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The Region of Ocean's Edge

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Entry posted by JohnAJ · October 20, 2015

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A small update this time, with only two pictures - but they're mosaics! Click for full size :-)

1. New Suburban Area in Southrode

First is a picture of the new suburban development in Southrode, next to, but isolated from, the commercial zone. I'm pretty happy with the roads here. I especially like the curves and the cul-de-sacs.

2. Newly Zoned Area in East Edge

This second, huge, picture is of the newly built residential and commercial medium-density buildings in East Edge. I definitely want medium density here, but some of the buildings are pretty tall... I might bulldoze those and make the shorter ones historical. I wish there was some sort of no-skyscrapers-for-medium-density policy.

Bonus Picture: Diamond Interchange at Night

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As I've said before, I don't have any particular plan for this region. I'm just drawing roads and zoning as I'm going along. I plan for the medium-density area in East Edge to eventually culminate in high density further down. Again, all tips are hugely appreciated, especially as to what I should do the closer I get to the coastline - I'm have virtually no experience with coastlines.

Hope you liked the mosaics, and thanks for tuning in again!

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pinkindustry 269

Posted: October 21, 2015

everything looks fantastic. i loved that last picture

one thing i don't understand is the use of soundwalls, i think it would be cool for the highway drivers to have a view of the city and not endless walls

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JohnAJ 253

Posted: October 21, 2015

Thanks! The soundwalls are there because, well... they're soundwalls. A six-lane highway is going to be noisy, and especially the suburbs need to be protected from that noise. As the city gets denser, I'll probably draw a highway through without soundwalls, for more of an urban feel.