d_man18

Wow its been almost 5 years since I originally started this CJ! I haven't posted at all but I have very much continued working on my region. Through a mix of changes I now work from home. So I will definitely be updating much more often now. For now, I'll start with an overview of the Province of Windermere. Map of Windermere Windermere now has a population of about 6.6 million, with the province broken up into 9 regions. The three "mega"-cities in the region are Foymount (which I covered in my initial posts), Clarington and Bayshore. The region is quite dense in some areas but rural in others with most of the populated cities lining the rivers that break up the region. Foymount is the oldest mega-city followed by Clarington and then Bayshore. All the cities in the region are connected by a vast highway network with the Province controlling most and others falling to the local municipality. Clarington (pop. 636,898) is a large city surrounding a large mountain to the north of the region. The Downtown area is surrounded by Highways 30, 35 and 40 that stretch out to other neighbourhoods and neighbouring cities. Downtown Clarington with the 30/40/35 interchange Clarington's high density carries over into neighbouring cities Dunkerron, Wexford, and Copperfield, with residents commuting in between each for work. Highway 4 in Copperfield Bayshore (pop. 599,302) is a large city sitting inbetween a mountain and the Cobden River. The city surrounds the mountain and its namesake bay with skyscrapers and large buildings, split by current day Highway 150 the Bayshore Expressway, originally Bayshore Blvd. Bayshore Downtown looking west at Highway 150 Bayshore Region is quite dense as its overall population of 1.57 million makes up over 20% of the province's overall population. Commuters live in neighbouring cities like North Bayshore, Colby, Corry, South Lorne and Moon River and commute back to Bayshore for work via car, train, subway or monorail. North Bayshore Highway 5 and Highway 54 in Corry Highway 4 and 40 in South Lorne Transport Windermere (TW) had an extensive highway plan for the entire province which has been 80% completed with the edges of the province left for construction. Due to the age of the highway network in some parts of the province, it was decided that some old interchanges and sections would need to be rebuilt or upgraded to increase safety standards, or downloaded to the local region with the speed reduced. So as I go through the region updating my existing cities, I will document it on here! Thanks for reading!

I've been absent for like 5 months , but I'm back with a big post and a few more lined up! Fast forward to present day, Foymount is the largest city in the province with 444,000 people. The Metro area has a population of approx. 600,000 people. Downtown has expanded completely with multiple skyscrapers built over the years, as well as residential condos have taken over the east side of Downtown. Highway 12 running through Downtown, with King and Queen Sts. crossing the highway. A new community, Bransworth, has been created north of Downtown. Bransworth and Highway 12/2/North St. Interchange. Comet Stadium as well as the Airport Road Bridge. Cobden now boasts its own skyscrapers as well as a small condo community on the shore. Cobden condos and Highway 10/12 Interchange Old Town and Westmount have both expanded with multiple new condos, as well as the South Side, which is plagued by traffic on Highway 5. Old Town and Highway 10 Westmount by the Main Street Bridge South Side South Side along Highway 5 Highway 60 runs through the entire city from Plex Creek to the newly built North Kipling, as well as a new highway, Highway 64 branches off to west to pass the new airport and heads north into Frank. Foymount International Airport Kipling has expanded north as well as a new residential community, North Kipling, has been built north of Highway 60 and the Kipling Landfill. Plex Creek has blown up with new buildings, as well as a new highway, Highway 110, providing direct access from Highway 10 East to Plex Creek, as congestion was becoming an issue on Highway 60. Highway 110 - Highway 60 Bypass Plex Creek with Highway 60 heading North and the end of Highway 5's city highway. Also, Highway 110's terminus at the top. Kipling Industrial Park and part of the Highway 60/10 Interchange North Kipling and Kipling Pits Landfill McNicoll Heights, a new residential community, has also spun up on the top of Mount Foy beside the country club. That's it for this full post! next we'll look at the province's latest stats as well as Metro Foymount's transit system. Comments are welcome! To close, here are some mosaics I put together: Now at night:

