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A City Journal by Firebird

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A journal following my return to playing SC4.

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Firebird

Eatstown

By Firebird,

Okay guys, I know I said my next city was going to be I-HT oriented... but to be honest, I wasn't really feeling it yet. I'm going to build that metropolis on a large city tile, and that requires a lot more planning. I want the city to be cohesive and flow together, and not act like several separate cities on the same tile. For a moment, I'm going to take a detour in the exact opposite direction! Meet Eatstown. A rural, ocean side, farming community. It's built on a small city tile. This place was going to...
Firebird
This was an interesting task to explore. Because of all my meandering streets and low density development, the average commute time was in the high 60s. There were two blocks in my city that had chronic 'abandoned due to commute time' problems. Even if they were right next to a commercial zone, or active landmark. Here's the other, slightly smaller block. I placed a small CO-$$ landmark to help the situation, since only R-$$ seems to be having issues. Though, that was only slightly effective. I have a...
Firebird
This update is a testament to the saving grace that is a well placed landmark. Friends, meet The Bank of China Tower. It is awesome. I placed that beauty with the last of my loan money, but it was worth it. All of the sudden, with all of the new CO-$$$ jobs, my R-$$$ demand exploded exponentially. A lot of the green zoned areas filled up, and my tax income skyrocketed. It was awesome. While I was still in a deficit, it wasn't as severe. More money went to paying off my 200,000 loan, and less to city...
Firebird

Asheville

By Firebird,

It's been a while since I've really played this game, and decided to dive back into it with a more serious approach. Before, to be honest, I really just messed around, and tried to build the biggest, most successful cities. Now, I've decided to focus on detail and beauty. For example, my current goal for Asheville is to be a R$$$ and C$$$ dedicated city, and to figure out how to make that sustainable without cheats. I have used the name-changing cheat, to change Nijun to Asheville, but that's as far as I...
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