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MANCHESTER CITY OF WONDERS
Here we see MANCHESTER the 4th largest city in GREEN COUNTY its a nice place to live and play its a mid size city wit parks a train station and busy downtown. The city sits do north east of CLARK the nations largest city MANCHESTER has a small but busy regional airport that is well used to the max. The city is fun to shop in and wine and dine in the downtown area. The city is home to M.U are MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY home to over 56.098 young minds that love to party hard and work even harder to reach there start to getting a good job in the real world. RIY AND HACKNEY are on the other side of the Genes river the 2 towns have nice homes and wonderful schools ans one large park with ferry service to most of the nation the 2 towns also have train stations and buses that go in to the hart of all the large cities in the area as well as MANCHESTER. The MANCHESTER area is full of life so come and stay and enjoy its views. - 8
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Anedau | The Last City
tariely Thank the post-apocalyptic world for that scene idea Hopefully this update'll quench your curiosity! michael95l Ain't it just awesome? ____________________________________________________________ So here's the full update! Got lazy, so no usual mosaics this time Anedau. A mesmerizing city, full of hope, dreams and the progression of humanity.
Despite the cataclysmic demise of global civlization, pockets of human existence remain on the planet. But the uncertainty of their fates reserve their existences to mere legends and myths, from a world long gone. This city may be all that remains of the glory of human intellect and technological achievement.
Reminders everywhere of what the world and civilization had been reduced to. Some might even say that Anedau's golden-age may all be but a facade in a looming disaster out in the cold reaches of time. But regardless, the city remains a shining symbol of eminent peace and beauty. A wonderous synthesis of history and modern technology. Remnants of the gleaming image the 21st century world provided. It is even fortunate that those who founded this last bastion, could even afford and have the ability to rise a dormant ruin from the ground. May be there is hope. Real hope. May be the so called "lie" isn't a lie at all.
But the truth remains. As the night falls, the activity dies down. The lights begin to pollute the skies. All that remains of the lights that once bore through darkness of the planet. But what we do know is, this is the Last City; and we must defend it to the utmost, regardless of circumstance. And that's it! Visit again when Random & Random has more random for you! - 34
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Exploring Vitarvis #5: Gahan
Bit of a summer hiatus, but even though I haven't been posting, I have still be working on Vitarvis. On today's tour, we're going to the Gahan neighbourhood on Vitarvis's far eastern edge, a place that is almost completely surrounded by water. The updated satellite map below identifies the location in relation to our previous stops. Unlike Point Inglis, Augustein and Piedro, Gahan was never much of an independent entity. Its growth has been entirely the result of the success of Vitarvis. Gahan's seaside location proved to be attractive to suburban residential development and things really took off after the subway (Blue Line) was extended into the area. Over time, the low-density residential has slowly given way to some height and the neighbourhood is now very much an old suburb transitioning to inner city. Gahan is still though a largely low-rise district. In the picture below you can see all of Gahan including Coral Point, Warbler Pond, Gahan Beach and the Gahan Crossroads. The high-rises of Muriel Square and the waters of Lake Presario dominate the background with the Vitarvis skyline visible on the distant horizon. From down at street level in Gahan of course, you wouldn't see Vitarvis's towers. First stop is Coral Point. This jagged bit of rock is named for the coral reef that is located just below the surface on the sheltered northern side of the point. The reef is a popular stop for snorkellers while the Point is a great place to walk catch a fantastic sunrise over the sea every morning. The number bus route terminates in the road circle on the point and connects all the way to Downtown. Walking from the point, you can follow a path down to the seaside to enjoy the sand at Gahan Beach. Gahan Beach is Vitarvis's least popular beach because it's located at the bottom of a steep stoney hillside. Paths have been built to provide access, but it still means a long walk out at the end of the day. On the flipside, Gahan beach doesn't get the crowds of Vitarvis's other beaches, which means that it's popular with anyone who doesn't mind a little bit of a hike in exchange for a bit more space and solitude.
Here you can see the substantial engineering that had to occur to provide a second access route down to the beach. It was a tricky walkway to build and design because of the steep hillside. The project ended up being way bigger than the surface path that was originally envisioned and of course ended up way over budget. Still, it does the job without creating additional erosion problems. Up the hill from the beach, Warbler Pond Park breaks up Gahan's street grid. Named after the large flocks of warblers that would gather in the trees on its shores, the park is much more urban now and the flock of warblers are greatly diminished. It's still a favourite promenade for locals though. Low-rise residential used to completely surround Warbler Pond, but high-rise development has shown up in recent years on the southern end along Merit Road and on the western end close to the Gahan Crossroads.
