop
i havent had time to see all the other cj s ,but i feel i goto make
comment as some of the other cj s are absoulutely amazing,im not gonna
start naming cjs i like, but the detail in some of these other works is
absouletly stunning , full respects go out to the authors of such
cj s,awesome ...

Thx to all the folks that have popped in and left comment ,your support
is appriciated..

Since the last update alot has changed,New york region ,is now
New Haven ,and as grown from a 8x8 region to a 32x32 region,i always
wanted a bigger region ,but only learned how to do it from simtrop
,,thx to Norwood and Superstar,rybolton for your help...

Here is a shot of the Extended Region
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Regional Data
NEW HAVEN REGION
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Residential Pop 3306803
Commercial Pop 1147738
Industrial Pop 443973


Over the last week i have spent most evenings working on the Region
.The Regions Capitol Dallas ,has also seen a significant rise in
Population ,and is now home to almost ,600k sims ...

The Sims of Dallas celebrate 30 yrs
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Dallas at 30yrs
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Dallas as it is Today
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The cities Demand for hospitals is raveness,at present the city
has 10 general hospitals,complete coverage would need at least 15,
meaning if Dallas ever does reach 3 Mill it would be needing
around 70 default hospitals,LOL Maxis...

As the Vast Majority of Sims choose to use the citys public
transport ,heres a pict of Our subway Network.
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Dallas 35th Budget ,The recipts taken from fares ,realy helps
boost the Eco ..
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Dallas Pop Graph
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That concludes this update ,as Mayor Gridlock has official business
to see to in Worcester,(Big Meeting with Asian Business men ),but
you are welcome to come along ,maybe we find the time to tour
the City....

Welcome To Worcester
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Hey Glad you could make it,i got a meeting i need to be at,feel
free to have a mooch around ,i hear Kens Dinner makes the Best fryed
breakfast in town,after the meeting i l get the City Hospitals Chopper and
show you around some ...

Worcester City
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Not only does Worester have the Denses commercial districts in the region
which provide jobs for 3 cities ,but it also supplies power to other cities
aswell,with continued expansion of Dense Commercial Districts city planners
are now looking at finding suitable alternative power supplies within
the next 20 years .



A Tour Of Worcester
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Worcester plans to Build a second international airport within 5 years..

Above the rooftops
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Some sims want for nothing ....



High speed monorail races tired sims back to Dallas
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F@#! That was close
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A little shaken the trip continues
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Passing by Pedrina pham,Reamon Plaza,the Knight bulding and
McCormick Place can be seen in the back ground...
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The Khoury Art Foundation and Simon & Frank Ass buildings
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Two of the 3 Pedrina office blocks based in Worcester
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And Finaly
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First appearance ever in one of my cities welcome Hogan,Wallace
& White ,Van Prooijen Trading can be seen to the right.


Hey that the time already ,sorry i gtg got a meeting with Malcom
Landgrab ,over in Vancouver,lol,

Hope you enjoyed the Update and Tour ,feel free to leave any
suggestions and comments ,til next time..

[Gridlock 9]

Oops sry hit submit twice ,was taking ages.

[Gridlock 9]

Update3

Dallas goes Bigtime ...

[sloppet 3]

not so bad.. not so bad at aLL!!

[Gridlock 9]

Hi Sloppet,All ,Thx for taking the time to pass comment ,not that
i made the cj to get nice comments ,more as a place to keep a
journal of my city & region,although i must admit,although very unfinished
and very default ,it isnt bad. Was thinking about some ,park ,tree s,
embankment ,retaining wall bats,but as i have not reached my desired
population count then im not to worried about the fine tuning ,
just yet.
Since Dallas update ive moved away from Dallas to work on increasing
regional population ,and im at least 10 cities away from Dallas
so it could take me a week to get back to Dallas city.
One thing worth reporting is New Haven population is now in excess of
5 million sims
Here s a shot of the region how it looks to date.

Regional Update
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Residential Pop 5014914
Commercial Pop 1819736
Industrial Pop 563399

Oh btw since jioning simtropolis,im a reborn SC4 player,this cj
has cost me 210 places on the AoE3 xP ladders,and 44 on the CossacksII
ladder ,and it looks like il never get general on A+A now aswell..

[Cjah 15]

I love the region and the whole transportation set up.Very excellent job evloving the city.

I can't wait for the next update!

