1st ever CJ entry
I've been a Sim City player since 1998 and up until now Simtrop has been a great resource for downloadable content. I've considered creating a CJ before but never really quite got around to it, or the idea entered my head once a region was completely built out or I got bored with it.
The region I've been working on for the last week or so is set in the Republic of Cascadia. The Cascadia Independence movement is an actual thing in Oregon, Washington, Southeast Alaska, and British Columbia; I've taken an interest in this idea recently and figured I would build a region set in this (maybe) future country.
The map I chose to build on is of the Olympia, Washington area. The region is fictionally referred to as Gray's Harbor(there's a real Gray's Harbor in Washington btw). I tend to build up one or two core cities in a region(depending on size) and fill in the rest with farms, forests, and suburbs.
The city of Gray's Harbor is the county's namesake and seat of government. The city is somewhat smaller with less of a business presence than the nearby city of Chehalis. Downtown is mostly made up of small businesses along a bustling waterfront.
Most employment in the city is at the publicly owned Pacifica University. The school has it's main academic campus west of downtown atop Lair Hill; while the research campus is located in the city's central quadrant.
Gray's Harbor is well served by a streetcar system. Transit use is high and residents enjoy short commutes. The system operates frequently during the day and late into the night. Most neighborhoods in the city were built with transit, walkability, and quality of life in mind.
Pacifica University is not only the city's primary employer, it's a boon to it's economy. It's programs in science and the arts draw students from around the nation, and it's prestigious research campus provides thousands of jobs to theoretical and quantum physicists, medical researchers, and scientists from nearly every discipline.
To end this first entry is an overview of the city.
Next up: the city of Chehalis
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