Far Away and Long Ago

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Welcome to the Far Away and Long Ago City Journal

The increasingly poorly named City Journal about City Journals.

 

So I bet you are wondering what this City Journal is all about. This journal is in regard to what I see and read in Simtropolis. It is an evolving dynamic eclectic mixture of satire and musings. Halfway though, the CJ has a meltdown that lets me change its whole nature. I use photos and short stories and random clip arts to show what I think is funny about City Journals. I think I started this region around August 2004. There is still a lot of work to do as there is a lot of humor on Simtropolis.

 

And remember you don’t have to start on page one.

-Dan

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The first part of this journal is about the region Far Away and Long Ago where the main city is Danton. This is the classic story of a bunch of small towns that grow into a centralized city surrounded by farms and towns, each with a unique personality. The climate is dry and the vegetation is scrubby but the woods are full of deciduous trees. There is inner city life and farm life with companies like Amalgamated Agriculture. On page five just as I thought the city was fairly close to being finished the lap top died along with all my back ups. I, thus, had to cleverly conceal the mishap with a volcanic eruption.

 

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The second part of this journal is about the region Harbor of Many Moons. Considering that the city is built on a muddy river delta it is an odd name but who really cares. The climate is wet, muddy and perfect for mangroves. Vegetation grows everywhere. It is a story about a group of prideful people who are building a new society based on bureaucracy, anarchy, and silly hats.

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Page 1: 44 Pictures. 

1. Introduction and photos of the regions Far Away and Long Ago and Harbor of Many Moons.

2. Boring Update Log. Need a picture 

3. Danton, Bugle, Coast to Coast RR and the Nameless Town.

4. Two Bends.

5. Mountain High.

6. Ocean View Harbor.

7. Cement Town and fancy houses.

8. Outer Bend.

9. Brown Mesa and Quiet Siding

10. Cold River.

11. East Edge, East Edge and Wave of Joy.

12. East Plains.

13. Corner Flats and the junction of Coast to Coast RR to Danton RR.

14. Ocean View Harbor industry, Waste Decontaminator and Power Exaggerator Unit, land fill, and harbor.

15. History of Danton.

16. Far Field.

17. Elmvil.

18. Inbetween.

19. Ocean View Harbor’s harbor update.

20. Edge.

21. Rain Beard and Snow.

22. Trail Head Pass and junction of Danton Rail Road, River & Rail Rail Road, and the Great Northern Rail Road as well as the Black & Gold Mine.

23. Lilly.

24. Regional update and transportation map of Far Away and Long Ago.

25. Danton commercial growth update.

26. Danton’s horse riding school.

Page 2: 43 Pictures.

27. Danton early years as a farming community.

28. Random kitten picture.

29. How to flatten land.

30. Photos of people’s crazy driving habits.

31. Two Bends, Spitfire and Meowville.

32. Danton's City Hall is in a field of sprouts, giant tooth, and Mini Town.

33. Over River, Spraldale, Goldville.

34. Danton’s famous Elli Row.

35. Ocean View Harbor, River Crossing and Cement Town.

36. Random picture of Plugins folder.

37. Danton night shot, Compass Park and Danton Mall.

38. Regional update of Far Away and Long Ago.

39. Two Bends update and Little Town. Lots of pictures.

40. Random picture.

41. Two Bends’ sea wall.

42. Downtown Danton question.

43. Random kitten picture.

44. Story of Matilda.

45. Story of Avery.

46. Story of Peter.

47. Train station in Over River.

Page 3: 70 Pictures.

48. Ocean View Harbor, the junction of Coast to Coast Railroad and Here to There Railroad, Richton, and Two Bends. Lots of pictures.

49. Circles and plazas of the region’s towns.

50. Story of Susan.

51. Lots of rail junctions and tunnels. Lots of pictures.

52. Random Downtown Danton picture.

53. Danton’s Hub Hill.

54. More pictures of Hub Hill.

55. Yet more pictures of Hub Hill and the expressway.

56. Soccer!

57. Hub Hill with CN Tower.

58. Regional update and transportation map of Far Away and Long Ago.

59. Highway vote parody.

Page 4: 41 Pictures.

60. Random model railroad picture and ideas for other CJs.

61. Another picture of the CN tower and the Danton stadium.

62. Downtown Danton update and a little boredom reliever.

63. Red Woods Fork.

64. Outer Bend.

65. A small town being taking over by sprawl and more.

66. Danton zoning.

67. Pollution and deforestation of the towns of Far Away and Long Ago.

68. Graphs for geeks.

69. Downtown Danton update.

70. Pictures of houses and stuff.

Page 5: 94 Pictures!

