I've actually kept this city up for over 5 real years now--it's something of my baby (and growing approximately in real time!). I've pretty much built out the entire region to 12-years beyond the first post, if the growth is a little unrealistic (about 35-40% per year).

We come to the region in 1972, the nation of Pacific Columbia, and it's two key cities, Reyesville and Lydian, are wealthy burgeoning metropolises. The greater Reyesville region, which includes Lydian has exceed 1.25 million in population (About 900k more than where we last left it). Needless to say, we see a very different city today.

Reyesville is experiencing growing pains as a new federal city, boom town and darling of the nation's economy, and aggravating hurdles to city-planning. These are exacerbated by an ongoing rivalry with Lydian, the nation's cultural center and transportation hub, played out in the national political scene. Liberal immigration policies and booming economy are driving a demographic shift in Pacific Columbia towards urban cities. The Lydian political block largely backs rural policies while advancing it's own agenda regarding it's status, manifesting itself in issues such as transportation and economy. Lydian is a natural hub for the nation's road, rail, and shipping networks and it desires the nation's main airport. Reyesville supported an urban agenda with itself at the center of the nation's economy.

Nearly every infrastructure planning decision from WWII until c.1975 was colored by this debate. And so begins the story of the region mapped below:

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