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My versions of several famous Southern/Mid-Atlantic cities

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VMIUJcadet09
Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to the latest entry to "Southern Cities!" This entry introduces my very loose, fictional recreation of The Citadel: Military College of South Carolina, a senior military college in Charleston. My version is still a work in progress, as there are still a few things to add. The last few pictures showcase the North Charleston Botanical Park and Pond, which features numerous trees found throughout South Carolina's Low Country. Without further adieu, here is The Citadel: Here is...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone and welcome to the latest entry for Southern Cities!!! It has been over a year since I posted, life and work have been incredibly busy. And I've been working on my cities a lot over that time. This entry will be brief and showcase some of the small, mountain towns around my rendition of Cumberland, Maryland (using drunkapple's map of Cumberland MD). These towns are located north and west of the city and Sims can make it to downtown Cumberland within 30-40 minutes, depending on driving...
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Replies: @Schulmanator: Thanks man! @New Mayor: Thank you! @SimRico: Thank you so much for your kind words! I'll be adding additional entries to this CJ featuring areas/cities influenced by the Baltimore-DC area. Those updates should be coming shortly. @Mymyjp: Thank you! @JP: Thanks! @slickbg56: Thank you! I try to recreate east coast cities to the best of my ability, but its def hard, lol. Good Afternoon and welcome to the latest entry in Southern Cities. In this entry we will take an extended tour of...
VMIUJcadet09
Replies: @Schulmanator: Yes it is, very beautiful city, I would live there in a heartbeat if I could. @SimRico: Thank you so much for the kind words! If you've never been, you should go to the real Charleston, you will not regret it. Who knows, you may just try to move there @Neto Dari: Thank you! Good Evening Everyone! Welcome to Cumberland, Maryland, affectionately called "The Queen City" and one of the largest cities in western Maryland. This is a mountain city surrounded by numerous ridges of the...
VMIUJcadet09
Replies: @jorge_carrillo: Thanks! I got the vast majority of the buildings from the STEX, LEX, Simpeg.com, and a few random sites. @MushyMushy: Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! As far as the last pic goes, it is a work in progress and will eventually be the US Naval Academy. @Kevenbro: Thank you! @SimRico: Thank you so much! I appreciate it! Good evening and welcome to my version of Charleston, South Carolina. One of the oldest cities in the State and recently ranked as one of the...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! Welcome to the most recent entry for Southern Cities! This CJ has fallen to the wayside as I've been working on my other CJ: Powhatan Island, but wanted to divert some attention here. In this entry we return to Annapolis, the State Capital of Maryland. This is a stylized, fictional recreation of Annapolis, with some elements of the real city thrown in for good measure. Here is Midtown Annapolis, site of the tallest buildings in the city (so far) and serves as the CBD for the city as...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! After a long hiatus due to an incredibly busy schedule in RL I am proud to introduce you to my attempt at a somewhat realistic (as much as I can do in SC4) re-creation of Annapolis, the state capital of Maryland. Here are several images of the central, historic part of Annapolis filled with (mostly) buildings from the 18th Century. Since I couldn't find a good stand-in for the Maryland State House, I've used the Maxis Independence Hall. The next picture shows one of the main...
VMIUJcadet09
Replies: @Schulmanator: That's awesome! Aiken's a pretty cool town! @raynev1: I agree with the leafy medians reducing smog. Besides Aiken, there are several cities that I know of that have lots of greenspace near downtown, three examples that come to mind are Savannah, GA, Greenville, SC, and Washington, DC. Good Evening Everyone! In this entry, we re-visit Aiken to see several additional sites within the city (I'll probably have additional updates, as this city is a WIP). This first image shows the Aiken...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening! After some delay I am proud to introduce you to Aiken! Unlike my other cities, I attempted to re-create the city to the best of my ability. Without the many mods that dedicated SC4 fans created, this would not be possible, so I am grateful to you all! And now, pictures of Aiken! You will notice that many of the streets in downtown Aiken are separated by a leafy median, providing extra shade to Aikenites during the heat of a Carolina summer. This picture shows some of the shops in downtown...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! After a long hiatus from updating my City Journal I want to introduce you to my re-creation of Aiken, SC; the county seat and largest city in Aiken County, SC. Most of my cities are of my own imagination and are loosely based off of real cities. In this case, I attempted to re-create Aiken to the best of my ability with the resources available thanks to the many SC4 developers, without your hard work this would not be possible. This is only a teaser and will provide a more detailed...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! Tonight I introduce you to the quaint city of Salem, VA; a suburb just west of Roanoke along Interstate 81. This city has approx. 23,000 people and is the 2nd largest suburb of Roanoke, with one of the highest average incomes in the metro area with $50,000; whereas Roanoke has one of the highest average incomes in all Southern Cities at approx. $120,000. Salem is home to a large technology campus in the north, where several biotech and information systems companies call home. The...
VMIUJcadet09
In this final entry of the day, we will take a tour of miscellanious sites through the city. The first image shows sections of Atlanta municipal forest, which is scattered throughout the metro area and preserves the native vegetation, consisting of numerous broadleaf trees, as well as pines, including loblolly, long-leaf, short-leaf, and slash. Also visible are several holdout farms, whose owners have not yet sold their properties to be developed! Here is the Fulton County Courthouse, which takes care of...
VMIUJcadet09
In this entry I will take you on a tour of the massive CBD of Atlanta. The majority of skyscrapers you see grew on their own, only a select few were plopped. The below images show an overview of downtown Atlanta, centered around the Georgia State Capitol with its beautiful golden dome, Georgia government offices, and the convention center. The government offices adjacent to the State Capitol house every state-level government department, ranging from the Dept. of Education to the Dept. of Transportation...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Afternoon Everyone!! After a long hiatus I return with my recreation (fictional) of the state capital, and largest city, of Georgia--Atlanta. I will try to keep some similarities with the real ATL, with massive skyscrapers as well as low-density areas surrounding the central core. As of now, my Atlanta has approximately 520,000, and I will finish the region with close to 5 million people, which coincidentially is the population of the Atlanta metro area. In this first of several entries for ATL, we...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Afternoon Everyone, As promised here are close-ups of the Augusta Regional Airport, which was introduced last week! The first picture shows the approach arriving aircraft take when they land at the sole runway at AGS. Luckily, there is plenty of room around the airport for expansion when further growth in the metro area warrants another runway. Here is the parking pad for business jets and privately owned aircraft. This is where pilots can store their planes when they arrive for the Masters Tournament...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! Sorry for such a long absence between updates, real life has been super busy and will probably be busy for a while. Anyways, I decided to do a quick update and introduce the Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) to you! This is only a teaser (mainly cause my game crashed to desktop when I tried to zoom in!) but here is a good overview of the airport and its surrounding environs. As you can see, there is only one runway and several taxiways to the only terminal. AGS is served by US Airways,...
VMIUJcadet09