Strolling in Warbler Pond Park Looking east over Warbler Pond towards Coral Point. The old McCormick Building has been recently refurbished into high end condos. The patio on the top offers a $1,000,000 view of the Pond and sea with units on the upper floors priced to match. Two main roads meet in the centre of Gahan, Muriel Avenue and Balcom Street. Muriel Avenue takes you towards Muriel Square and, eventually, Downtown Vitarvis while Balcom Street is the only road that runs along the north side of Lake Presario to Tignus Hill. The intersection of Muriel and Balcom is known locally as the Gahan Crossroads and blocks around the Crossroads function as Gahan's commerical hub. The Crossroads is also a major transit hub, featuring the second last stop on the Blue Line Metro and two intersecting bus routes. When the Metro was built, several small heritage buildings on the corner had to be demolished leaving a blank wall behind on the surviving historic Lanekirk Building behind it. There has been talk of putting a mural on the Lanekirk Building's blank wall for years, but, so far, nothing has come of it. The Crossroads from above. Note the stream of ambulances just past the intersectoin. For some reason, Gahan Hospital is a go to place for emergency services and the dispatch of ambulances is constant (not sure why Cities Skylines is picking this hospital so much but it is). A siren is a steady sound at the Crossroads. Just down from the Crossroads on Balcom Street is Rosebloom Row, a stretch of rowhouses built into the side of the hill.
Rosebloom Row is overlooked by the twin Tobek Corporation Towers. Tobek Corporation is a real estate holding company and, in actuality, only occupies a few floors of Tower 1. The rest of the space is leased out to a variety of firms that want a convenient location, but not at Downtown Vitarvis prices. Before the Tobek office development, the rowhouses of Rosebloom use to extend all the way across the block. Looking up Balcom Street. Muriel Square to the left (a future update), Lake Presario and Coral Point. One final shot of the low-rise residential development that still characterizes much of Gahan. You can see the Tobek Towers to the left and the Crossroads at the top of the hill. That's all for now. Hope you've enjoyed your visit to Vitarvis. - 5
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III and IV: Mountain Lakes and the Hinterland
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A New Begining: From Tiny to Moderate
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Introduction: Geography, Geology, and City Environs
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Gastaram is a major city within the nation of Teodoros. With its deeply rooted Spanish influence throughout its history, the city at present is a metropolis combining a bit of the old and a lot of the new. The city is nestled in an enclosed estuary along the Gastaram bai, a perfect haven for docking vessels and sea traders during its early days. Geography and Geology:
Before we go around the city let me discuss a bit regarding its topographic setting. The geography around Gastaram undoubtedly forms a dramatic background against the modern skyline of the present city. The region is comprised of northwest-southeast trending mountain ridges bounding a shallow estuary onto which three major rivers (Languine, Oltrano, and Gastaram) drain. *upper left label: Languine river; upper right label: Oltrano river; lower label: Gastaram river; left label: Estuario Gastaram The mountain ridges are mainly composed of diorite (an igneous rock) thus profoundly influencing the weathering of these ridges, which often show smooth rolling slopes. Upstream of the Languine river, the Languine Canyon incised deeply on the ridge with steeply dipping slopes on both sides.
The NW-SE trending of the ridges is mainly influenced by faults, also trending NW-SE. In fact, The Languine and Gastaram rivers are influenced by the Gastaram Fault, an active fault known to have generated major earthquakes in the past. That's it for a quick overview of the topographic setting of the city of Gastaram. I'll be presenting the city itself on my next journal entry but for now I'll leave you with a few peeks of the city itself.- Read More
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Renaissance Charm
Feel the Charm of Old Times! Inspired by old european cities which preserved their reach history, this little town combines architectural styles of different time periods. Ancient, medieval and, most importantly, renaissance cultural heritages can be found all over this charming place, located somewhere in Northern Europe!
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A Tale of the Town to the South: Aviata Bay
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Visit NYC in Daylight!
Speaking of Lights reminds me that somewhere else people mentioned that there are too many Nightlshots and only a few Dayviews.Well you got me on this one.
