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Problems and solutions with a first time Mayor of a bourgeoning city in Cities: Skyline.

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Mayor Haylo Stachoo
A city blossoming with new ideas is Mycalla. Heavy with lumber and farming, there is a sliver of ore and a future of oil exploration. An elevated large roundabout straddles the highway that will eventually lead to the oil industry. The tunnel gets Cims to the ore industry and with bus service no less. Farming and lumber communities got a railroad cargo terminal to expedite delivery times... Now, I'm a fool (Eagles of Death Metal) to think only one access will satisfy demands from the upstart ore...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Recovery from the Snowfall DLC and update that took out the mods has been a slow recovery waiting for the modder's to glean through their code. In the meantime and knowing the 22nd is another update Mayor Haylo Stachoo has been busy trying out the new capabilities the game provides and different mods. The San Francisco Cable car is well at home serving the oil industry with around the clock coverage as we see the edge of Muzzbuzz coffee shop keeping shift changers glued to the task.
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Just got so deep into playing and came up to this... Should I be concerned downstream? And then the height says, "trouble is coming!" But, you know the level downstream did not rise... go figure!? This map is of the French Broad River in Asheville, N.C. Had to be from 2013 with the record rainfall, I suppose.
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
While the update did havoc with the Mods and emptied J. Garner a new addition of Snowfall promises to make more options and problems to enjoy. Trams hit the highlight and lessons from my "test" city proved if the road is busy go for the 4 lane cause a 2 lane will come to a standstill. And, it is great you can have a tram only line separate from the road. I'm not ready for winter. Though it is nice to have the temperature to show daily highs and nightly lows, the need for the heat pipes and boiler or...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo

Dead

By Mayor Haylo Stachoo,

I always wonder how a city will end. News about ancient vibrant cities being discovered and questioned on why they were abandoned seem perplexing. Today, Thursday February 18, a new update and the introduction of Snowfall debuted which I have not bought... yet. And, the result for me... Errors following that told me of broken assets which I dutifully unsubscribed. Then this resulted... Going to the discussion board on Steam and the answer -- supposedly -- was to unsubscribe from the Mods. So, the 14...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
A little issue of people paths and how they don't like them. Put a walkway tunnel and they still cross the tracks in front of oncoming trains! So... ...no more tunnel. Different issue was the two congested roundabouts and what to do? Painstakingly got this to work... ...and a closer look at what replaced two underground roundabouts and the congestion of ramps and roads. Immediately I see the entrance ramp from the roundabout to the Cargo Terminal needs to be longer. Traffic, on occasion, has backed up...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo

Short Tour

By Mayor Haylo Stachoo,

Big news is all about the buses, but before delving too deeply let's take a tour... ...using the roadway is the preferred route as these busses take a direct path to the new location for the Foggy Height's depot. Then we have a parking first! On the newly developed Evergreen Ore Island someone got caught "up" in the activity! Then over to Franklin, to the center of our residential area, the Donut Mall and 3D Cinema as dusk descends. And, a look from the rollercoaster back toward the Donut mall and 3D...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
As Barlow reemerged with around the clock rebuilding some time was spent finding parts of the city, as Wolfgang would say, "verrry interesting!" The Mad Tech helicopter was spotted. No doubt the CEO of Mad Tech made a surprise visit! At the airport you must admire the daring of this Audi driver to trust his -- or her -- hand brake! Our new train station overlooks from left to right -- Castle Condo's, Franklin, Briarwood Woods and the edge of Evergreen Ore. A motorway is being built as we wondered what...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo

Barlow P3

By Mayor Haylo Stachoo,

The district of Barlow endured a harrowing time with the transformation of the major part of it's oil industry. Two legs of a highway ending in Barlow have been brought together with the sole purpose of giving the industry our best transportation options. On a side note, Cousin Carl accepted a national car enthusiast's request to tour with his 1959 Cadillac convertible and is using a Carlsberg tractor trailer rig driving around the country. If you see one of these rigs, hail them... you may find Carl or...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
The argument was: integrate the roundabout into the highway or let it stand alone and used as a quick way for reverse direction? The stand alone won the day and here it is... The two highway ends have met! While not seen, an underground roundabout is at the side heading to Foggy Heights. Industrial traffic cut a third of their time off deliveries. Access for residence is from an underground connection from the Foggy Heights roundabout and across the river on a six lane road. By the way, the river was...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
With Frankin's 6 lane in place times for industrial deliveries were reduced as the thought of doing the same for Barlow became apparent. Barlow suffers from an anemic road system unable to handle the dense and continuous traffic. First, a solution placed a road at the waters edge serving the back side of Barlow, but not helping the other side at all. Clearly not the most effective system! So from this we designed (experimented) a highway to connect the two halves of Barlow and we also restructured the...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Before I delve into the massive change at Barlow let us take a look at the Castle Condo's and why the Strata Resort at Spring 'n Summer needs a year round Japanese tree specialist. I'm told this is the Carcassonne Castle shipped over in pieces in reverse order to facilitate the construction. For me, this is an impressive entrance. Then we have the side entrance which is bigger but less used. CTNX employs many residence from Castle Condo's as you can see one of two water towers on the CTNX property. Bet the...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo

