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No planning, no design, no ideas... just circumstances. Follow the natural course of a city as it grows and adapts.

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TigerXtrm
Jordan is getting close to the 90.000 inhabitants mark. Many companies and factories have settled in the immediate area. And with that a new problem arises. The city's total power consumption is starting to overtake the power plant's maximum output. Remember that Jordan only has one of the three power plants available for itself. A new powerplant would have to be built to support the rapid development of Jordan. The city council of Jordan first proposed a cheap solution in the form of an oil plant....
TigerXtrm

Eastern Ringway

By TigerXtrm,

Shortly after the completion of the new station and rail bypass the southern area of Jordan started to see some heavy development. There were so many people moving to Jordan though, that the city could hardly keep up with construction. Land would have to be used a bit more effeciently so most new homes were actually appartment buildings and the first area to see heavy development of them was, yes, southern Jordan. However this (future) part of town would be one of the most isolated parts of the city in...
TigerXtrm
By 1925 the South East Delta Link railways was becoming over filled with passenger trains. The industrial trains, for which the link was originally built, were running into more and more problems with passenger trains holding up traffic at stations. Something had to be done. The original train station, having been in service and clogging up the rail line for the last 20 years. A plan was drawn up for a local bypass. A simple stretch of railline that would bypass the station so freight trains could continue...
TigerXtrm
As the city grew and expanded tordwards the Tiber river more and more wealthier sims became interested in a piece of real estate overlooking the river. What started as a few random requests soon became one single request from a local contractor to build 55 luxury houses along the river banks. When the Jordan council approved this request, 50 of the houses were sold within the first week. The last five were sold in the following month. The river bank. Preparation for the new houses. The first few villa's...
TigerXtrm

Trash

By TigerXtrm,

By the year 1923 Jordan had almost doubled it's inhabitants. Houses were always being built somewhere. New houses were sold by the dozen every week and new construction sites popped up all over the place. With a growth this fast, it didn't surprise anyone that the amount of garbage produced by the town had grown along with it. This problem was contracted out to Double Dash Trash, a waste management company that had made a name for itself over the years by handeling the garbage disposal for several major...
TigerXtrm

How Dry I Am

By TigerXtrm,

With Jordan quickly approuching 25.000 citizens the freshwater spring underneath the town is starting to run a bit short. There simply is not enough water to go around and most people on the outskirts of town don't have running water at all. Since the first watertower was built in Jordan engineers had already been working on a bigger alternative, they knew damn well that the sping wouldn't last forever. At the Westwood city hall the plans had been made and the blueprints stashed away in some filing...
TigerXtrm

Bridge over Cold Water

By TigerXtrm,

Two Cities, One History Back when the first power plant was being constructed on Mount Jordan the city of Coldwater decided they didn't want to pitch in a single dime for the cost. The city of Westwood, in response, decided to fund the construction of the plant and claim the surrounding area. From that decision Jordan was spawned and in the time that has passed since then, the town has grown a lot. It now has it's own council, bus network, fire station and police station. More and more retailers are...
TigerXtrm

Quest for Power

By TigerXtrm,

Oh dear, some of the council members of Westwood are throwing a fit. They say that the rapid growth of Jordan is using power from the power plant that was originally meant for Westwood. And they are right in a way, but no one could have predicted this little worker settlement would grow out to become it's own town. A sollution must be found. And when a city council comes up with a solution it usually costs a lot of money. Engineers employed by the city of Westwood were given the task to find a solution to...
TigerXtrm

How Time Flies...

By TigerXtrm,

Not many CJ's on Simtropolis start from the ground up, with absolutely nothing. Most CJ's you see around here will have some sort of background, pre-existing cities or towns which can be used to tell a story. Needless to say, this CJ has none of those things and started it's first entry with a naked patch of land and a railline. Of course this also means a lot of building and expanding and I know for a fact that you people are not waiting for me to list and show the construction of every single block of...
TigerXtrm

Upgrades

By TigerXtrm,

Jordan is growing so rapid that the total number of sims in the region (which is basically the main town and the farm area next to it) has already gone over 13.000 sims since the last update, when it was still 5.000. The town has expanded heavily to the west and is now hugging the farms, sometimes already overtaking them. Needless to say, the small mountain road leading to Mount Jordan was really taking a beating. It simply couldn't handle all the cars anymore. Time for a few upgrades. The small road to...
TigerXtrm

Water in the Desert

By TigerXtrm,

Jordan is approaching the 5000 sims mark! Yay! But wait, it's not all fun and joy, you know. 5000 sims need water and trucking in thousands of bottles of water every week is becoming a logistical nightmare, to say the least. And don't get me started on toilets... No, we need a solution. We need water! As luck would have it there is a nice fresh water spring underneath Jordan. Isn't that convenient? Jordan's first water tower! Of course we could have 5000 sims walking up and down to the water tower, turn...
TigerXtrm

Infrastructure 101

By TigerXtrm,

Growing oh so fast! Jordan is quickly approuching the 4000 inhabitants mark and garbage and sickness are becoming a real problem. In fact, just yesterday someone was reported to have been looking for oranges in the piles of garbage in the streets. He said he needed the vitamins. Time to take action! The landfill for the towns garbage will be located north of the town. Finally no more garbage in the streets! With that taken care of it's about time this town gets some healthcare. People are now living here...
TigerXtrm

Growth Pains

By TigerXtrm,

Ah! The joy of a growing city. So many things that happen. For instance, people started looking at the lonely stores on the road to Mount Jordan and noticed that they were making a killer profit. And if one person is making a profit damn well everyone should be making a profit, so it wasn't long before a lot more stores popped up along the road. The stores alongside the busy road. Speaking of people taking opportunities, the new road leading to Westwood was well received. Not only did it finally make the...
TigerXtrm
With the settlement growing at an alarming rate, more means of reaching the settlement had to be created. The old rails were quickly reaching full capacity at this rate and the trains would hardly get around to delivering goods between Westwood and Coldwater anymore. To fix this little problem, a road was to be built between the settlement and Westwood. Preperations are being made. The road completed. The road running next to the train tracks. Meanwhile, the settlement was planning it's very first major...
TigerXtrm

The Butterfly Effect

By TigerXtrm,

With the powerplant up and running it created job openings for almost 200 sims who would have to manage, run and maintain the facility. People from both Coldwater and Westwood got on a two hour train ride every day to get to the plant and another two hours to get back home. Needless to say, it didn't take long before the first employees started to complain about the long distance. To help these people out a bit, the city of Westwood decided to offer housing for factory workers. Any employee who worked at...
TigerXtrm

Powerful Discovery

By TigerXtrm,

November 29, 1807 - The South East Delta Link, the railway that connects Coldwater and Westwood, is completed. May 18, 1901 - A group of geologists start a survey project at the base of Mount Jordan. September 9, 1902 - The geologists confirm the mountain is an active vulcano. June 14, 1903 - The geologists conclude that the site is suitable for a geothermal powerplant. The amount of power the heat and steam in the underground tunnels would create a massive boost in the area's energy production when...
TigerXtrm
Hello and welcome to my very first city journal! The idea of this journal is to follow the natural development of a city without the use of planning. In this journal you will not find maps of the future transit system or pictures of skyscrapers on the first page. Instead, if you choose to follow this journal, you will be following the story of how a small settlement will eventually grow and grow and grow until, at some point in the distant future, it will become a huge metropolis. Now, I won't pretend this...
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