davidhogan

Wow, I came here expecting good reviews, yet most of you feel like I do. I'm glad I didn't buy it, but it's trash. It's like SimCopter, but more pointless. I'll try Spore, but if that's anything like Societies, I'm done with the franchise.

Why not just make a simple road/oneway/avenue/expressway/freeway, then allow purchased upgrades, like turning lanes, sidewalks, lrt, etc? Dave

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments. Out of character, I'm approaching this from what-if a corporation were to buy some islands and develop them as their own private nation. They would have incentive to build proper infrastructure to attract people who are sick of congestion, poor health care, bad schools, or corrupt police. Having lived in the US for my whole life, and having spent time on both coasts, I'm trying to make a US-modeled but not duplicated society, much as I did with existing areas in my San Diego and Santa Barbara CJ's. This region allows me to make it self-contained, based on the premise they're unpopulated Pacific Islands. Will they become the next New York/Los Angeles, or a Rust Belt disaster? Stay tuned..... Thanks for reading, Dave

Originally posted by: andymcnab666 fairly nice, something is missing though... perhaps the lack of trees... I like lots of trees. But something is definatly missing.quote> The San Angeles Islands Development Corporation is aware of concerns of many residents and potential tourists about the lack of green spaces. There are many parks under development, and our South Port City Services team is working to plant trees along the sides of many existing freeways. I'll make sure to post pictures as soon as more of our city services projects come to fruition. Thanks for understanding, Dave Hogan SA Islands Development Corp

Thanks to everyone for the comments and interest in the San Angeles Islands. We're excited about the construction of our first major airport, but due to some unforseen weather delays we're a little bit behind schedule for completion. For now, familiarize yourself with South Port. Downtown South Port at dusk South Port is the oldest city on the islands, and it was mostly developed before the freeway network plans were finalized. Broadway, the large avenue that connects to the Broadway Bridge was the originally planned path for the freeway, but due to the potential impacts on the exiting development a path through the southern Industrial/Port neighborhoods was chosen instead. South Port's eastern neighborhood The area where the bridge landed had a similar difficulty in that local residents did not want the existing businesses forced to move, so many were able to stay by creating dual bypasses that link just a few hundred yards from the original plans. The parking garage was built on vacant land due to the close proximity to the freeway junction. The first San Angeles Naval Station The San Angeles Navy is not the largest on Earth, but it's sufficient for the Islands' needs. The brown brick midrise is currently being leased as military housing, but there are plans to add more choices to the options with more condos planned soon for this neighborhood.

The San Angeles Islands would like to announce that properties are now available in our rapidly expanding cities of South Port and San Angeles. We'll get you some pictures of those soon, but first some background. Early Development in South Port The SA Islands are entirely privately owned located in the Pacific Ocean. They are served by their own private police, customs, freeways, and subway systems. The population currently is over 235,000 people and growing rapidly. Several new cities are currently in the planning stages, so if you want to be a pioneer, with the conveniences of good health care, schools, and mass transit, come join us. South Port after the completion of its freeways This message has been brought to you by the San Angeles Islands Development Corporation

This CJ & The NAM are the two reasons I still read ST. Nothing personal to anyone else, but this and the NAM are in my opinion the crowning achievements of what ST has to offer. Dave

Date: 5/15/2005 4:25:27 PM Author: Cjah Wow I haven't been to this C.J. in a long time.....I must say its still very realistic.... I hope you continue this C.J. Well untill next update....quote> With RLS that's come up lately, and the significant lack of responses this CJ was getting, I've kind of passed on this project. I do have something else I've been working on in the few minutes I've had to play SC4, but I haven't even run it in over 2 weeks now. I'll have something to post in the next few weeks though. Dave

AFAIK, one way/double deck highways aren't possible without modding the .exe (which can't be done by anyone but Maxis.) The highway to one way ramps would be nice though. Dave