Reedy River

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Evening Everyone! Welcome to the town of Reedy River, a small town of 5,000 located approx. 20 miles south-east of Greenville along the Reedy River as it descends down the Piedmont towards the state capital (Columbia). The town is surrounded by picturesque farms and lots of forest. I apologize in advance for only 2 images, my game crashed to desktop before I could snap additional images. Anyways, I've uploaded two pics, the first is of the main street in Reedy River, situated on the East Bank of the...
VMIUJcadet09

Town of Patapsco!

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Evening Everyone! After a long hiatus (Real Life was busy!) I will introduce you to the town of Patapsco, a thriving, quaint town of approx. 6,000 south east of Baltimore, Maryland. This town is just barely within the Baltimore Beltway, but is in a lightly developed quadrant of the metro area. The primary industries in the town so far are agriculture, fishing, the Marina, the local school system, some high-tech industry, and mom and pop shops. It is also within an easy commute of downtown Baltimore,...
VMIUJcadet09

Fort Wade Hampton

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Morning! In this tour we will take a limited-access tour of Fort Wade Hampton, named after Confederate General and cavalryman Wade Hampton, one of South Carolina's own. This base is the largest US Army base in the Upstate and home to elements of the 20th Styker Battalion and the 39th Infantry Battalion, both recently returned home from combat in Afghanistan. The other tenet of the base is a joint center operated by intelligence components of the US military, Defense Dept, and the Intelligence...
VMIUJcadet09

Chester, SC!

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! @Jacob: What method do you use to upload pictures? I convert .pngs to .jpgs and upload them that way, hopefully there is a more efficient way. @chimeran: I took your advice and minimized the task bar and did CTRL+SHIFT+S. Much improved pictures thanks to you! I appreciate it! Today I will introduce you to the municipality of Chester. This city is a rapidly growing community immediately south of Spartanburg, with a burdgeoning population thanks to nearby Fort Wade Hampton and...
VMIUJcadet09
In this third entry, we will visit some of the athletic facilities in the city, as well as some additional shots around town, including townhome development, and the Roanoke Valley Mall. In this image we see the Roanoke University Football Stadium, Roanoke Municipal Baseball Stadium, the Omni Hotel, and the Roanoke Valley Soccer Stadium. Here are some beautiful townhouses in the southern reaches of Roanoke, very close to downtown and shopping! Here is the Roanoke Valley Mall, the only mall in the entire...
VMIUJcadet09

Roanoke Living...

By VMIUJcadet09,

In this tour, we will take a look at some of the residential offerings in Roanoke, which has a very high quality of life, affordable housing, good schools and hospitals, and a very low crime rate. Here is the Roanoke State Hospital, constructed prior to the Civil War, it was used as an infirmary during the CW and treated Confederate and Union troops alike. Several miles away are some single family houses, which are very prevalent in the area. More suburban development: Housing in the south:
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening and Welcome to Roanoke VA, I hope you enjoy your visit! The city of Roanoke (pop. 64,000) is the largest city in a rapidly growing metro area of 125,000 people. It is situated in a large valley in the Blue Ridge mountains of western Virginia. The avg. income in Roanoke is among the highest of any municipality in "Southern Cities" at just under $120,000. The city is a regional center for finance, military, manufacturing, research, and agriculture, with a regional airport with direct flights to...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening! This evening I present the city of Baltimore. Baltimore is the largest city in the state of Maryland, and my version there-of has (so far) approx. 1.4 million people, and will reach a projected population of 6-8 million. The main industries here are: financial, government, defense, high-tech, manufacturing, retail, and finally agricultural. There are 2 international airports and the largest naval base in "Southern Cities." Note: Although Baltimore, and the rest of Maryland is not recognized...
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