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A City Journal by KCJC

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This is technically two full city journals and some side projects all wrapped up together. Full Information post coming soon.

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Bonus: Cxefurbo Summit Pics

By KCJC,

Hey folks, Since my last update got such a good response I decided to release a few of the pictures I have sitting around that have never been shown on Simtropolis. This particular set have been shown on the USNW site as part of a summit event. These pics are not new, and I have not resumed updating Insulo. Maybe one day I will be able to get back into Insulo, but it's going to be a while. Enjoy, Jon
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This side project will likely have at least one or two more updates, but i'm not yet sure if they'll be consecutive. There may be a Kaskaskia Update in between them, depending on how the city I'm building right now turns out. Thank you all for reading, all feedback is also very appreciated. I hope you enjoyed this update as much as I enjoyed making it. - Jon -
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Kaskaskia | Teaser One

By KCJC,

Firstly, thank you guys for reading my CJ despite my extremely erratic scheduling. I apologize that it's been so long since I've posted anything, but I've been busy with school and some other stuff. Real life has been making it hard to keep up with this stuff. I also apologize that I don't have a full update for you today, I've had these pictures sitting around for about two weeks now and just haven't had time to make the full update. So, I've decided to just put out a teaser with these two pictures that I...
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Kaskaskia | Teaser One

By KCJC,

Firstly, thank you guys for reading my CJ despite my extremely erratic scheduling. I apologize that it's been so long since I've posted anything, but I've been busy with school and some other stuff. Real life has been making it hard to keep up with this stuff. I also apologize that I don't have a full update for you today, I've had these pictures sitting around for about two weeks now and just haven't had time to make the full update. So, I've decided to just put out a teaser with these two pictures that I...
KCJC
Hello everyone, Some of you may remember me, I know it's been a rather long time since I've had an update (it's been eight months now I believe). I am sorry, especially since I never posted anything explaining this long hiatus. There were two reasons for my absence. Firstly, I wanted to focus more on my school work during my last semester of High School during which I had several difficult classes (Somehow all my easy Senior classes ended up in the first semester). Secondly, both my Sim City game and my...
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Hello everyone, sorry I didn't get this out earlier this week, I wanted to polish some things in the rural areas but my game has been difficult, but I think I've got it working right again. Today we revisit Talia, a city in the hilly interior of Insulo. Nestled in a valley along the Rio Vino on the western end of the Terrefuego mountain range on the border of the provinces of Terrefuego and Vinola. Without further ado, let's get into the pictures. I only have three new pictures today, but this is the first...
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Talia Preview

By KCJC,

Happy New Years to everyone from Kansas City and Insulo! I don't have a flashy New Years related pic, but I have a little preview of a city I'm working on right now. The city is Talia in central Insulo, it's often referred to as the birthplace of the revolution that freed Insulo from it's Fascist regime in 1985. The scene you see below is the historically important Republic Square. I'll get more into the History in the full update. -Jon
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Hello everyone, time for a real update. Today we are visiting the Insulonian Special District of Borola, a small sliver of land on the island of Borola and the poorest area in Insulo. It is bordered by North and South Borola, two nations that have traditionally engaged in war. North Borola is currently ruled by a military junta, and has seen massive amounts of political violence, resulting in an influx of refugees to Insulonian Borola. The special district is almost entirely comprised by the massive city...
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Well I haven't posted an update in a really long time, and I don't have one ready for you today. However, I do have some unreleased pictures I could show you that got cut from some updates or I never made the whole update. So in the meantime enjoy these three pictures and I'll try and get an update out sometime in the near future. This is really old and related to the Andalusian war, I might have a flashback update sometime with the other pics I took in this scene that are photoshopped for that. This one...
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Teaser: Fulton Mill