Your region is very pretty

Hey everyone and welcome to the Province of Windermere. I've decided to start a CJ now that I've finally got most parts of the NAM running somewhat stable on my Mac install. I've been playing SimCity for years but have only done a City Journal once years ago, so we'll see how it goes. So let's get right into some of the back story. Windermere is a large province with three major metropolitan areas; Foymount, Clarington, and Bayshore. Since Foymount is the oldest area in the province, we'll get started there. Foymount started out as a small town with a small industrial area and plenty of farmland. Looking West towards Cobden and the construction on Highway 10 and Highway 2. The town began to expand along Main Street, which ran from the neighbourhood of Westmount, into the new built area called Cobden. They also expanded farther west into a new suburb called Cobden Rapids. The town finished the new expansions with the creation of its first highway, Highway 10, which stretched East-West from West Raine into, the quickly expanding industrial neighbourhood Kipling, west through what is now Old Towne, ending in Cobden Rapids. West Raine prior to Highway 10's expansion Cobden Rapids prior to Highway 10 Construction Highway 10 and Highway 2 in Cobden after construction has finished. Highway 2 Construction at the old Main Street Bridge. Lakeshore St. and the Old Main St. Bridge Looking East after construction of the new Main Street Bridge and Lakeshore Intersection has completed. West Raine looking North after Highway 10 Expansion West Raine Looking West Quickly after that, two new towns, Waltham Park to the northwest, and West Raine to the east, began to rapidly expand. The amount of commuters coming into Foymount from these neighbouring towns resulted in new decisions for the city's planning committee. Commercial interests were at an all time high in the town, with many businesses looking to set up in a central location. Up until now, commercial offices operated out of Foymount's commercial area in Cobden as well as some plans had been made in the city's new Central district in Old Town. Unfortunately, both of those areas lacked room for expansion as well as proper access to Highway 10. Newly built Central Avenue extending from Mount Circle Looking West at Old Town as well as the new Central District The city decided to establish a new Downtown north of Cobden and Highway 10 and to the southeast of Waltham Park. Also, a new highway, Highway 12 would be created, spanning from Highway 10 west of the bridges, north ending at Highway 2, which was expanded into Waltham Park. As well as new 3 lane bridges would be build for Highway 10 to cross the Kalden River. At this time, the lands on the opposite side of the river were designated as future airport territory. Highway 12 and Highway 10's new interchange Looking East at Downtown, University of Foymount, and Highway 12 Looking North at Highway 12 Ending at Highway 2, which turns into Waltham Park The new expansion to Waltham Park created a huge demand in the area, with new commercial offices springing up along Highway 2 as well as a huge residential growth in Waltham Park. Which led to huge traffic problems along Highway 2. After multiple failed attempts to ease traffic in the area, the city decided it was time for another highway expansion. Foymount's committee first designated a regional council, that would work with neighbouring cities and towns to work together in creating a better region for its citizens. The council decided to make a number of expansions in the area. First, in Cobden Rapids, the north-South section of Highway 10 would be expanded north into Waltham Park, and would become Highway 80. Cobden Rapids' new built municipal expressway would be expanded to the river and would become Highway 280, with future plans to expand north into Waltham Park on the other side of the river. The council decided to finally extend Highway 12 north, building a small collector-express system to run Highway 12 and 2 together until Highway 2 turns into waltham park, with Highway 12 continuing north. They also decided to built a new highway for future commuters flowing north from Highway 10 to the north edge of Kipling, which would be designated as Highway 60. New Highway 10 and Highway 2 Interchange Highway 60 and Highway 10 new interchange New Interchange at Central Avenue has well as the new Union Street. Looking East at Highway 60 Exit at Branson St. and Terminus at King Street These expansions resulted in huge growth in Downtown as well as growth in Kipling. It also resulted in a huge growth in a small town south of Foymount named Kalden Bay. A huge housing boom left Foymount searching for new areas to built as Westmount and Old Town were quickly approaching capacity. Developers expanded to the newly dubbed "South Side" and quickly built along the newly built Highway 5. Looking South at Construction on the newly built Highway 5 Bridge Again the city was left with planning decisions as its neighbourhoods filled up. They also widened Highway 5 and expanded it with a new bridge into Cobden as well as east into the newly designated high tech area "Plex Creek". They announced that Highway 60 would be expanded south to Plex Creek and Highway 5 within the next year. Well I think that was a pretty in-depth intro. I hope you enjoyed. Next Post will be about where Foymount is at today! Comments are welcome! Here's a preview as to what's next:

Interesting exit into the roundabout

Happy birthday to an amazing cj

Happy Holidays Simtropolis! I sort of just ditched my CJ for a while due to many distractions in life so after my hiatus I’ve decided to post a Holiday Special to give some people entertainment on this holiday break. I’ve decided to make some changes to the way this cj flows. Since I think people couldn’t keep up before since I was flipping from city to city in my region, I’ve decided to focus on one city for a few posts and I’ll only show the 3 Tri-Cities and Island City. That’s for whoever wants to follow this cj after the Holiday Special. Also I may only post periodically at certain points because I may get extremely busy. Anyways, now that we have got that out of the way, let’s get started with Washburg! As some of you may know, Ontario was hit with a series of horrible winter storms in the past few days and we have received around 50-70 cm in total after the storms. As you can see, cars are struggling to drive down this snow-covered highway. Thousands of flights have been cancelled due to unsafe flying conditions, leaving thousands of passengers stranded or flocking for nearby hotels. (sorry about the pause bar) Many businesses Downtown let their employees leave early to battle the winter storms. At City Hall and King’s Park, Windermere & Washburg employees and government officials left hours before the storm got worse. Though temperatures rose to a warm 7°C (44°F) and the roads were clean for the Christmas Eve Shopping Rush. And we are left with light snow falling Christmas morning and empty roads. (Same road as first picture but now developed a bit more). Well that’s it for now. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Don’t forget to check out my CJ in the New Year!

