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GeniusXL: Thanks for stopping by! Thanks for mentioning that, I probably took some bad quality photos when I was in level 6 zoom, and hopefully you’ll see a difference in the following update Aidcity4: The first one, Wye Station by Ill Tonkso can be found Here. The second one, SMP Small Dutch Train Station by thequiltedllama, can be found Here. TekindusT: Thank you! And I thought I was just adding ‘variety’ in, hopefully updates continue to be as good! K50dude: Thank you as well! Haha, those tracks caught my eye as well when I was taking the photos Samerton: Thanks! Hopefully I can make my new CJ even better. It'll come out soon! As the train kept going, the farms started to fade away to trees, and eventually pine trees. Tom almost fell asleep on the train, even though it was the middle of the day. The region got more mountainous, and Tom could see that the train was traveling into a valley that was becoming narrower the farther it went Tom thought how great the scenery was, even though he had been through many of these areas already. Tom also grew increasingly concerned over how far the train was going, and how he was going to get back to his car. Soon though, farms starting appearing, it seemed as if the train was nearing civilization! Many farms had their own windmills. As the train kept going, more and more signs of civilization appeared, such as houses, bus stops, and even paved roads. A small patch of industry stuck out, it was in a bit of an awkward position. Soon, the train was slowing down, much to Tom’s delight, it was pulling up to a station. It was a small, rather nice Station. Tom stepped out and saw that out front read “Salome Central Station”. Apparently this town was called Salome. Tom started walking around some of the shops, hoping he could find someone to talk to or some sort of way back. Off to the side there looked like a couple of trains that were about to head in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, they were freight trains. Finally, Tom managed to find a general store, and strike up a conversation with the clerk. “Excuse me, I just got off a train here, and I was wondering how often trains pass through this town?” Tom asked. “Well, about every week or so. However, they do stay for overnight.” The clerk responded “Say, whats your name?” he continued “Oh! Tom, and you?” “Fred” “Nice to meet you Fred, say, is there a place I can stay for tonight?” Tom asked again “Of course! Down the road a ways there’s a bed & breakfast, or you might want to try one of the farms. The farmers around here are awfully nice.” Fred said. “Great, thank you! Also, I’d like this bottle of water…” At that point, Tom realized he had lost his wallet…possibly while running to catch a train. Fortunately, the clerk was understanding, and Tom walked away with a drink of water, feeling much better. On his way out, Tom say that the city council had posted something on the wall of the general store… This is where you can vote! The ‘City’ of Salome has been wanting to attract wealthier residents, but it seems that any attempts up to this point have been unsuccessful. The building of a small clinic and schoolhouse has not helped significantly, and the volunteer fire brigade also does not seem to allure wealthier residents. So far, it seems that parks have done the most to attract them, yet there still is not a large wealthy population. Therefore, the city is proposing to improve the space outlined above. The choices are as follows: A) Create a large public park. Certainly this will attract high-wealth residents! B) Build a small police station on a corner. Wealthy residents like to feel safe C) Create commercial space only accessible by pedestrians. By attracting high-wealth businesses, certainly wealthy residents will follow D) Build a public library to compliment the small school across town. Tom walked down to where the clerk had told him, and soon came across the bed & breakfast. Tom stepped in, but remembered that he had lost his wallet, so he would have to choose a distinctly less comfortable place to sleep. He headed towards some farms he saw on the way up. (Uh-oh, I spy renegade zones, they need to be developed, pronto!) Eventually, Tom was able to find a nice spot to sleep, in the spare room of a barn of a corn field. As the sun set, Tom debated what he should do next… It appears as if Tom has lost his wallet and is very far north…should he return to the train station and keep riding the train north the next day? Try and work for money to return south? Or should Tom try and catch a freight train going south? Or hitchhike? That’s all for this update! See you all next time!

This is so amazing on so many levels! Great work as always!

Interesting experiments! Looks like a lot of European W2W's aren't suited for diagonal streets, unless they were specifically designed for it. Personally, I try to limit my use of diagonal streets. Great update, and break from the regular stuff!

Great European areas! I really like the Pedmalls and walking avenues lined with trees!

Great update! I really like your choice of stations. I'll vote 2. Can't spend too much money in a tough economy!