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Tokyo recreation CJ is back!! Very big update.
Hello, Neonsim here. Alot of you may remember me, i think, to the new comers welcome to my Recreation of Tokyo Japan using Google Earth, I say recreation because i'm recreating all of it, The 23 major wards, Railways, Freeways, small cities and towns inside of the Metropolitan Area of Tokyo. all the Way to Tokyo Bay and the Haneda international Airport. this is going to take a long time to finish...years really, but i've got a great start...and lucky for me, the outskirts of Tokyo...are just Residential houses and schools... where as the center is the Grit and girth of office buildings...residential towers and etc. So with out further ado, it has been quite awhile CJ readers and bloggers, i have not been on the CJ in some time, iv'e been so busy with other things in my life plus my sim city 4 not being able to load my region which was absolutely devastating as this CJ has taken so long to make and still is today and still have so long to go in the future, but now that i can finally access it, i am more excited then ever to bring you the most detailed and realistic recreation of the whole of Tokyo that i can possibly manage, from Shibuya...to Shinjuku and everything in between, i have already been ,mapping out roads, highways and rail ways around the map, as you will see in the Transportation overview, I have been working on separate areas rather then staying in one place only seeing as how the city is so large. In this update i will be showing updates on my Akihabara, Aka electric town, Akihabara 秋葉原！Imperial Palace and Shidome,roppongi. But first a Transportation and satailite overview. Here you can see i have been connecting the freeways and railways of the Tokyo region, Center is the imperial gardens which i am currently working on at the moment, The purple rail line you see is the Yamanote line that runs from the south of tokyo to the Akihabara Station and onwards, (Imperial gardens is the lastest Green land in Tokyo behind Yoyogi park and Shinjuku Gyoen International Gardens, The imperial grounds also feature Nippon Budokan, a collesium like Tokyo Dome. I have to move the Ginza, as Ginza is right under the Main Yamanote Station in the Imperial palace area in Chiyoda. A Satalite Image. These two pictures are from late 2014, to keep you in suspense, I have finished alot more than what you see now it's a surprise though Imperial Palace and Gardens. Tokyo Japan. This is what i currently have for the Imperial Gardens area, i terraformed out the River system(still needs some smoothing work) but got the length and width correct going by how large the actual avanues are in real life, at the top Left you can see the Yamanote line which will also feature the Yamanote Ginza Station. In the lower Center You can see the Green Nippon Budakon Collesium, This area is located in the ward of Chiyoda. A close up of Budakon. Nippon Budakon and the Innercular Toll Road, apart of the C1 loop from shinjuku. A close up of the palace and the inner grounds. I tried to get these areas as close to possible on a real life scale, i find using Google Earth 3d view...is extremely helpful for this. I still have to add gardens and a lake within the grounds, It's amazing how this massive oasis is nothing but a pebble in the urban chaos and concrete jungle of Tokyo. Shidome Skyline, Tokyo Japan. Here is small update of the Shibuya outter area which includes shidome, Roppongi and etc. the highway you see snaking through is the C2 outter toll road. Downtown with the super cool ative shidome tower.(right) Shinjuku Skyline, Tokyo Japan. Some pictures of Shinjuku downtown(Skyline) just for good measure. The freeway you see by the Shinjuku park tower(the building with 3 towers together in the top left) is called C1 inner loop, which snakes it's way through shinjukugocomae, the massive station you see at the bottom middle is Shinjuku station. which takes millions of passengers a day. The complex to the left with the UI bubble is the Eastern Japan Railway HQ. Fun fact, there are over (Try counting all the buildings in this picture.) it's almost dizying how many there are, puts you in a mini culture shock. Akihabara!! And a storm trooper, with a guitar. AKIHABARA!!! My hands down favorite area of Tokyo, All of the Anime, Manga, Games, and just any kind of Electronic you can find in general can be found here. Zoomed out. The Rail line you see is the Yamanote line, (coming from the middle down to the main Station in the right (Akihabara Station) The Three main towers you see are part of the Aki Cross feild Complex(Akihabara Crossfeild UDX) home to Many, many, many Animation studios, a animation university, and a high school. the massive Building in the back is the Akihabara Yodobashi akiba, the largest Electronics store in the world. On the main strip, you can see many familiar Akihabara buildings, such as LAOX, sega arcade, Taito game station, AOKI, Shonsen tower, Don Quijote, Animate and many many more.My otaku Sims love them very much. The buildings and streets are point and square where they are located in real life, Again...thanks to the 3d view on Google Earth(A life saver) zoomed in. Night I don't remember the name of the Lighting mod i used for Day and night, But it's amazing. I'm telling you right now, working on this Recreation and CJ has just been an absolutely amazing and incredible experience, Recreating one of the largest cities on earth in fine detail is no Easy task not by any long shot. I could have aproached this with something that looks similar, but no, I want Tokyo down to fine details in different wards. Well that's all for now, thank you for reading, please be sure to rate and Follow, as i have Much more to show you. - 29
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The city in development (I.)