[Gridlock 9]

Yo ,Hey glad you called back in again Cjah ,Glad you liked the region ,took me a
hole afternoon to add the boarder trying to feather in the ridges even with
reconcile was a nightmare ,but im reasonably happy with it now ,and cant wait
to build there ,lol knowing me tho i prolly spend millions leveling it.
Just a quick update on progress so far,The region is now in exess of 7 million
and growing fast .Dallas now has a population over 1.6 million.
Sorry for all the text but,when i started my cj ,i was new to simtrop at the time
i considered any bats ,ect to be cheating,but since spending more time here,and
searching the bat files ect ,i was very suprised to learn that most of the Bats
actualy held less workers than the Biggest default buildings sooo i downloaded
my self a lot of growable comms towers ,parks,Embankments, plaza s ect,ect ect,.
Well for now ,i just wanted to thank all the Bat,ers for the great stuff they
have made available to all ,the standard of work is outstanding..
OverView Update
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Dallas and Neighbours
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Dallas Budget
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[mayormommy 8]

Wow, that city is growing huge! How's the traffic?

[mtbrocket 2]

That is one big city. Why make a challenge of 3 million people when to reach it the solution is to just add more cities? Would it not be more of a challenge to have the highest quantity of sims in one city?  Keep up the good work as it looks like a lot of fun to make a big city.

-Dan

[Gridlock 9]

Hey All , I havent played my Dallas city tile so i cant update on Dallas .
Mayormommy ,the traffic in town isnt bad at all,90%+ of the sims use public
transport,and there s not one toll booth in the hole of the region.Problems may
arise tho as the population grows.
mtbrocket ,i set myself a target of 3 mill in one city square,because i wasnt sure
if it was possible to achieve in default(without cheats ,mods ect),if the city does
reach 3 mill ,i will continue to add asmany sims as possible to that tile,Keep hoping
one off the Byall Towers is gonna turn into an arcology then a rocket and take off..

Here s a picture of a bridge i been working on ,its nearly finished.

Thanks to Marrast for the Banks and peg for the rocks and Water.........
Overview Shot
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Hope to be back in Dallas tile by weekend ,and update then.

[Micah 16]

I see that you are improving... that is great to hear! Very great job with Dallas and nice job with the sea wall. The regional view of your CJ looks really good... I really like the river!

[Gridlock 9]

Hi and welcome to this update..
Just a quick reply first . Hey Micah nice to see you here again aswell,thought
you d abondoned me ,lol , Glad your enjoying the cj and like Dallas ,Although it
doesnt look anything like the real Dallas ,it is growing realy well .I never intended
to replicate the real city ,that would be impossible to achieve,i choose the name simply because
i liked it .
Yes i am improving ,and thats thanks to simtropolis ,i could always build a huge cities,
but simtropolis has helped me refine my game to the final level .Maybe as time goes by
i may look at ways to improve the presentation of this cj,but im way to busy working on
regional development just now ,so this cj remains based soley around game play for now.


The New Haven administration has been working constantly (in free time ) on the development
of New Haven several Massive building projects have been started and others remain in the pipeline
,but with 100,000 simols start they could take some time to complete,approx 60 years gameplay.

One project is completed to a stage that is presentable and i got some pics here now.

The city of 2 (needs a name ) ,hilltop farming community ,developing commercial giant .








Commercial Development begins
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The city homes some of the Finest buildings in the World.
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Hope you enjoyed the city ,til next time ,out ..
Btw to many Bats to mention all Baters ,,but thanks peeps ..
Plus i wont try to list them in case i miss 1 out .

[Gridlock 9]

New Havens Military Chpter 1
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The specialist forces of the democratic dictorship of New Haven,take Parade
outside the Historical goverment buildings at Teror.

26th Airbourne Inf Division & 21st Assault Inf division ,on training execise
at the military base ,in Cologne


Eight divisions of Heavy Armour,made in Industria await deployment to their New Regiments.


New Havens ,south western fleet. 2 Type AG Nuclear Carriers,Hms Haven &
Hms Dallas escorted by type E destroyers , Hms Vancouver , Hms Manchester
and Type H Marine Crusier Hms Worcester,carrying out routine manuveres
off the coast of Drago Island .


44th Bomber Squadron ,and 12th escort Fighter squadron set out on peaceful
recon missions to our southern borders


New Haven marines make amphibious assault!

New Havens task force was established during the coldwar
period of the western alliance.Since the demise of this fragile alliance ,the task force as remained fully operative ,on training ,peace keeping and Law enforcement missions.Although a peaceful nation ,New Haven has the Capabilities to strike simultainiously and desicively ,deep into the heart of any Nation .

[Gridlock 9]

Navva Update


City of Waco- New Haven
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A preview of the city





Thanks to

[Gridlock 9]

Dallas Tips 2 Million
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[Sisu 1]

Wow, it's a big region. And getting even bigger. You have done great work, so keep it up!

[soldyne 111]

very impressive.  this is more of an experimental CJ with all the restrictions and goals you gave yourself.  it will make for a great tutorial CJ for those who want to see how to develop viable large cities.

 

you have done a great job so far with terraforming the region.  it should look fantastic when it is all finished.

 

good luck.

 

oh, btw, I enjoyed the helicopter tour, especially the part when you almost ran into the planes. lol!