71. Regional update and transportation map of Far Away and Long Ago.

72. Fun with MS Paint!

73. Red Woods Fork update.

74. How to create a City Journal update! Good for newbees.

75. Brown Mesa, Corner Flats, Outer Bend, Trail Head Pass, Daisy, and Two Bends.

76. Sports of Danton.

77. Ocean View Harbor again and Renald’s Point.

78. Tunnel and new sports complex.

End of Far Away and Long Ago.

79. New Region Harbor of Many Moons.

80. Safe Harbor of Root Delta.

Page 6: 29 Pictures.

81. The castle of Lookout Point.

82. Town of Safe Harbor.

83. Town of Safe Harbor grows beyond its walls and a look at the City of Root Delta.

84. Night shots of the Hall of Many Ministries.

85. More pictures of Root Delta.

86. Factories and the smog of Root Delta.

87. More shots of Root Delta.

88. Watchtowers of Root Delta.

89. Full City Mosaic with a picture link.

90. Sneak peak at another watchtower.

Page 7: 38 Pictures.

91. Root Delta maps and graphs.

Reached 4000 views!

92. Obnoxiously large banner. Oh and a windmill.

93. Root Delta in Bitter Wood Inlet Mosaic.

94. Added the Daily Napkin and retro added it to older stories.

95. Windmills by request.

96. Pictures of Bitter Wood Inlet.

97. Regional Population Report.

98. First ever sideways Mosaic.

99. Some bird's eye views of Bitter Wood Inlet.

Page 8: 36 Pictures.

100. Capital Club Scandal!

101. Pumba Organizational Structure.

102. Transportation Pictures.

103. More Pictures of Bitter Wood Inlet.

104. Daily Napkin story: Happy Birthday City Journal!

105. Close ups of Pumbas and their works.

106. Daily Napkin CJ Reached 5000 viewers.

107. Obelisk of Eminent Importance and Upside Down Mosaic.

108. Mystery Picture Cliff Hanger.

109. The Cheeses.

Page 9: 69 Pictures.

Reached 6000 views!

110. The Feather Star.

111. More Watchtowers.

112. An enclave of Cheeses.

113. Endless, endless jungle.

114. Live shots of the endless jungle.

115. Symbols of Power.

116. Feather Star update.

117. Rezoning in Root Delta.

118. Railways get updated and added elevated rail.

119. Overhead views.

120. Copper Corp by JaWood.

121. Random shots of Pumba society.

122. Yet more shots of Pumbas' society.

Page 10: 81 Pictures.

123. Even more shots of Pumbas' society.

124. News ticker and better rail map.

G17. More rail maps.

125. Jungle wild life.

126. A shearing of a killer rabbit.

127. Flowers of the jungle.

128. Small stores.

129. Art Depository and park.

130. Elevated rails.

131. Leftover pictures of Pumbas' society.

132. Zone tutorial.

Page 11: 39 Pictures.

133. Road construction tutorial.

134. A rezone in Bitter Wood Inlet.

135. Random pictures and the Watchtower of the Far Sighted.

136. A really skinny but unnecessarily long mosaic.

137. The full mosaic of Bitter Wood Inlet.

Page 12: 44 Pictures.

138. Introduction of Endless Horizon Beach.

139. The junkyard and oil rig of Endless Horizon Beach.

140. More pictures of the junkyard…and something big.

X. Feather Star update.

142. The big hit!

143. Tent towns of Endless Horizon Beach and the beach.

144. The rail line at the end of the map.

Page 13: About 65 Pictures.

145. Daily Napkin on the exploration team.

146. Exploration team update.

147. Daily Napkin on Grand Pumba’s reginal visits.

148. Borders for Paint tutorial.

149. Daily Napkin CJ Reached 7000 viewers.

150. Pictures of Endless Horizon Beach.

151. More pictures of Endless Horizon Beach.

152. Mystery construction and exploration team update.

153. One mystery solved.

Page 14: 35 Pictures.

154. Three mosaics in one update.

155. Shots of the jungle and path of exploration team.

156. Fallen trees and what the exploration team found.

157. Photos from the SC4Terraformer and Pumba technology.

158. Shots of the growth of Endless Horizon Beach and the Great Golden Statue of the Grand Pumba’s Foresight into the Glorious Future.

159. Harbor of Many Moons Recap.

160. One more photo from the SC4Terraformer.

161. A shocking discovery!

162. Start of Merlot’s adventure on the Apple Eclipse.

Page 15: 40 Pictures.

163-173. More of Merlot's adventure.