This is the first entry, and I'm new to the journals. Although I've played SC4 for a long time, I haven't much recently. The city of Columbia is a growing metropolis, growing slowly but surely. The city has around 340,000 people, and has buses, monorails, subways and freeways. The industries are moving out to the next-door industry city, and the city is slightly growing finally. (I use NAM and CAM) To the far right, you may see several nuclear plants. This is the Columbia Regional Power Station, a 9-unit Nuclear Plant serving the vicinity, but not the whole region. (to be upd.) -
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Hosur .. spike in real estate
A sudden surge in residential and industrial demand in Webzone region has resulted in birth of a new city, Hosur. This area is in good proximity with recent industrial township planned by government. And where there is job, there are people ! Land prices are going very high in Hosur and looks like it will be sprawling city very soon.- Read More
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Another quick lazyness update
I'm sorry there are no replies, but I'm really not in the mood to formulate some answers. The next time, I promise^^ I... build some new one-family houses along the rail tracks... I... added some w2w areas. And essentially, that's it! I'm sorry there isn't any more new-build stuff in this town, but I just started to play Sc4 again, so please don't judge me! Replies will be written the next entry. Promise. and something german: I hope this entry isn't too unconventional^^ Have a nice...night^^- Read More
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Entry 6: Going Vertical!
Entry 6: Going vertical Well as you've probably guessed today were going to revisit the city of Sinato and its surrounds after its a seen a large amount of recent vertical growth. With the decision made to house the immigrants flowing into the country into higher buildings rather than continuing to spreading outwards we take a look at some of that vertical growth today in this entry. Jumping straight in we'll take a look at overview of the city as it currently stands and then take a closer look at some of the areas that you'll find in it. As you can see there are now areas where large housing blocks have taken over as a more efficient means of housing the growing populace of the city. As such areas like these are now commonly popping up as the population continues to grow, where a small communal park is slowly surrounded by tall buildings. As you can see though not all of these new buildings are overly tall, but they can all pack in more families than the old single and two storey houses used too. Also due to the terraced nature of the city you can now see strips of commercial premises sepperated, in this case form housing, by the terraces creating several of these wide boulevard streets in the city, all providing small amounts of relaxation in a increasingly noisy and busy city. Despite the large population gain on the island as we now hit 20,000 citizens and the focus of this entry on vertical growth not all of it has been so. Despite the growth in the centre of the city largely allowing the majority of people who lived in the low wealth places like Campton to move into housing tenements the newer residents of the island are still filling the vacated properties and even spreading outwards. Like can be seen here, this time though on the eastern side of the city rather than Cmapton itself. Although these are still small homes for families as you can see they have been improved from the old shacks that used to populate this area (and also Campton now that the sewage outlets have been removed form the shoreline there). They do still have the close knit and confined feel though with all the narrow and muddy streets which as you can see is causing slight issues with access especially for the emergency services. Meanwhile other knock on effects of a growing population and city centre has been felt in other towns, more so in Garinto than anywhere else. Previously a quiet village on the edge of the city near Campton, it has now been used as the site of a strip mall funded by the government to boost commerce in the growing city, with the main building being the large mall you can see at the front of this picture. Other than this there has been some small growth in the various settlements around the region as well as a few new ones springing up. Mostly though like the large amount of growth that has occurred in Sinato this has occurred in the larger settlements such as Jintara (shown here) and Lafeyette. All this growth however has led to several rising issues the most prominent being the growth of traffic on the roads, mainly the motorway into the city which has led to this rather odd interchange/ termination of the motorway outside the city. Now although this looks fine at the moment it does have its spikes of tailback and its not going to be long before traffic starts to build up in the centre of the actual city. As such there are currently ongoing talks regarding the creation of a through city highway, though these are pretty early stage at the moment so we don't actually have any solid information on them for the time being so instead lets finish this entry with a overview of what the island currently looks like. - 6
