More Updates From Taraville
Haven't shown much from Taraville recently. Last we saw, it was a small town to the north of the capital, Balboa City. But since then, Taraville has grown into a larger city, with over 70,000 Residents.
Taraville owes its economic strength to it's position. The splits in the river around the island prevented the direct transportation of goods directly to Balboa City to the south. Therefore, raw materials from the north and the west came to Taraville first to be either a) repackaged for further shipment, or b) used to create finished goods to be shipped all over the nation and elsewhere.
The ports are so key to the Taraville's Economy:
All those raw goods created a strong industry, which in turn created a ton of wealthy merchants. Of course, they seemed to want their own neighborhood.
Taraville's people tended to resent Balboa City's reputation as the "big city" and so they made every effort to have every luxury afford to a city twice its size. Here we can see the great university built, larger with the funds of the wealthy merchants and for their students. Over time, however, it was donated to the City, expanded, and made open to every citizen.
All that education mixed with the rich history in industry and manufacturing led Taraville to become Balboa's leader in high technology.
However, the dirtier industries still ruled Taraville's economy. While making many wealthy, the industries left left the rivers a tad worse off:
Over the years, Taraville's medium income grew and more of its citizens would no longer tolerate such filthy conditions. A series of environmental laws were enacted to force the industries to clean up. And, it's clear that the laws (plus a greening policy) had some impact.
Taraville effectively shut down the expansion of anything other than high-tech industry. In the next entry, you will see how Taraville's decision will spark the growth of East Port!
Bonus Update: Jankowski Farms!
I've just begun to fill in the rest of the region. Here we have some nice photos of Jankowski Farms. Adalbert Jankowski immigrated from Poland to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush in 1853, but by that time most good opportunities were gone. He moved to Balboa in the spring of 1854 and started a small farm. Others sprung up around his, and soon a small town formed.
The "downtown" and train station. Those apartment buildings are brand new and subject to a lot of controversy.
The small freight station just down the street:
The one-building school. I don't know if a taco stand is the healthiest thing for the kids to have right next door, but it's nicely situated around a bunch of parks and rec, and a nice orange grove.
That's all for today! remember, Update on east Port tomorrow (and I bet more on Balboa City too--growth has been amazing!)
Check back!
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