Update 11- A Wet, Rainy Tour of "The Portland Strip"

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Entry posted by coolwiththecool2 · December 31, 2012

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Replies (Heads up, in this updates some of the pictures have mistakes, and look smaller...)

raynev1- Thanks!

burnzie_16- Thanks!

joshgross- Saving that for the Dec. Census (Next Update). And somewhere in Simtropolis, I have released the new population and region pic already (don't worry, it's not in this update, I would've seen it)

The Portland Strip (Even though the article below was made 3 weeks ago, the pics still agree with it, it should be snowing not raining.

The Portland Strip is the result of a LARGE population boom that mysteriously and surprisingly occurred after "Storm" Rollo. The Portland Strip is a region of development that enters a flat part of land in a mountain range and stretches from one side to another, in which both sides are bordered by rivers (look at the last region pic). The population boom has caused the entire region to start expanding, break new milestones, and double it's pop! And before we start, here is a little hint to the "milestone" riddle, what's the population of Philadelphia? (It's more like Phoenix but closer to Philadelphia)

This is Kaleb C. Parker Middle School, constructed in December 2012 and is overcrowded by nearly 430 students, and located in the Eastern part of The Portland Strip.. PMC (Parker Middle School, the student given name) is located in the eastern, and densest, part of the Portland Strip. The Mayor of Portland decided that The Portland Strip and all of Portland's development west of it will be part of the West Valley's Transport Network, which means all of it is served by bus on the main avenue/ Regional Road (shown in the pic above), and the western part is served by rail.

We are now in the Central part of The Portland Strip.This is the intersection of Regional Road and Happy Valley Road. Regional Road comes down and continues to go West towards the other side of the mountain range and into the West Valley. The Eastern Portland Strip always sees about 2 inches more rainfall than the rest of the region, on average that is. Homes in this part of The Portland Strip have to follow a building code that allows the home to withstand large flows of water, since this side is much steeper than the Western Portland Strip. Speaking of building codes, the entire Portland Strip has another building code that allows them to withstand up to 1 foot of water, since the mountains can generate heavy snow melt in the spring.

We are now in the "Leon" Business District of The Portland Strip, which is the West part of The Portland Strip. The Portland Strip has 2 other business districts, which both also have at least 1 mid-rise skyscraper, and goes by the names Verrardo and Pennyworth. About 75% of residents of The Portland Strip work in either Leon, Verrardo, or Pennyworth, while 10% work outside The Portland Strip, and the remaining 5% work in businesses located on Regional Road.

As we keep traveling down Regional Road, the rain lets up and we encounter heavy, heavy traffic, probably because The Portland Strip lacks freeways, and because there is a lot of apartments over here. After about 10 minutes we exit the bridge, which is only about 2 or 3 blocks long, we see flat land, trees, houses, offices, 2 skyscrapers, and just beautiful urban-ness. Maybe we should walk, its faster, and everyone over here does it, since most of the West Valley is both younger and poorer than the rest of the region.

Walking is much faster, we are at those 2 skyscrapers we just saw. Lets take a picture on our smartphone, (click). Bad picture though, its all foggy and your screen is wet, and people and yelling at you because their hate of tourists. Don't worry about them, plus we can just run away in the fog. Can you believe that all the ? residents of the Portland Metro hate tourists. ? people is way too many to be hating just 1 person. At least the traffic let up, so it doesn't smell like a pool of gasoline anymore...

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