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A small fictional US state

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VMIUJcadet09

Gypsy Hill

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Evening Everyone and welcome to the newest entry for Powhatan Island!!! Replies: @Kim SunwooThank you for the kind words! I appreciate it! @MymyjpThank you!!!! This entry covers the town of Gypsy Hill, which I named after Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton, Virginia. This town is one of the older towns in the state of Powhatan Island, and located just east of the tallest peak in the state, Gypsy Hill, which is a monadnock isolated from the Appalachian Mountains far to the west. The town recently...
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Replies: @slickbg56: Thank you! @Compdude: Good call, I've been working on smoothing the curves on all my highways in every city I've made. Unfortunately, most of my highways have those awful curves that will be renovated as I come across them. @PhatHead: Thanks! Your wait is finally over @Titanic: Thanks man! @Schulmanator: Thank you! Good Afternoon Everyone and welcome to the latest installment of my CJ: Powhatan Island. In this entry we will focus on the maritime region surrounding Magnolia Island, and...
VMIUJcadet09
Replies: @Schulmanator: Thanks man! Good Evening Everyone, After a long dry spell, here is the newest entry for Powhatan Island!!!! Welcome to Madaba, a small, vibrant, and very unique city on the western coast of Powhatan Island, on the border of Powhatan and Westeros County, approx. 1-1 1/2 hour drive from downtown Powhatan City. Madaba is one of the most unique cities in the US and boasts an impressive collection of Middle Eastern/Arab architecture, and has some of the highest concentrations of Arabs...
VMIUJcadet09
Replies: @Schulmanator: Thank you! @SimRico: Thanks for the props! I appreciate it. The USN Consulate is in downtown Powhatan City and will be featured in this entry . Good Evening and Welcome! In this tour I will take you from the CBD of Powhatan City to its western suburb, Powhatan Heights. The scenery changes gradually from skyscrapers and highrises to medium density, then to farms, single family houses, forests, and small towns. This image shows the premier office/retail district in downtown Powhatan...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone! Welcome to the latest installment of Powhatan Island. This entry will showcase some recent development in the Powhatan City metro area; including Powhatan City, Kings Landing, and unincorporated areas around both cities. Powhatan City does not have one central business district; there are numerous clusters of high-rises and offices amidst low-mid rise buildings and plenty of green space. Replies: @Schulmanator: Thanks! It is prospering and has expanded quite a bit! @PhatHead: Thank...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Morning! Welcome to the latest installment of Powhatan Island, where we will take a tour of one of the largest concentrations of jobs in the state: the Powhatan Research Park and the Powhatan Intelligence and Security Center (PISC) -- home to multiple US intelligence and security agencies, as well as the intelligence/security agencies of the various members of the United SimNations. Here is an overview of the PISC -- the three smaller buildings in the bottom-left part of the complex are home to the...
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Good Evening! Welcome to Powhatan International Airport, a joint civil/military airfield in the State of Powhatan Island. The airport is the largest airport in the state --and one of the smaller international airports in United SimNations, and has the best connectivity of any airport in the State of Powhatan Island. It has direct flights to many cities across the US, and several international markets. The airport is a hub for Southwest Airlines, and is the home of the 97th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force,...
VMIUJcadet09

Kings Landing

By VMIUJcadet09,

Good Evening! This tour will focus on the city of Kings Landing, the second largest, and oldest city, in Powhatan Island. The city is the largest city in Westeros County, with the county seat being Westeros Village. Kings Landing is the site of a major naval base, ports, and a US Coast Guard base. The Powhatan Naval Base is one of the largest naval bases in the US and is home to 2 amphibious assault ships, 6 submarines, several cruisers/destroyers, and numerous smaller vessels. The naval base is also...
VMIUJcadet09
Hello Everyone and welcome! Today I will introduce you to some rural communities in the State of Powhatan Island. Although the majority of the state lives in the Powhatan City and the Rockville metro areas, there are numerous small towns and cities throughout the state. Here I will introduce two: Prince George and Westeros Village. Here is the town center of Prince George, a small commuter town on the outskirts of the Powhatan City-Kings Landing metro area. This town is also the site of the Powhatan...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening! Welcome everybody to the 3rd installment of Powhatan Island. In this entry, and the next few, I will show several random shots of Powhatan City. Powhatan City is a very dense city by American standards and the citizens of Powhatan City enjoy a robust and extensive transit network comprised of light rail (ground, elevated, and subway); heavy commuter rail, bus, and ferry. The city also has an extensive avenue/boulevard network and several freeways. Here is a typical inner neighborhood of...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Evening Everyone, As the title indicates, this update is strictly text and will not have any pictures, those will come in a follow-on update. This entry serves as a brief history and overview of the State of Powhatan Island since I have not figured out how to do the Wiki-style entries that other members have created . State Overview: Population: ~2 million people Largest Incorporated Cities: Powhatan City: 600,000 Kings Landing: 180,000 Powhatan Heights: 130,000 Bethesda: 100,000 Madaba: 73,000...
VMIUJcadet09
Good Afternoon Everyone and welcome to my newest City Journal: Powhatan Island! Powhatan Island is my newest endeavor, and will be a work-in-progress, and is an off-shoot of my primary CJ: Southern Cities, so it will be a part of the Southern Cities universe. Instead of creating fictional re-creations of real cities across the Southern and Mid-Atlantic US, I've decided to create a fictional US State (albiet using a moderately altered map of Malta). This will be a short introductory entry and will upload a...
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