Chapter 2 Book 1- Life in early Joshua City
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Chapter 2- Life in early Joshua City. (2015-2020)
While chapter one mainly dealt with the immigration and surrounding farmland in the early city, chapter two will focus more on the city area itself, starting with the less than distinctive planning. I always envision the future when i envision my cities, therefore i made the main part of the city conform to a grid like pattern, banking on one day this being the central urban area of the city, which would pay off in dividents as i expected when the city grew. The two main roads in the town at this time are Mainstreet Blvd, which was mentioned in chapter one and connects to Highway 47, and James Avenue, which is perpendicular to Mainstreet Blvd and roughly disects the city between north and south, much like Mainstreet Blvd disects it west and east. Both roads are lined with businesses and small offices, which did quite well thanks to being on the cities major roads. Here is a picture of the Mainstreet/James intesection, basically the center of the city at that time.
In this picture you can also see two other significant developments- The towns first elementary school, which at this time also hosted the rest of the cities education needs, including a high school, library, and nightime trade and college courses, as well as the first international company to make camp in my new country- franchising it to a local family that ran it quite efficiently.
The town at this time was small, but a system of wealth levels soon began to develop as some families had the work ethic and talent to superseed others. The wealthiest of the wealthy in the town usually made their riches in the business industry, contrary to the wealthy that lived on and operated the farmlands,
The more middle class citizens usually worked as employees in the shops and businesses, earning a modest income but enough to enjoy life away from the busy and noisy city center, living near the outskirts of the town and particularily enjoying the forests and wildlife.
Finally the lowest class were mostly made up of unskilled laborers who were employees of the farmlands, working the countryside, as well as maids, street cleaners, and those in the construction agency. These people still lived much more comfortably than the poor in most of the world, with single family homes that were small and near the city center, but still much better than hovels and huts they left behind in their old countries. Also noted is that all children recieve a free education, so there is hope for the future of these families to be better.
Finally the last point I will touch on breifly is that of religon. The first religous building in Joshua City was a Lutheran church, which was instituded on my behalf as i myself am a Lutheran. Although all religons are tolerated in the empire and hopefully always will be, the only religon to gain tax exemption benefits is Lutheranism, in my hope to spread my faith in a non oppressive way. Religons within the City will be covered in a later chapter, as well as pictures of many different religous institutions.
The final Picture i leave you with in this chapter is of the area of the first agricultural expansion, which will be covered in chapter 3.
Until The next chapter is released, God bless to all readers of this book.
Chancellor Joshua Kenneth Eshe I, Esq.
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