By KCJC,

Hello everyone, Today we take a trip back to Jonesboro for a quick teaser of Fulton Mill, a historical and Industrial district just south of downtown. A full update of this area will be coming a soon as I can finish it, but I'm rather busy so I'm not sure when that will be. Hope you liked this little sneak peek. -Jon
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Hello Everyone, The following is a "simulcast" of the Simlympic Torch Relay leg Insulo hosted today, enjoy and head over to www.simsports.darkbb.com to get full Simlympic coverage and participate in numerous sports simulation leagues. -Jon Welcome everyone to IENC HD coverage of the first leg of the XV Simlympic Torch Relay in Insulo. The Relay starts at the cauldron spire from the XIV Simlympiad here in Erikkson where the cauldron has been relit. This symbolizes the handing over of the games from Insulo...
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Hello again everyone, I have a short update for you today. We are once again going to be exploring the area around the city of Purto Masculo, shown in white on the far right on the below map: This update is going to highlight some more natural scenes outside the city and in the foothills of the mountains. This photo shows a winery and cattle ranch near the base of the foothills and accessible only by narrow gravel roads, this region is famous for it's fine white wines. The power lines shown provide power...
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Hello everyone, we are again visiting the picturesque seaside, and mountainside, town of Purto Masculo. Here is the map just for your reference, the city is on the far right in white: To start this time we see the beginnings of a beautiful sunrise in the mountains outside the city as a sheepherder tends to his flock. Now as the sun reaches it's full brightness we arrive in the small hamlet called Dedí along the winding road into the mountains. Now we find our selves in the jumbled narrow streets where car...
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Hello everyone, today we're going to go back to Insulo! The city we'll visit is one that has hardly got any mention before now, Purto Maculo in the far-eastern Basque-speaking region of Insulo. Here is a map of Insulo, Purto Masculo is on the far right in white: First we'll see some anchovy fishing boats out at sea near the city. The waters here are plentiful in seafood that plays a big role in the diet of the city. Now we go to the border between the city and the beach. The beach here, called Hondartza...
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Now for a quick preview of the next place we'll visit in the Jonesboro Project: Jonesboro West, Missouri. That also bring another teaser, I've decided on a real world location for Jonesboro, which I will detail in the next update. Hopefully that got you interested. I'd really like your opinions of this before the next update, so feel free to share any opinion positive or negative. I may even include your suggestions in the next update if I like them. -Jon
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Hello again everyone, this is the first real update in my side project, Jonesboro. I've tweaked the formula to have a lot less text, so without further ado: The first Image is of Liberty Boulevard cutting through the heart of Edenderry. The wide parkway in this picture is based on the Parkways in Kansas City, Missouri. The rest of the scene is influenced primarily by urban areas in the states of Missouri and Illinois. Here we see some rowhouses in Edenberry. This area was influenced my many larger American...
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It's been so long since I've done this. Sorry about that by the way, real life has been incredibly busy then we went on a cross-country road trip. I'm back now though, and have been working on a little side project called Jonesboro, an attempt to create a realistic American city, showcasing everything from it's Sunday best to it's dingy nightwear. Then after each picture I'll explain the influence on the picture from various American cities, mostly in the Midwest. I hope you enjoy this break from Insulo,...
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Update Nine: Contrast

By KCJC,

Here's a map for your Reference: Today we'll start with a mosaic from San Sebastian, just to set up the contrast: Now we move to a very different place, the former Capital of Insulo, Cxefurbo. Cxefurbo is a planned city, and the original phase build in 1947 after the Viboras Swamps were drained. The city was designed to be inexpensive and simplistic, the realization of the utopian dreams of the Insulonian National Party. In 1971, the outer levee broke, and now the swamps have reclaimed large tracts of the...
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Teaser: Feeling Swampy?

By KCJC,

This is just a preview of a place we will be visiting soon, a place very different than what you have seen before. The place is the depressing city of Cxefurbo and it's equally depressing surroundings. The city, the former utopian pipe-dream of the Insulonian Nationalist Party, overthrown in 1985. The city now reeks of a past that people want to forget, which further leads to the dilapidation of the city as people flee the collapsing concrete blocks. This one is a mosaic, on some sites you will need to...
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Update Eight: Introduction to San Sebastian and More This is a short update but with something else attached at the end. We're visiting a new locale, the city of San Sebastian in Maresa. It is on the bottom left of this map: The Villate Manor was constructed as local merchant Hugo Villate's personal palace in the year 1734, and is now a public park and bed and breakfast. The site is a extremely popular location for weddings, and provides a leafy oasis in the middle of the urban jungle. The Playa Calmante...
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Well we're taking a break from the media barrage for an update on the town of Paxí on a small island in the far south of Maresa near the Andalusian sea border. I worked really hard on this relatively small town, so I hope you like it. Although it is in prime location for a tourist mecca, Paxí has managed to retain it's small town charm through extremely restrictive zoning laws that essentially prohibit all new growth, which has kept the town true to the form of the town that have occupied these islands for...
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