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Rum Rock Harbor

A City Journal by Pwel28

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Pwel28
After more than three months and way more than 30 cocktails, Rum Rock Harbor has finally complete (I'm having rum and Coke right now to celebrate). I've never tackled anything this big, unless you count a big fat kid in high school football named Rodney Swanson. From Collinsburg to the Rico River, this city turned out just the way I wanted it to. I didn't know much about mods, BATs, and MMP's before all of this, and I was a total NAM virgin. Of course I used my tiny brain to figure out most of it, but my...
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Postcards from RRH!

By Pwel28,

Here are some random pics from in and around Rum Rock Harbor. Below is the interchange between Interstate 445 with Highway 6, and is also known as the "Road Rage Express". People throw up more birds than at a KFC. You're looking at Rum Rock Municipal Beach. It's considered one of the cleanest beaches in the world because they don't allow people from Oklahoma to swim there... Badum tish! What's the difference between industry in Rum Rock and a Kardashian sex tape? One is filthy, stinky, and has made...
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I'm drunk!

By Pwel28,

It's Friday. I'm drinkin'. I'm posting pics from Watson Plaza. Truthfully, I've had two cocktails with Maker's Mark and I'm feeling good. We'll see if this thing looks as good tomorrow morning. You should never post with "Sim Goggles". This is Watson County Park. That trail overlooks Rum Rock Harbor. I've been driking a little too much. Night pictures seem to be the big thing these days. I bet this one will get me into Ben's Top Ten... probably not. Here's the "NSA View". Thanks for looking. See you soon....
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Arbor Park is a combination of terrestrial suburbs and ocean view living, and is perfect for Sims who like pirate jokes. What's a pirate's favorite robot? ....Rrrr2-D2! (Seriously, I just made that up.) There's the Rum Rock Harbor Pier. Each year they swindle an average of 250 tourists by selling them cheap postcards and Rum Rock "I drank some rum and squeezed your bum" t-shirts. There's the Arbor Park Parkway. It's hard to say three time fast, especially if you've had some cocktails. Rum Rock College is...
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The Rum Rock Bingers are dead last in the National League with a dismal record of 3 and 92. Despite lack of interest and low attendance, they still charge $14 dollars for a shriveled hot dog. Below is the Belfast Bridge which goes straight to the ballpark. Emergency crews are responding to a grill that caught fire at tailgate party. It's the most exciting thing to happen at a Rum Rock baseball game in the three years. These hotels are right outside the stadium and depend on baseball tourist dollars to stay...
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This is Rum Rock Harbor's City Center. It's the heart of the metropolis, and where the brokers, lawyers, traders, and bankers live... basically the epicenter of all criminal activity. I'm not sure why I built a tram, I don't have any traffic problems. But it works and I love it (it's my first one). Oh how I wish I could figure out how to increase traffic. Help me baby Jesus! I've got about sixteen cars in a city of 35,000. It's the antithesis of any other city's problems. Lot's of trams -- but no cars!...
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This is your first view of Rum Rock Harbor! The Gaslamp District combines the old with the new, and it's where the hipsters and yuppies have decided to take up residence so they can be cooler than everyone else. Gweneth Paltrow lives on the top floor of that brown apartment building, and annoys the neighbors by blasting Coldplay and naming her kids after fruit. There are never any damn open parking spaces along the 4th Street. I'd bring in some buses if I thought anyone would actually ride them. Minutes...
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Baker Falls connects to Rico River, and is a community of about 3,000 Sims. It was named after Emily Baker, who became the first person swim over the falls naked. You'll notice a few factories sprinkled around this body of water. It's not only the beauty that attracted them, but also the relaxed dumping restrictions. Baker Falls is loaded with hard working Sims who have no desire to live in the urban sprawl of Rum Rock Harbor. They're very isolated from most of the commercial world, and the city council...
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Rico River is a suburb of Rum Rock Harbor, but it's an isolated community filled with hipsters, hemp retailers and Google surfers. There are only two ways in: one by car (as you can see by the road bridge), and by train (as you will notice by the rail viaduct). Of course once you're in it's impossible to resist the power of The Home Depot. Sharon and Eddie Babblestein live in that small house below. They built their residence long before Rico River became a suburb and still try and remain solitary. They...
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Rico River is a northern suburb of Rum Rock Harbor. The Rico, or "El Agua Diablo" as the locals like to call it, is a recreational paradise. However, it's claimed many souls over the years, as inexperienced and inebriated tourists have tried to tame these rocky rapids after drinking one too many Miller High Life's. It's a great place to go camping if you like nature; it's a great place to hide if you're on the run from the cops. "The Six O'clock" is rolling into Rico River Station. Those commuters smell...
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Pearl is a suburb of Rum Rock Harbor that's loaded with wealthy bankers, lawyers, software entrepreneurs, and people with a much larger vocabulary than me. St. Michael's Church sits along the Morlin Railway. The church rumbles from the sounds of passing freight at about the same time Father O'Rourke is delivering his sermon every Sunday. Parishioners liken the rumble under the pews to the word of God being sent from Heaven... others just find it annoying. Purchasing a home across from the Seven Poplars...
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Gordon Park rocks!

By Pwel28,

Gordon Park is the fourth suburb of Rum Rock Harbor and it's loaded with cookie-cutter neighborhoods. Modella Towers (to the left) is where all the rich hipsters live. They sit on their computers playing the stocks, while adopting kids from China and blogging about how much they hate paying in taxes every year. You can't have a legitimate suburb without a Lowe's and a great looking Walmart. Gordon County Park is where the residents of Gordon Park like to go hiking and biking. Their kids play soccer, little...
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Julep is a suburb just to the north of Rum Rock Harbor with about 4,000 inhabitants. This town tries to be good on the outside, but is so bad to the bone on the inside... You're looking at Oak Ridge Towers and Park Field Condos. This is the town's epicenter of infidelity, including Mayor Hub's secret fling with Patty Rigby. There's a Rico's Rite Aid just down the street in case the mayor's affairs finally catch up with his body. Julep High School is academically superior to most schools in the area....
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Just up the hill from Collinsburg sits the small and isolated community of Grainger Hill. It's named after ol' Moses Grainger, who tragically died drinking milk after the cow fell on him. Gary Grainger took over the farm after his father died. He's an odd bird who lives alone and hides all his money somewhere in the barn. Only the cows know his secret. Those three houses belong to Edna Porchman, Linda Gitner, and MaryAnn Sanders. All three are old maids, who for the past eleven years have been vying for...
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Collinsburg!

By Pwel28,

My previous city was destroyed by a Windows 8 update so I had to start all over (curse you Bill Gates!). I named this new region Rum Rock Harbor because rum on the rocks happens to be my favorite drink. Rum Rock Harbor has a suburb just to the north and west, and it's name is Collinsburg. It's a tiny little tourist town with less than 1,000 residents and it's a damn fine place to live. There's not much shopping, but there is a sale on saving your soul every Sunday. Dancing was voted legal by the city...
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