Morning Show

By Mayor Haylo Stachoo,

Underground ramps helped to relieve the left turns and lineup to get onto the motorway... It does get busy! And the asset interchange made for Foggy Heights (the u-turn was taken out and made farther down from the outside under and reattached outside). The idea was to get traffic off on a exit before letting new travelers on. The modified underground Autobahn interchange at Ashton. Now one cause for the crisis of, "Not Enough buyers" was the Castle Condo which started after the rail cargo harbor was...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo

Watching

By Mayor Haylo Stachoo,

The city took a clue from Blake Walsh and made changes to the highway into Barlow industry. At first a backup startled everyone, but then two things became evident. One, our traffic wanted to turn left since that is where the bulk of the industry is and also the cargo rail terminal. And two, turning right to leave Barlow industry needed a quicker way out. Funds allocated and the result is exit ramps giving fast access and a relief to traffic. Wouldn't you know it all finished late at night! We will let...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
While dabbling with Spring 'n Summer we built an residential addition near the CTNX facility aptly named Castle Condo's. Little did we think the influx of so many new Cim's would create a nightmare of, "Not enough goods to sell." We had taken the advice from Blake Walsh too an extreme and spent many hours walking the city back. One upshot from the fiasco was the development of Evergreen Ore. With this expanded industry demands on the cargo terminal brought drushkey's option into play. Please heed Chief...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
A lull before the storm of people departing from their pleasant cruise. The passenger harbor is nestled half way into Briarwood Woods and opposite Ashton. Busses and the Metro wait. On either side of the Metro is a sunken plaza. J. Garners' college has seen many students studying under open sky from the sunken plaza. Just up the street where Briarwood Woods and Ashton meet is the new entertainment complex called Spring 'n Summer. Starting from the Strata Resort at middle bottom we look left for the Hard...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Back again friends, to say more about Ashton. We took a break from the meeting because someone brought a vegetable platter (true story) to a morning meeting. Everyone expects coffee and donuts. We like to get hyped in these typical boring meetings! Ashton industrial is served by turnpike, rail and ship. The railroad and ship terminals are at opposite sides of the industry to relieve the traffic congestion. Truckers were paramount in mind for their ease to get to and from the railroad and ship...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Neighbors: A lot of little here and there to report, yet I'll delve back into the traffic just to get it out of the way. Getting out of the way seems to be a problem these days. One big tie-up was caused by a new Ferrari and a reluctance to accelerate (true, happened on the turnpike). We start with Timboh's Pentagon Intersection which, if minds are in gear, flows mighty fine... except when this happens -- Yes, friends a tie-up preventing your customers from getting to your business expediently. Now,...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Neighbors: We took a look at the traffic and made many recommendations which were overwhelmingly endorsed by our Cims. Franklin's underground highway got most of the attention and deservedly so since the bulk of the traffic is to or from this oil producing region. The council wanted to highlight some attractions and marvels added for all our enjoyment. The Pegasus Monument is homebase to the Foggy Heights bus terminal and also the Populous Underground Incinerator. To the right of the garbage truck is...
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Well, now I know where my Cities: Skylines files are! Had to dig into the Time Machine and J. Garner is back. Seems much of what I did in J. Garner will have to be rebuilt, basically the city is good to go. After the Ferrari left me walking and my wife picked me up, we took a little drive aroung Franklin to the Donut Mall, 3D Cinema and Church. That's us in the Caprice station wagon at the end of the line as the light turned green.
Mayor Haylo Stachoo
Real life interrupts the fun. I did some updates last night and today the city of J. Garner vanished! Following advise on where to find the file have failed and I am left with the beginning of Rockford Height's or a newsave.crp that was the beginning of Welkgrim Abby. In the meantime while I assess what to do I will post the remaining snapshots of J. Garner.
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