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Intricate Town Hall Design | Cities XXL #1
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City Overview
Here is a quick overview of Austin and the many neighborhoods throughout. Here we have the entirety of Central Austin (so far) Downtown Austin is right along the north bank of the Red River (north is the left side of the photo, south is the right). Midtown is directly East of Downtown and surrounds Loring Park, the large green space right along the river. North Austin is across the Loring Memorial Highway from Downtown and encompasses the city of Harrison, Denton, and Orchard Park. North of Orchard park and Denton is the J.M. Harrison International Airport. The Airport is one of the busiest in the United States, serving millions of passengers per year. J.M. Intl was originally focused on domestic flights, connecting to airports such as Atlanta, Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles. But after a recent expansion in the 80's, including an addition of two new terminals and 3 new runways. AJM is now servicing over 2 million international passengers a year. Downtown by helicopter. Austin's main downtown surrounds Phillips Square, an 8 way interchange that connects the city's major avenues. Directly west of Phillips Square is the Federal District which houses several government and other important buildings. These include the Capitol, Austin City Hall, Harrison County Court House, several federal offices, and the Cathedral of St. John. Past the Capitol building is the New Financial District, which is made up of dozens of tall glass offices, all built within the last 20 years. East of Downtown is Midtown which is mostly mid-rise apartments with the occasional office building. Midtown is suprisingly home to Austin's tallest building, the Pinnacle. The Pinnacle is a 842 foot tall primarily financial and banking building with it's main tenants being Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo. But the Pinnacle's title may fall within the next few years as many pending projects aim to take it away. Here we have North Austin, mostly low density residential and commercial, there are a few commercial hubs that rise above the surrounding homes. This picture includes the cities of Denton (bottom), Orchard Square (Top Left) and Harrison (to the right of Orchard Square) View from the beginning of the east suburbs, The Pinnacle dominates the skyline with the rest of downtown sitting behind it. To the right of the picture, the newly constructed Harrison International Finance Center can be seen with North Austin in the background. -
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8. East Downtown
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Japan Recreation（日本作成日時）- Teaser（ティーザー）
I am so sorry that I haven't been posting recently. My last update was in March, right before April, the start of my College years. Since then, it has been much harder to find a proper balance between school and SimCity 4. But anyway, I have been working on a little something, and I think it would be good to show you. But before that, I must reply to the comments: REPLIES: Tonraq: Thank you for telling me that. It really is great advice for one who is going into new environment with all sorts of new things. jmsepe: Thank you for commenting. Ultimate727: I know! It seems like they're coming like, every day now! tankmank: Thank you for your comment and for your sympathy for the people of Tagawa. kschmidt: Thank you for your comment. Kim Sunwoo: I know, right? It really will look cool! I hope that you are entertained by this Teaser, as well. Sexysark: Thank you for commenting here. Mymyjp: Thank you, Mymyjp! Thank you for cheering me on! TEASER: 1. The next update's downtown area, along with train station. The small city's name will be revealed in the next update! Hopefully, I'll be able to get the next update down soon and be able to deliver a proper update. Thank you for viewing and Sayonara! Comment, and feel free to ask about where I got the mods from!
