Jennai | Open Happiness
Hellken: Thank you! I'd love to see some of your cities.
grstudios: Thank you!
MilitantRadical: Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.There are stairs there every three tiles, it's just there is only one set visible on that corner.
Forthwall: Thanks. Now that you mention it, I guess you can!
dubaidude303: Thanks!
Benedict: Thank you. You'd probably get a nasty surprise if the beach gave way to empty nothingness very quickly!
Huston: Thank you. I always like to put some parks in, not only does it make it look nicer but it helps stimulate some growth. And yes, the Beehive! I got quite a few comments about that when I posted a teaser on the AIN, surprised by how many members knew what it was.
Hazani Pratama: Thanks.
ImVhOzzi: My city centre's are plopped but all residential areas that you see are grown. My cities and towns and villages are all functional and have no dilapidation.
bhk5437: Thanks! Check out the CSX WFK series on the Simcity4 Devotion BSC LEX. You need to register first.
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Welcome to Porthis, in the north of the city of Jennai. West of the harbour that we've been visiting recently, Porthis is on the edge of the city's gritty urban zone, and is the start of numerous, flowing, sprawling suburbs.
The town centre is small but dense, focused in a narrow strip between the railway station and dual carriageway. Coca-Cola has its Cattalian headquarters in the city, as does Barclays Bank. Outside of this core of business, most of Porthis is residential.
Rapidly developed after the Second World War, it benefits from the railway link to Jennai Harbour and two Metro stations. Sprawling suburbs begin in Porthis, and it has actually grown more urban in recent years with several of the 1950s housing estates ripped up for plush new apartment complexes.
Porthis has a considerable shopping district, stretching between the office towers around the railway station. They've now begun spreading out towards the town's main schools, which have both been under pressure to sell off land since the value has sky-rocketed.
The metropolitan borough council has invested heavily in making Porthis bicycle-friendly. It has the most extensive cycle network in the city, extending out from the station to the hospital, business centres, suburbs and the park and ride facility.
It is continuously being expanded, with a new stretch currently under construction east of the station, heading past the court and down into Histablanc Court.
Most of the town's residents are either commuters to Jennai Harbour, or office workers in the port. Historically, the working class used to dominate in much of Porthis, but in recent decades they have left because of spiralling house prices. Now, the middle classes rule over the suburbs and a modern urban class has succeeded the factory staff in the town centre.
To the east, Histablanc Court is an example of the transformation that has occurred across Jennai since the war. The traditional piazza has been preserved, but instead of casas for la famiglia, luxury apartments and European townhouses have been built and now crowd around the square. Bankers, office drones and managers wind their way around in suits and ties, instead of labourers and dockers wearing his tascu.
To end today's update, a bit of news on AINVision! As many of you will know, Cattala won the 2012 competition and will be hosting this year's contest. A bidding competition was held between Celeste and Jennai and the Harbour Arena was announced as the host venue for the 2013 AINVision Song Contest, which I hope to simulcast here as well as at the AIN.
Thank you for viewing Cattala today.
Thomas
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