Ten shots - Pretty while it lasts! - 07/26/2007
| OK this is a ten shot update... bit like those Roman Candle Fireworks ... pretty while it lasts! Over in a hiss and a roar...
There have been some changes downtown since you last visited... the motorway now connects to the Harbour Bridge the approach of which begins in the lower right hand corner.
The Mayor's house had to be relocated further back to allow the motorway through - even Mayor's are not expempt the might of the bulldozer if need dictates.
And just to keep our dear Cleaner475 happy a couple of night shots...
Scotty - you will notice that a couple more West Plaza buildings have showed up... the virtual sim building selector thingy, controlling my plugin folder must really like that one... they grew all of their own accord!
OK there has now been some development around Mt Wellington. There is now a loop road (as in RL) to the summit where there is a nice reserve and a park. I have a wonderful memory as a child flying a kite on the top of that mountain... it was the best kite ever and it flew the highest of all the others on that day... the secret? A tail made from nylon stockings.... true story!
West Side - there is now a small comunity living in the shadow of the collapsed crater where the old lava flow came out.
In RL this side has a large (now worked out) quarry. The quarry "hole" is now earmarked for residential development and parks. At one time the council was thinking about making it into a landfill however the local residents of St John's and Ellerslie were not too impressed with that idea! NIMBY! (Not in my back yard...)
Eastside facing the Tamaki river... this (and the southside) is the face I am most familiar with having grown up in Pakuranga. Please note that the lava flowed the other way....
Southside - I remember going for a bike ride as a kid up to the top... Once. Puff.
A look into the crater - you will see the remnants of the large scoria lava rocks that still litter the bottom of the crater...
And just because I like to show you under the hood occasionally....
You will see that my mayor rating is holding good ... it is now year 347.
We have good postive monthly cashflow, tax is currently at 9% however I have just recently ramped up the agriculture tax rate to 20%... the farm land is becoming ... well how did it go again...?
"Too valuable for cows to poop on..."
No money cheats here - all this has been built fair and square with funds as they become available.
The only cheat I regularly use is the (alt+shift+ctrl > click on God mode) to allow me to use all the God mode terraforming tools again...
So there you have it! I hope you have enjoyed the lastest installment.
STOP PRESS!
In news just to hand we have just had notification, that the seismonitors scattered around various strategic locations in Auckland have been recording some unusual activity... please stay tuned for further developments....
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