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year 2016! It is a present for you ! Enjoy it. Download!! (600MB) My HP:Here! Youtube Sample ### It made by Japanese version, so doesn't show city and mayor name in other language version, sorry.### ### But, you can play (and rename) it! ###- Read More
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TMW - Rosetta Nebula | Alpha Draconis (Intro)
Welcome. This City Journal is dedicated to the recreation of the entire Mass Effect Galaxy; that being it's known worlds. This is complimentary to the 'proper' Mass Effect: Beyond City Journal, as a reference and information page to the galaxy's worlds (in any case, the ME:GC lacks the story oriented writings and presentations that ME:Beyond normally provides). This will be done systematically: first, system by system, star cluster by star cluster, then mentioned systems with unknown galaxy locations will be listed. Each planet revealed will be accompanied with a single image and information input, on top of the planetary overview display. This will give you the chance to glimpse all the galaxy's planets. This CJ will likely end once all planets and notable stellar objects and systems are covered. ________________________________________________________________________________________ First off, let's start with the star cluster; Rosetta Nebula in the Terminus Systems, at a known star system by the formal designation Alpha Draconis. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Stars : 1 Planets : 2 Notable Natural Satellites : 0 Notable Dwarf Planets or Asteroids : 0 Notable Artificial/Orbital Stations : 0 Detected as an Earth-like world via telemetry by human scientists based in the Enoch system in 2165 CE, 2175 Aeia became of special interest to the Human Systems Alliance upon its finding. The deployment of flyby probes sent specifically to monitor and verify the scientific hypothesis of Aeia, it became upgraded to a garden world colonization priority when initial scans and images of the planet verified its garden world state. However, when an Alliance survey ship, the SSV [Hugo] Gernsback, was dispatched to the system in 2173, the ship inexplicably stopped reporting back, effectively blacking out upon reaching the system. Later unofficial surveys of the planet made by the 'then-Cerberus' human vessel, the Normandy SR-2 and its crew detected and confirmed the planet's nitrogen-oxygen atmospheric makeup. The planet's atmosphere suggested carbon-based fauna and photosynthetic flora. however the Normandy's extraction of Gernsback survivors, found evidence of neural-degeneration when native flora was consumed by non-native sapients. Later years and further scans of the planet have made it a rather undesirable world, currently moderately ranking on the Alliance's colonization priority. (The above depiction is of 2175 AR2's largest moon; Unnamed) A large gas giant world, and second from the star Alpha Draconis; the formally unnamed world, known only as its catalog name 2175 AR2, is a standard hydrogen-helium Jovian. Initial surveys of the planet detected the world and 21 natural satellites. One moon of particular interest, yet to be named, is of a near-earth size, and contains a relatively thick nitrogen-methane atmosphere. The few observations made by short probe flybys of the unremarkable system yielded evidence of hydrocarbon seas and lakes; similar to that of Saturn's moon, Titan. It's other moons are largely airless, with only one other moon that appears to have a substantial atmosphere. _______________________________________________________________ -
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Growth of the Imperial City
Growth of the Imperial City The modern city of Yasaka started as a simple small town on the banks of the river Natsuku. During an expedition loggers found the remains of the Imperial Castle Matsumoto so named after the towering mountain that lay a far reaching shadow over the settlement. This sparked a population boom around what would become the Imperial district. Yasaka the original town was soon absorbed into the metropolis we see today. Yasaka Village: The Original Logging enterprise was a modest enterprise: Now Yasaka is the cosmopolitan, financial and cultural capital of the Natsuku region, and has grown far beyond its ancient Imperial ancestry. Tourists flock to the city to climb Mt Matsumoto and view the city from the Sky Temple, the cities oldest temple... The view offers panoramic vistas of the city below with the colossal financial towers jetting up skyward. Eva Air Jet takes off from Yasaka The City View from the Sky Temple is a popular spot for tourists who can take in the vista: The Walk up to the Sky Temple, Tourists can also visit the Yasaka Star Observatory next door: The Imperial district is home to the Japanese Castle where the emperor visited as a retreat from official business, now business men and tourists alike delight in the gardens and the castles majestic surroundings. Else where in the city there is plenty to do including mega shopping malls, art museums and opera houses! The Cities Skytrain network supplements the metro system speeding commuters above the bustling streets below, jetting through the towers of the city and connecting you to the cities marvels! Matsumoto Castle, Imperial District Yasaka's Mega mall along the waterfront is a shoppers delight: A Temple in Kenji District: Yasaka's Skytrain network is popular for touring the sprawling city though lacks speed and efficiency of the metro: Yasaka is based on a SC4 city I created once, some of the custom assets I created myself such as the Sky temple/Orange Japanese Temple. The Castle is by another player on the workshop. I miss all the content for SC4 such as stuff by Somy and the HK Asia bat team but Skylines is doing very well with many magnificent workshop items available... HK Asia bat team pleas make stuffs for skylines! Current Areal view of the City Yasaka: Thanks for visiting -Lew1984/Optron Warrior -
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Issue 1: Independence is calling!
