ITS IN YOUR HANDS! The real interactive CJ

[GingerBlokey 30]

Thankyou for chosing my name. I used it for one of my cities and I liked the Quays bit cos its on a river

[unseelie 0]

If we call it Heaven's Gate everyone there will probably have to commit suicide.

[ExiL3 10]

HAHAHAH!!! lol

[x2230062 0]

Last time I checked the results were:

Tremont Point  37%

Ashby Quays 33%

Heaven's Gate 16%

Veren 12%

 

Unseelie -> lol I hadn't thought about that... So you're sticking to Unseelieburgh?

 

Petriknl -> it looks like your name could use some support indeed... only 12% now!

 

GingerBlokey -> I liked the Quay part a lot too,  which is why I picked it... And it sounds funny (at least I think so as a non-native English speaker)

 

 

VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTE!

http://www.langlaufen.nl/poll1.htm

 

[Simjurgen 0]

Heavens Gate hahahahaha

[x2230062 0]

lol there must be a place somewhere called heaven's gate (maybe in north dakota?)

[your_adress_here 11]

Vote for Ashby Quays!

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

Vote Tremont Point Dudes!

[RadioheadFan 1]

I personally like all of them...and I think Heaven's Gate is a town in Alaska. Not sure though, but the name would be appropriate, eh?

RadioheadFan

[DaMaster_architect 0]

lol

just vote dude!

[petriknl 15]

Not to support my name But isn't Veren the most international sounding name?? I think it's the name who represents not only the englishspeaking part of Simtropolis but the entire community....

[x2230062 0]

Date: 2/24/2005 2:56:06 AM Author: petriknl Not to support my name But isn't Veren the most international sounding name?? I think it's the name who represents not only the englishspeaking part of Simtropolis but the entire community....

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True, and that's why I picked it in the first place

I don't mind an English sounding name though. And I'm afraid of what Heaven's Gate would sound like in Dutch ! kiddin' !! lol

[petriknl 15]

Well if you translate it into Dutch it will be called Hemelpoort of Hemelse Poort, and Veren has not have to be a dutch name...

[DaMaster_architect 0]

Hey there's nothing wrong with dutch names!!

[ExiL3 10]

Wow, hemelpoort is pretty close to norwegian translation for it : Himmel-port(en)

[dhoppeii 12]

Thanks for choosing my submission to be on the list.  Looks like it is going to be a tight race.

 

Great Update BTW......

[petriknl 15]

Very logical eh Exil3 I think Norwegian is also a German language?

[RadioheadFan 1]

Yes, they're pretty much all descended from either Germanic or Latin.

[x2230062 0]

AND THE WINNER IS...

 

Thanks for voting!! The poll is closed and the results are as follows:

 

TREMOINT POINT : 31%

HEAVEN'S GATE: 12%

VEREN: 11%

ASHBY QUAYS: 44%

 

 

So Ashby Quays it is. See you here tomorrow to see what'S happening to our newly named city...

 

[your_adress_here 11]

YAY!!! Ok, we can start building now!

[x2230062 0]

Date: 2/25/2005 8:06:42 AM Author: your_adress_here YAY!!! Ok, we can start building now!

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A couple of buildings are already built (see update page 5) !! But no doubt growth will get faster now that the city has a name

[DaMaster_architect 0]

congrats with ashby quays!

[ExiL3 10]

WOHOO!!! hehe Let's do this! ehhh,, or we'll let you do it.
Post soon!

[DaMaster_architect 0]

wow. there were a total of 426 votes

what will the next poll be, x223?

[GingerBlokey 30]

Yay thankyou for for chosing my name. I really hope your city goes well.

[RadioheadFan 1]

Hmmm...Ashby Quays is a good choice. Congrats Ginger for winning. I'm wondering what the next poll will be too...

[Simjurgen 0]

i don`t like the name Ashby Quays but i will live with that so congrats to the winner

i should not do this but i need help, i looking for the dude who makes poll for this thread, thanks

[x2230062 0]

THE INDUSTRY REVITALIZATION PLAN

 

(Note : this update won't be as interesting as I would have liked it to 'cos I've had some trouble with my PC lately... Sorry)

 

 

The debate was long before the location of the port to build was decided. Local residents (and as a matter of fact the governor himself) were not keen on having it built too close to their homes. Yet since the purpose of the citadels was to protect the region, it could not be located too far away. And then the main reason for building a port was to facilitate the exploitation of the mines nearby... So it was eventually decided the port would be built inside a small bay east of the citadel.

 

It took a while to be completed but the result turned out to be even better than people had expected. [:0]

 

Of course the new facility provoked a sudden boom for the local industry which quickly concentrated around the port

 

And in turn, a small city started to develop nearby, as the proximity of the port stimulated commerce too, and workers thought the citadels were too far to live. The growth of the city was spectacular... at least at the beginning...

 

 

(Question by the funky urbanist: is it possible to control, at least to a certain extent, what buildings will appear and where? Sometimes all the same buildings pop up in the same area which is a little bit too uniform for my taste...)

 

 

But the economic development of the region was faced with another great challenge, as room for the industrial sprawl quickly disappeared.

The nearby hills made it difficult to expand in the port area.

 

 

Growth slowed down for a while.

Until the city came up with an idea Up the river is a flat piece of land perfect for industry to develop and the river could be used as a convenient means of transportation !

 

The plan was approved by the local authorities but the central government rejected the idea, since the river was too long a way to carry freight back and forth to the port.

 

Instead, they suggested a much more ambitious plan, which was at the time the greatest project to be undertaken in the whole country: a CANAL!! A long, wide and modern facility who could accomodate lots of ships, and make the trip to and from the port much more efficient!

The construction started as soon as the credits were voted, and went on for years, but it was expected that the outcome would result in a significant development of the region...

 

 

(Sorry... as I said I had planned on a much more interesting update and the development was faster, with a finished canal and all but a bug ruined everything before I could take pics !)

NEXT UPDATE: GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH!!! AND MODERNIZATION

 

 

 

 

[x2230062 0]

WHERE WE'RE AT...

 

For those of you who haven't followed this CJ so far, here's the overall structure of Ashby Quays (our main city) so far...

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//wherewereatnow.JPG align=baseline>

[DaMaster_architect 0]

*applause*

great idea, that canal! I really like it!

the story is also very interesting. Keep on going!

what will the next poll be?