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I know many are upset that us out here in the Americas don't help with these things.. well thats actually going to change this year. As many do know, Los angeles is geogrpahically the largest city in the US, and this year has agreed to join Earth Hour. Now although our impact wouldn't be as big as say.. New York shutting off, this can be considered a significant thing for the West.. especially since LA doesn't normally do these things. Downtown is expected to shut off, including the US Bank tower.. that tall building in the middle of downtown. City Hall will shut, and even LAX has agreed to shut off much of the front display light, like those glowing pillars. Many airlines going into LAX have said that they will run on dim light when it is safe to do so, to help. The Griffith Park Observatory will shut off as well, but be open to the public to gaze at either the darken city, or the sky. Personally, I would love it if they could make all the freeways out here shut off for an hour.. but that may be a bit dangerous. Though it would be fun to see all the cars on the freeways shut off their lights for an hour.. Oh! and many hotels and resturants will be offering candlelight dinners, for example, during that hour. Los Angeles, California will go dark in March.

Pretty good, pretty good.. I approve.

tankmank... advertising your city here are you? Oooh.. thats minus 5 just for that... and what is that, a foot/bike pth next to the beach? You mean you are going for healthy sims? Where are the burger joint? the freeways... the carparks... why isn't your city lazy?!?!? And please.. big apartments next to small houses.... a total of -14/-10 from me...

Its looking good.. I hope this doesn't drastiocally change what you started

Alright.. here is one of my earlier pictures.. I was really attacked for it..

tahill.. I love your interchange.. however the beach looks a little off to me..

The threads have already been pointed out.. just because you can't find what you want does not mean this community needs to cater to what exactly you want. How would a real city tutorial be any different from a city building tutorial? What makes it so different? As for your comment about how I am not the only one here.. might I point out your earlier comment that you believe more people want to see a recreational city rather than the fictional ones we have created.. which is clearly incorrect, as you can see the overwleming reponse against your proposal, as well as the fact that you have submitted any kind of evidence to back any one of your claims... so to tell me that I am not the only one here.. sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. We given you what is currently available to help you out, and you still say no thats not what you need... so prove to US (not just me) that your arguement is valid. For it does right now appear only that you do not want to actuall look, but have it handed to you on a silver platter. As a final point, I must say that I have found quite a few "fake" cities on this site that look so much better than our real word cities of today.

First off.. what exactly makes a real city look more REAL on this site than a fictional city? I honestly take offensive at your lack of respect for those of us who try to create a realistic looking city. Secondly, if you looke at the highest ranked journals... they are nearly all FICTIONAL. meaning that your arguement that we all want to see real cities is not based on fact Thirdly, any information or tip you want can be found ANYWHERE on this site. Finally, it does sound like you just don't want to search for anything.. you want it handed to you on a silver platter. Try typing yoru city you want in to the search bar, and I'm sure you will find what you need, without demanding that every CJer stop thier "fake" city to build you some real ones. I'm sorry, but your comments are out of line, and considered offensive.

The funny thing, though.. those are the old and outdated notes.. we need to update the Unio...

In other news today, the 400, 5:15, 5:45, 6:00, and the 7:15 train crashed into the same parking lot again, killing 15, though in all fairness, most the deaths were done after the thrid train... This just in, the late 9:00 just made it... into the rubble

You know.. the first time I commented I was basically saying dude your stupid for likeing grids... But here is the thing, I bet the majority of the players live in a suburban style area.. or in a European city where planning went back thousand of years... The most efficient downtown/main commericial area are gridded, which is good because it help traffic flow in that area and allows better buisness. However go tot eh residential sector, and roads break the grid for reasons. One IS to provide a kind of halt to street racing that normally spawns in gridded streets. They like the suburbs because the heat mostly stick with the money centers. Also, there is a compromise, which I do with my cities. I grid my main commerical centers, yes, but I always will throw a diagonal cross road in there. That is technically breaking the grid. Sometimes a city will have a kind of roundabout road, which would provide a kind of expressway around the main downtown center.

I will just say this because someone was waiting for it.. Of course there is life out there.. they are currently looking for more artifacts... give us about 500 more years well make contact.. (Cue Halo music) I'll actually put in my two cents (actually 5 due to inflation, and when comparing the dollor to other currently, I need to double it to make up the differece..) Ok, I'll put my 20 cents in later..

Hey look... its Mayor Maxis... he's at it again! -9/-10