Entry 5 - First Troubles (5E127)
Hey hey! Still in Amesbury? Good! Because we've got high unemployment and low..uh, employment? Where is up on this chart?! Does anyone know what the numbers mean? Oh, the approval rating is going down. Well...let's try and fix that?
As it turns out, Amesbury has too few educated workers! So we find ourselves in the weird situation where there is high unemployment (because the uneducated workers that used to work in factories can't get higher jobs), but also many vacant spots as companies desperately try to fill their educated spots. At such, the education budget was quite increased. Now, this high school is special though. Ghosts have appeared in the area! The school is haunted! Happily the city budget plans for pest and supernatural entity extermination. Hmm..this run-down fire station will do nicely... Who ya gonna call?
Meanwhile in the south of the city, just to piss off the municipal electorate of the 5E125 elections, the roundabout was made a... squareabout. A statue of Talos, beloved Tiber Septim who first led the conquest of Cathnoquey, was brought in from Tamriel and erected on the spot. Quickly, complaints that the statue was facing away from the sun in the afternoons emerged. Oh well.
But maybe the most shocking change happened downtown. In the last four years, offices were built, massively draining the educated workforce who were quite happy working somewhere else than at sausage factories. Leading to a lack of more educated workforce. But at least the economy is more diversified now, and that's a great thing if we want to attract more people and companies! There's a train station too, now, but we'll cover transportation in the next entry. Oh! A statue of industry! Makes cims happy and not prone to dissent.
Besides, if cims WERE to dissent, look at the shiny new municipal / county jail! Newgate Prison is planned to host up to 500 inmates, mostly low and medium risk.
Brand new city just hit 50.000 today! The Federal Government has begun promoting Amesbury, hailing it as the "wonder of the Amery Lakes". Amesbury has undergone unfettered expansion and for the sixth consecutive year has the largest population growth of anywhere on the island.
But can it last? Unsure... for meanwhile in the southern parts of the city, more and more houses are abandoned as their unemployed owners cannot pay back their mortgages... And residential demand is sinking, slowly, inexorably...
The new district of Amityville was planned to be filled with more offices, but investing companies became slower to move in...
But maybe there's something new..tourism! The Amery Lakes are a popular vacation spot, and maybe Amesbury could become the tourism hub of the whole region with some effort. Look at them hailing Industry Allmighty! Ah..The sound of capitalism. Heh heh. Oh, yes, the dismantling of Crest Heights is complete now. Industry made way for offices. Maybe that's why unemployment went up now I think about it...
But while the streets look empty off rush hour, something will need to be done soon about traffic. Maybe a bus system?
Besides, the rural highways can only hold so much. For the outlying cities like Gilmore, a bus network or some kind of public transit or paratransit would be a godsend.
Though, to be fair, life has been made easier for car owner. This is the new exit on the M1, serving Gilmore and the surrounding Amery County. A strange architect, only known as Timboh, is responsible for this one. Ain't it a beauty, though?
And the city is already well on its way to 60.000 inhabitants. New university campus and a bus network : seems like the next step for the Major.
Slowly, educated citizens manage to find jobs and fill vacant spots all throughout the city, and finally unemployment goes down... But the residential demand remains low. Still, out of trouble for now. Offices and more upscale commercial ventures are still happy with our town. Phew.
Time for the major to enjoy some well-earned quiet time in the park facing the newly built City Hall.
And that's it for now! Next entry I'll dabble in transportation! Finally! Until then thank you for viewing and for your feedback. 
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