Smallville : A serviceable city

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Entry posted by tariely · December 31, 2015

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Smallville is not so small. In fact, it's the second most populated city in the region after Eden Bay which is the Real Thing with mucho skyscrapers et al. (its excuse being that it's where the big seaport is ; but you won't get to see it : P. R. 's pictures of it were destroyed in a fatal computer crash). It was already an urban area when her sisters towns were still villages, and has kept on being the main commercial center (after Eden Bay, of course). For a long time, it was also where people went for their health or their education. Its attraction has lessened now but it still is where you get the best services.

1. Police, (one of the two) hospitals, Kendrick football stadium...

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2. And very early on, it got The Cathedral, St.-Adele -- in more religious times, it was an important symbol, and there was a heated regional debate on which town would get it. The rather overblown Town Hall was built later on, to the envious snickerings of the neighbouring towns.

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3. Perhaps you noticed the bowling alley, in the previous picture. But Smallville's citizenry can practice (relatively) more strenuous sports :

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3.1. The Municipal Stadium

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4. And then, there came The Airport, one of Zabnis Senior's grand projects, with the canalization of the Mathis river.

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6. But it never went beyond the grass phase, because Eden Bay then built its own -- faster, and directly in concrete, no grass stage ! The City Council then overrode the Mayor, counter-proposing a heliport which would shuttle people to Eden Bay's airport. St-Jerome grass airport now is used by the local piloting school -- and gives air rides for your birthday, and parachuting (P. R. had fun.)

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7. The heliport turned out to be a commercial boon for the city that had a big growth spurt at the time. Traffic became hectic, parkings popped up everywhere, pollution rose, the citizen grumbled... The Mayor took drastic measures ; "If you unbuild them, they will stop coming" he said, in a memorable council seance. He itched up parking fees, tripled the bus services (with “green” buses, too) and demolished almost all parkings in town (the last big one, underground, is at the heliport, in fact.). Astute rezoning also helped -- not concentrating commercials or industrials in one place. Smallville is now a walking city. More than two-third of the population walks to work and the bus services are slowly ramped down. And so, like her sister towns, Smallville is now a green city. Very green. Extremely green.

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8. Either where the Mayor (Zabnis Junior now) lives... (it's his daughter's birthday -- Cora Zabnis-Letellier ; she's beeing groomed to take over after him. But more about her later.)

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