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Welcome to the Rock Hills!

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The Rock Hills is one of the regions fastest growing regions, despite difficult terrain.To the south of the area, the northern suburbs of Brighton sprawl across the area.

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In the centre of the image is the end of the M703, junction 39, one of the regions largest interchanges. The interchange has been added to and re-built several times, creating this sprawl.

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There is a link road east, which leads to the A636, the major road north. Brighton technology park is located on this route.

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Brighton technology park is a major regional centre for high-tech industry, known for good transport links and government incentives, like reduced-priced land and cheap power.

At junction 39, the roads west lead to Valleyton, a town wedged between two large mountains.

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Developers have only recently started building on the falter land to the south, which was used by farmers to let there animals roam free. Only one farmer does this today, as they fear their livestock will run into a road.

This is one of the most recent developments.

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Developers are deigning new estates in more abstract patterns today, favouring diagonals and roundabouts over the grid pattern. Another major change is the raising of roads over railways, to reduce the number of level crossings, and rush hour congestion. The centeral flyover introduced this concept, with similar schemes being rolled out across the region.

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In the centre of the flyover is the north central rail station, on of Brighton's major stations.

That's all for today, please rate and give feedback!

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It's very interesting to see the development of an alternative version of New York. It's a nice city you build there, and I really like the elevated roads next to the railroad :) . Let me make 2 suggestions and feel free to take them or leave them.

1) Use a [url="https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/68471-plex-on-the-stex-community-support/forum/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=68"][u][b]slope mod[/b][/u][/url]. Slope mods makes your transportation system smoother and more beautiful.

2) Do some terraforming in your land before building your city. Just dragging roads and laying zones is not a good idea. Level the land a bit, make some smooth hills and stairs-like slopes. Check some pictures of San Francisco to get some ideas.

Anyway, keep it up :thumb:

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STEX has alot of custom content that can be downloaded for FREE! please use them
also i advise that you do not make regions with the uneven and inconsistent slopes as yours, it leaves a terrible environment for building cities and cities will appear to be very "ugly" in sc4.

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