Page 16: 97 Pictures.

174. Merlot's adventure ends.

175. Jaun Dice.

176. Lexus of Guinness.

177. RL interruption.

178. The Edgy Rag: A Tale of Four Foxes.

179. Left over pictures.

180. Constrained Endless Horizon Beach.

181. Junkyard gets replaced in EHB.

182. Real life creeps in.

183. Close ups of Endless Horizon Beach.

184. New route addition for the elevated rail.

185. Bowl of the Super.

186. Random growth in Endless Horizon Beach.

187. Residential buildings and oil wells.

Daily Napkin CJ Reached 8000 viewers.

Page 17: at least 42 Pictures.

188. Before and after shots in EHB.

190. A spooktacular update at night.

191. Pecan Elevated Thermal Aero Bladder Port. The mother of all elevated thermal aero bladder ports.

192. More technological advancements of the pumbas.

193. Dream.

Page 18: 43 Pictures.

194. Festival of Elevated Thermal Aero Bladders.

195. Freight trains of Endless Horizon Beach.

196. The Night Before Christmas.

197. Fond memories of Endless Horizon Beach.

198. Pumba, Pumba, Pumba.

199. Highway into the jungle.

200. The Amazing Adventures of Pumbas in the Jungle.

201. Introducing the all new Poshba.

202. More Amazing Adventures of Pumbas in the Jungle.

203. Utility vehicle of the year.

204. Even More Amazing Adventures of Pumbas in the Jungle.

205. City journal reaches second anniversary.

Page 19: 49 Pictures.

206. The always reliable River Boat.

207. Yet Another One of Many Amazing Adventures of Pumbas in the Jungle.

208. A New Mystery from  Pumbas in the Jungle.

209. The Mystery Continues About Pumbas in the Jungle.

210. A Mysterious building in the Jungle get even more mysterious.

211. Oh no, yet another fire!

212. Connecting station to station, passenger train.

213. Mystery city is growing.

214. Mystery flier.

215. More mysterious growth.

216. Lots of pictures of Willowbend Long.

Page 20: 33 Pictures.

217. Big city.

218. Then and now New Paradise.

219. The 8 jungle deer turbo powered METAB.

220. Supercavitation of METAB.

221. New road.

222. Feel the kinship of commuting together, public bus.

223. Pilgrims and their love of tall buildings.

224. Open Mine Number 1.

225. Open Mine Number 1 again.

226. Refinery Alpha.

Page 21: Lots of Very Fine Pictures.

227. 13,500 tons of scooping power.

228. Many Forks Ivory Soapstone Depository.

229. Many Forks Ivory Soapstone Depository, Fire! Fire!

230. Train crash.

231. Ivory Soapstone Shortage!

232. The first bank of the pumba region.

233. Family Mobile Accommodation and Safety Unit.

234. With coins come robberies.

Page 22: More than 40 Pictures.

235. Bank Robberies!

236. 10,000 and counting.

237. Riots in the Streets!

238. Many Forks Ivory Soapstone Depository.

239. Day palm plantation.

240. New rail line proposal.

241. New industrial area in Willowbend Long.

242. New coin denominations.

243. New monorail.

244. The Great Ivory Soapstone Freight Train.

245. The Great Ivory Soapstone Freight Train again.

246. Run on the banks.

Page 23: Smoking Pictures.

247. Riots and the results.

248. Start of new story Sim City.

249. Sim City, part two.

250. Sim City, part three.

251. Sim City, part four.

252. Sim City, part five.

253. Sim City, part six.

254. Sim City, part seven.

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Da region with all its splendor:
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The main towns are as follows:
Danton. So I name all my main towns Danton. You gotta problem with that?
FarField. The rail just runs though it every other week or so.
Two Bends. Because there are two bends.
Ocean View Harbor. Well, this is where the sims go to relax by the ocean, Sim Ocean, it is also the industrial part of the region.
Trail Head Pass. It is where the main rails join up. A little town of factories and mines.
Mountain High. Just a lot of snow.
Rain Beard. Named after a man named Rain Beard. It has good over looks of the region.
Corner Flats. Well, it

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Two Bends

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At least we got ourselves a bridge. And a tunnel, don

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Ladies and Gentlemen Mountain High

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I love all the mods and bats and lots. I would love to list the ones I used but I got so many of them. Maybe I will do several print screens of my plugin folders. I think the observatory is called the Observatory.

Anyway the good thing about Mountain High is that it is

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Ah the air, the water, the dairy farm. Welcome to Ocean View Harbor

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This is a nice town full of nice people and nice cows. I used several lots in Ocean View Harbor.