OOC: Right, this will be a CJ with a bit of a difference. Basically I got Tropico 5 on a whim today and have decide to start up a little CJ so you can watch me probably fail horrendously as I try to keep my little piece of paradise in the Caribbean running smoothly! To anyone wondering no this doesn't mean that my CSL CJ's are finished as this will be more of a side project (though will probably be played a fair amount at first, new game syndrome and all). Now some of you may have seen my first attempt at this. Well I've tried again and restarted the CJ with medium difficulty as I just kept dying to military coups with very hard settings. Still it should be a interesting journey so I hope you stick around! I'm really not sure how long I'll last before I'm shot or something. As for how I want to rule I have a vague idea but as we all know plans don't ever survive first contact so it should be interesting. Anyway I hope you all enjoy watching me fail and don't forget to comment and laugh at me as we follow the progress from Colonial to hopefully the future, of a small island called Nomico! Issue 1: Nomico, A Caribbean Paradise! El Presidente Jacobo Gabmerico here and I'd like to welcome all to the paradise that is Nomico! Apparently granted too me by my generous king I have some sort of mandate to rule this island for a bit or something along them lines. Truth be told I don't really plan on leaving if I can help it as, everyone knows I'm obviously a brilliant leader and president! Anyway I suppose first I should introduce myself El Presidente himself for the island of Nomico here in the Caribbean (I'm not entirely sure where in the Caribbean mind you, I was pretty drunk on the voyage over so didn't really take much notice of where we were going). Don't mind the bio I love spending money really (provided it benefits me that is). Anyway lets get on with it shall we. Lets see, this was the view as we pulled into port, apparently I'd sent an advisor ahead or something while in my drunken state as it seemed we have a larger port than what the King told me we would. Also I'd managed to upset the Kings advisor, old Oaksworth already by agreeing to some shady Dutch guys trading deals on the way over. I mean he was offering it at a quarter of the price that the crown was so what was I meant to do? I didn't want to completely annoy the crown this early though so I did acknowledge his majestys rather odd request for coffee in some sort of attempt to raise money to build a underwater palace. Right As such our farming endeavours quickly grew (though not all of it was based on coffee production) and soon we had a rival sizeable amount of farming going on (secretly stockpiling money and food for the revolution!) Meanwhile, apparently I may have had a bit too much fun on the voyage over as I seem to have a heir (or at least that's what old Oakworth is saying).Going by the name of Adan he was apparently decided by a arm wrestling competition (this island is crazy) he has dreams of becoming a rich landlord or something. Whatever, he seems to be able to build housing cheaper than I can so I'll let him get on with it. Speaking of which old Oakworth wanted me to build some mansions for him and his chums so I decided to build these houses instead to house some of the revolutionaries. Sorry Oakworth, you have the money, they have the houses. They also have a local pub because every settlement needs one of those. While this has all been happening our industry hadn't stopped working (around the clock hours here in Nomico) and our port has expanded by quite a lot to allow all them smuggl.. I mean legitimate traders to buy our goods. At this point we also figured out how not to shoot yourself in the face with a musket and built this fort. Old Oaksworth might be getting a bit wary of our whole revolution plan but don't worry we should be fine for a bit. Several years later we apparently have a large amount of support for the revolution and Old Oaksworth is looking ever more worried. Which is probably justified given that we declared independence several months later. Here you can see our brave revolutionaries fighting off Oaksworth pals as they try and storm the palace! Unfortunately they managed to overpower our brave soldiers and almost made it too the palace but for the towers I'd wisely built around it. Luckily though they didn't manage to completely break everything. Still as you can see the aftermath of the fight is pretty close with only a couple of towers left. Anyway with the island firmly under my control it was time for me to write up a constitution. Firstly everyone can vote. This doesn't really bother me as I don't plan on letting them vote that often anyway. Secondly everyone's free to worship whoever they want as long as they also worship me of course. Thirdly on account of how close the revolution was we've decided on allowing all citizens to fight for their island should they need too. Anyway with the constitution written up and peace ensuing its time for me to go put my feet up for a bit. Apparently half the world is at eachothers throats but as long as they don't come bothering us I'll leave them too it. Till next time El Presidente Jacobo Gabmerico of Nomico Island OOC: Decided to start over on a lower difficulty as I kept getting killed in the very hard settings. Lets see how far we get this time shall we. -
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Lovely airport! Nice to see Pan Am made a comeback in your city! -
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