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A City Journal by Harry's Place

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I'm not a park builder, nore a green spaces lover or tree hugger. Yet there are moments when you need to build new parks. Because the new suburban sprawl reached Interstate 1 and the old dump there were measures i needed to take. So i moved all the waste in a new modern facility in the industrial harbour. And on the place of the old dump i've build a nice new park.
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Against all protests from the evironmentalists and some wierd historical sites conservation NGOs the buldozers started demolistions. Soon after the slums were torn down the excavators and started work and now the first phase of the Riverside Project is finished. Some of the buildings with historicall or architectural valleu were restored. Other than that a lot of new buildings were erected. We also build a new stylish fish & farmers market. before after
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I was born in this town....when i was little i was playing in the house backyard by the river. Later on i was sititng with the boys of my age at the bars near the beach looking at the girls. I saw this city growing and i saw it falling apart. When i decided to run for mayor the city was worse than Detroit. Crime everywere, high level of abandonment. The freeway was looking more like an dystopian ghetto avenue. Lack of schools, lack of hospitals the slums spreading everywere, industry was almost dead.....no...
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The University

By Harry's Place,

Here it is Tomis's New Hope University. A giant campus with lots of green spaces, dorms and all that it's needed in an big university. Hell it's in a subrub so there's a hell lot of land to build ))
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Region Plan

By Harry's Place,

So this is the region planning. With dotted green line is the 1x1 highway, with the full green line is the 2x2 highway. With the blac dotted line is the rail network and the black circles are the railstations. The main city ~TOMIS~ occupies tiles: 6,7,10,11,12,15 and 16. TILE 6 - oak valley district: suburban area with some agriculture on the outskirts, large commercial centers, office parks, individual housing and small apartments buildings and some small one floor shops. ( funny fact: i have a big issue...
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I wasn't satisfied by my initial plans of developing the region. So i decided , because it's a small region (4x4 large tiles) to build a 7 tiles main city and a small 1 tile town. as mods i us: NAM, SAM, LRM, SPAM, SG Farms, Beach Extender mod, i also use an HD terrain and rock mod (forgot the name sorry), drunken water's mod. Also all residential, commercial and angricultural maxis are blocked. The region has 2 highways, 3 main railways and 3 secondary railways, one airport and one seaport. Curently i'm...
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Peacock Lake Town

By Harry's Place,

You sure like to travel don't you? Well so do I. My new trip is through the beautiful county of Grand Valley. So all i need is my Cadillac, the AmEx and some good old blues on the radio. And I'm ready to hit the road. First stop: Peacock Lake Town. Name: Peacock Lake Town Mayor: Bruce W. Population: 14.833 Founded: 1901 Economy: agriculture, tourism, small high tech industry The name of the city comes from the large number of peacocks that live on the shore of the lake. The city was founded in 1901 by...
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This new small region made by rewright attract my attention so i decided to try and see what can i build here http://community.simtropolis.com/index.php?app=downloads&module=display&section=screenshot&record=120966&id=29058&full=1 As major mods i use: NAM, SPAM, LRM, white sands beaches, beach extender, extra god tools, appalachian terrain mod, SHK HD Rocks and drunkenwatermod set 3 - tropical water. I think i'll make a major city out of 2-3 tiles and some small villages.
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