Don

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The one, the only, Cement Town, because farms just can

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Outer Bend, everyone is welcome to Outer Bend!(If you

[jay_allen1978 0]

wow, looks very nice.keep up the good work

[woelfwynde 20]

I like it. Nice job. Keep it up.

 

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[Superstar 69]

Looks like a cool start for a CJ, well done so far

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This is Brown Mesa.

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The wall keeps it nice and quiet

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Cold River uuummmm

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Is this East Edge?

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Or is this East Edge?

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Only time will tell or the supreme deity or farmer Joe

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Nice town.. I really like the small town feel

 

Oh ya woelfwynde I copied what you told him to copy about Imageshack So I did the Same. Also I got the flag from the website on the AMerican Flag which was another good thing thanks!  

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East Plains

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Another quiet town. Amalgamated Agriculture has not been doing well lately and it shows. I guess oranges that taste like cucumbers did not really sell too well. Farmer Joe is a little upset to say the least.

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Corner Flats

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Hey guess what we have! Herring and lots of it! Outer Bend can

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And now a look at some Ocean View Harbor Industry.

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This perfunctory harbor is what opened up the region to the sim world; that and the invention of the rail carriage. After all, what is the point of a locomotive without someplace to set your lunch.
I guess they make tractors and stuff here. I just know it smells bad. Industry has expanded from beyond this humble beginning.

This is where all the cucumbers ended up and another reason Ocean View Harbor is not the paradise as advertised. The Waste Decontaminator and Power Exaggerator Unit.

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And the landfill.

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How do I get ride of that last blasted bit of garbage? Anyone? Note that there is no road to it. Them there cucumbers are like glue once they dry.

This is the new harbor across the river mouth from the old one.

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This is where the cement from Cement Town is delivered before heading off to Sim Japan to make super sky scrapers. Uncle Phil says good riddance to it. No need for fancy buildings

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The History of Genesis! I mean Crystal Junction! opps Digby! start again The Ragged Edge! Ok, I will get it right this time.

The History of Danton!

Chapter One
   Come on all you sims and gather around. Papa Sim is going to smerf, I mean sim, you a story.

   It all started far away and long ago. The first sims to find this region of value, for profit, were the Freedom fur trappers who prized the wingless bat mole for its sim pelt. They were pushed out here by the noise and racket of the Freedom-Indian War that was raging to the north east. Here the bat mole was sim plentiful. Being fur trappers, the Freedoms did not worry too much about the rest of the resources which were sim bountiful. They would trade rice and asparagus with the indigenous sims who's history goes back thousands of sims but we will sum it up by saying it was fun while it lasted.

A picture before the big freeze.

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   In fact this land

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By far, it’s Far Field!

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I like this town. Wow, diagonal.
Bikes are the preferred mode of transportation.

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They ran out of letters so Elmvil it is.

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This town is part of Far Field county. It is so small yet it has so many dinners you could eat at a different one every work day.

[+Guest]

that is a beautiful region and city

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This is Inbetween.
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It is called this because this is where people go in between work.
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See all the “beach shacks”? They are for rent at a reasonable price. This is the place to go to get a tan. I like the good job I did to bring all the elements together to make something cool.

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I added some new elements to the harbor at Ocean View Harbor.

Before:

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After:

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It looks much better now. Thanks guys.

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Welcome to the Edge.

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This is not on the edge of the map. It is on the edge of Outer Bend. It is on the outer edge of civilization and the other side of the tracks.

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Let it rain, let it rain, let it Rain Beard.

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Oh and Snow

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Trail Head Pass

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As you can see three rails join here:
Danton Rail Road
River & Rail Rail Road
Great Northern Rail Road

Black & Gold Mine is a small copper and aggregate mine.

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I wanted to make this town similar to Harpers Ferry in Maryland.
Here are some close ups:

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Looking west.

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Lilly

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Part of Trail Head Pass.

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Oh i wish i could amke a beautiful city like that. Every time i do start to clear out all of my file cause my system is too fool. So soon i'll by a 1gb jumpdrive and i'll have all the beautiful cities i want.

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Here is another shot of the Far Away and Long Ago region.

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It has grown quit a bit though the towns are still small and there is lots of farmland. The thing is about taking pictures is that I get focused on playing the game and forget to take a lot of photos. Many of these pictures are several months old.
Here is the shot of the roads and rails. Note that I am trying to keep most of the population in clusters instead of spread out.

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One element that I find true to life but also sad is as towns grow and merge they tend to lose their individualism. Towns that once were separated by farmland now become just suburbs indistinguishable from one another.