I hope I haven't been forgotten! Hahaha Ny24: Thanks for voting! Paulobergonci: Thanks for voting! Glad you like my PEG-esque river Texan: Thanks for voting! Schulmanator: Haha, of course, life jackets come with the Kayak, theres even a kitty-sized jacket Sepen20: Haha, so the decision becomes…Education or Health? I guess it’s hard to educate unhealthy citizens. Also, thanks for voting! K50dude: Thanks for voting! That’s also a fantastic idea that I might just…if I could take it for a little while… Retep Molinari: Thanks for voting! Schools change everything, man! Newyorkcityrocks92: Thanks for voting! Ibanoris: Thanks for voting! TekindusT: Haha, I took up the NWM as soon as it came out! No delay there. Also, thanks! I believe the 5th pic is what I spent the most time on. Thanks for voting too! _marsh_: Haha, a little work-around to the orthogonal roads. Also, thanks for voting! Looks like a lot of people support good education Samerton: Good news, your lucky day has come! In Other News: Isabel has decided that at K-12 school would best help out the community, and so, construction has begun on that very recently. Also, Tom decided to park his old car in a lot, and take a train northward. He intends to come back sometime for the car Also, terribly sorry for no update in an awfully long time. However, I am working on a new region! Hopefully I can make my first post on that by the end of August. Anyway, hope you all like this update! Tom looked through, and found that of the few hotels in Isabel, he could afford none of them! Thinking fast, Tom walked across the street to the train station, hoping that he could find a decently cheap place to stay in the next town. The sun set quickly, and soon, Tom had got a $10 ticket to the next city north, a city named Coast, which, incidentally has a complete lack of coastline. Tom had to hop off at the first stop in Coast. He caught a bus which had ‘Downtown’ on the front, and rode along till he saw bigger buildings. Unfortunately, it was close to midnight, so Tom couldn’t see anything in the distance. Soon, the bus pulled up to Main st. and “The S” Hotel, which, as soon as Tom stepped inside, realized it would break his bank before he checked into his room. Tom jumped on another bus, and was off. Soon, Tom came upon another hotel, the more modest ‘Modest’ Hotel. Tom rented a room, had a cereal bar, and took a long, restful sleep. As Tom woke up, he looked outside, where the sun had come up! Tom took another look at his ticket and realized that it wasn’t supposed to “expire” for another day, so, why not take the train farther north? Fortunately, there was a nearby train station. Tom got on the next train, and took a look out the window as the city of Coast went by him. Coast was probably best-known for its freight yard and surrounding industrial district, which handles what few goods move through HalifaxCounty. Coast was certainly grittier than any other city in the County. Tom passed by another train station farther north, but decided to keep going. Soon, the homes gave way to farms, and there didn’t seem to be a train station in sight. The farms continued, and Tom began to think how he would get back to his car… ----- That’s all for this time! The update isn't that good, I think. I've spent a lot of time on my new region i'm working on, and, I'll even give a couple teasers! The Region is based in a Southern-California area, but only loosely, since I have buildings from around the US. Unfortunately, I didn't want to reveal too much! so this is a stripped down image. Hopefully I can start up the new CJ soon!

Good stuff! i'm liking the older-style buildings and village

Looking very rural! I'd suggest downlowding some custom rail stations, such as this one or this one. If you really want to go rural, you could use the Single-Track Mod (STR). However, other than that, everything looks great!

You could probably build some houses even closer to the airport, and sell them for 1/8th their original price! certainly  Jet Blasts are only a 'minor' problem. Great update as usual, i'm extremely intrigued by that last photo you have there!

Wow, I can't believe I missed your previous post, but things have really taken off! Great job on the seawalls, and I vote to have waterfront Office zones, with a park in the buffer area, so that the waterfront zones will have river views and parks close by

Great place you got there! It has a nice small-town feel, however, the lack of sidewalks makes some of the commercial areas out-of-place

Great downtown and industrial areas. I really like the 3rd pic!

Looks good, you have a very interesting blend of buidings, but they all fit well with each other! I'm looking forward to seeing more!

nice tour! I like the different viewpoint on your city

Great shots! you really know how to build an airport. However, like tepodon said in the last entry, the UDI icons kinda get in the way. Turning those off would make a world of difference. Your CJ looks fantastic!

 Great integration of farms, I really like the whole rural feel to the place

Really Like the first photo, and good job on the rail yards!

I'm liking the Vanilla suburbs!

they run a marathon a day! I wonder if they work at some sort of health and exercise company

Great farms! I really like the details you put into them

Great rain effects! Looks like the LA river project will come in handy

That would be such a great beach to be at! And sailing...sailing there would be Awesome!