UPDATE 5 (PART 1) Well it’s been ages since I’ve done an update thanks to school, work and other things getting in the way of me posting this update. So here it is... This is PART 1 of my update... Part 2 soon to come.. Let’s start with the new Windermere Metropolitan Council Centre. The new building is the headquarters for Windermere Metropolitan Council, who deals with decisions regarding the entire WMA region. (Light Blue Skyscraper) Next is the new Highway 378 James E. Dixon Expressway, named in honour of the first council president, James Ersla Dixon. The expressway runs through undeveloped West Downtown ending at the Windermere Speedway. Highway 89 Crescent Park Thruway now runs through all of North Downtown to support the heavy traffic from Newport. The new transit system is currently under construction. Citizens are desperate for this transit system to be finished as soon as possible due to the long commute to get to the city cores. Now on to Washburg... The Southern City Expressway is now complete with a collector/express system and spans across the southern part of the city. Also, the Athbasca Tollway is now complete and is currently the only toll expressway in WMA. It is owned by a private company that works in cooperation with the Ontario government. This company also runs the 407ETR that runs north of Toronto and takes some commuters off of the well known Highway 401. It runs through the centre of the entire region serving as a direct route through the region. Electronic Toll Plaza The new Northern Ontario Legislative Building is now open in Downtown Washburg. Ontario MPs from the north part of the province began to complain about the extra long distance they had to go to get to the Legislative. So Washburg was selected as a city to build the new North Legislative Building. Every few meetings are switched between Toronto and Washburg. The building is located in Washburg’s Government Park, which also houses the University of Washburg. Northern Ontario Legislative Building Government Park Now let's go south of Washburg to the City of Disturbia. Previously called Fair’s Cove, the city voted to have the name changed to Disturbia, in honor of Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, the famous singer who spends much of her vacation time in this city. North Disturbia Downtown Disturbia Rihanna seen on the streets of Downtown Disturbia at night To end off, the WMC (Windermere Metro Council) has made a decision to include the Island City region as a major Tri-City in the Windermere Metropolitan Area. This means 13 new cities, towns and municipalities have been added to the WMA, which gives the WMA a grand population total of 1,101,000. In the part 2, we’ll be taking a view of the beautiful Island City, Clarington, South Washburg, and we’ll get a view of the entire region.... -Dman18

amazing just amazing

lol nice update i must say and i love your interchanges. theyre always so perfect which is hard to get in simcity lol

wooah crazy flooding. love the effect tho

September Special UPDATE 4 After the first week back for Ontario students, the WMA council made an announcement to the public: Now back to Windermere... Windermere’s currently having major traffic problems.... Streets, roads, and avenues.... All around town.... Do to all the neighbouring citizens and its own trying to get Downtown in the mornings... And home in the evenings.... Downtown’s Central Station East is used but not used at much as the city would like. One of the council’s new projects, which has started in Windermere, is to connect the Tri-Cities and all major neighbouring cities together with transit. Also part of their project is to do what they can to redevelop abandoned areas of the city... And to help develop parts of the city where demand is low. Now south to Washburg... Washburg’s current problem is the Highway 32 Southern City Expressway. The expressway is made up of unsafe at-grade intersections Outdated interchanges And all of Hwy. 32 traffic must connect with Hwy. 97 to reach to the other part of the highway. The Ministry can only provide enough money to redo the Highway 63 interchange... And to widen and redo only part of the highway... Washburg cannot provide any more money due to their recent project which was a renovation of the airport... So the expressway will just have to stay partially finished until the city can provide more money. To finish, 2 city pictures of Windermere. Lol just a note, it actually was the first week of school, so I’m not gunna be able to update very often due to high school homework overload but I will post a much as I can as often as possible and I will not abandon this CJ. -dman18

as usual, amazing update lol and wicked signs lol im downloading them and using them for sure

great cj! i like the simlympics relay and i really like the way u place things in your city

Heres my crappy map from my CJ lol. Nice maps everyone tho