iGod: Thanks! I’ve been trying to make space in Old Calgary, I may be able to squeeze in another track. Thanks for voting, too! TekindusT: Thanks for voting! I think all the development stopped in part because of such little space, but, thanks for the compliment! I’ll certainly keep it in my for some future cities Simcitymasterman: Thanks for voting! I’m not really making a BrookStone Region league, I just happened to build two stadiums in updates. However, I’ll keep your suggestion in mind! Also, I’ll address that hill suggestion in the following post. Plane-Crash12000: Thanks! That train is part of the Amtrak Passenger Locomotive and Passenger Car set by BigRedFish, The download can be found Here, and here, respectively. _marsh_: Thanks for voting! I like your idea of having a smaller marina in the area which I was gonna fill in, I think you’ll find a little of that at work in the following photos. I also like the idea of having a small reservation area, however, it’s hard deciding where that’ll be, since building the boardwalk means connecting it to existing ones on both sides. I’ll see what I can do about a marine preservation area. Putting a monument on the hill would be a nice idea, I think making a city park out of it would be really cool, but I also think that, at the same time, It would not help in building a connection between New and Old Calgary. Connecting New and Old would mean a lot more economic development. The idea of a tall sort of building on top of the hill is still very open to me…er, city council, though! Newyorkcityrocks92: Thanks for voting! Also, thanks for reading! Hopefull you can drop by every month or so, when I update Jose40292: Yes, I agree that the area is starting to look like Hong Kong, however, keep in mind that Honk Kong is a city of Seven Million People, Calgary on the other hand, has hardly a hundred thousand. I would also like to note that Calgary is a city that is not used to such tall buildings, these buildings have been constructed within only the past couple of years, meaning that The city of Calgary has had to hash together quick plans to get people moving. The idea of bringing the highway underground is a great idea, but also costly (Think about how much the big dig went over budget). For now, the maxis 6-lane, 2-tile wide highway seems to be doing its job quite well, and the off-ramps are still not congested. Though it would be a good idea to upgrade to high-capacity off-ramps in certain places, New Calgary is in such a confined space that even those would take up a good deal of space. As far as subways are concerned, there are two notable subways- one in New Calgary, which transports people from the HSR to various other parts, and a separate one that serves Old Calgary. Currently, those routes do make money, and move people well, in conjunction with the tramways. As far as the HSR is concerned, I don’t think I’ve shown in my CJ yet, but the area between Old Calgary and the HSR terminus is in fact a body of water, which you’ll be able to see later on. That complicates trying to bring development there exponentially. The subway already does it’s job by ferrying commuters to the HSR station, it is just that the two areas are visually completely separated. The HSR system currently in place is an multiple-city connector already, providing a link to two of the most populated cities in the BrookStone Region. It has the amount of stops it has because the line itself is rather small, spanning only about a large tile’s length. Therefore, it makes more sense to have more stops, so that in case the local rail gets crowded, the HSR can pick up the traffic. The HSR as I’m using it is not exactly a long-distance mover, the region I play on can hardly be considered medium, or large. I do know of road-top mass transit options, and I have a tendency not to use them, as I think they disrupt the sidewalk and therefore look unrealistic. Keep in mind, Calgary is a new big city, it has not had time to develop all the things you mentioned. Thank you for commenting though! I have taken much of what you said into account, and I’ll address some of it in the upcoming post. In Other News: The council has voted to build the new marina! Construction has already started, and is expected to continue for a few months. Also, everyone has been up and at arms about how to link New and Old Calgary, and what to do with that crummy hill sitting between them, and so, to address that, I present… Allright, so, I think the main reason why there seems to be a lot of different opinions is that no one really has the full view. So I have compiled Old and New Calgary, and everything in between, into one image! (Clickable Link!) Ta-da! Just to Clarify, the Brown/Orange outlined areas indicate industrial development. The Red line indicates a highway, with dots being on/offramps. The Blue line indicates the HSR, with dots being the stops. Ok, so, the big two things dividing Old Calgary and New Calgary is the body of water (Blue star thingy) and the big hill. The body of water is rather large, yet shallow and inaccessible, which means it cannot be used as a harbor, but too large to fill in. The hill is rather steep, even more so than the ones around Old Calgary. These are the two land/water masses that must be dealt with in order to keep up growth. (Clickable Link!) Here you can see the mass transit lines of Calgary. Blue is sub terrain, and green is above terrain. Dots indicate stops. The two terminus stops in the New Calgary line are in fact HSR stops as well. The terminus stop for Old Calgary is the HSR/Rail terminus. This brings me to my favorite section…. This is where you can Vote! The vote today is very simple. Based on the above photos, How do we connect Old and New? Keep in mind, Rail lines, roads, and a highway already connect Old and New Calgary, along with a slew of ferries. In order to truly connect the two sides, we need to develop them. However, how is development to occur when there is a hill, a lake, and two industrial complexes in the way? I’m leaving this open-ended, and if there aren’t any suggestions, I can just divide Old and New Calgary into separate cities. Also, don’t wanna leave you guys without some other photos, so the new Marina is progressing well! The new Yacht club is coming along well. Most spaces are already filled! Temporary power lines replace the old underground ones while earth moving operations happen to dredge and fill the bay. An overview of how things are turning out. Until next time everyone!

That is Wye Station by ill tonkso, which can be found here