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Quartz Isle 1998 As the Gibson family continued to prosper off of their new dock, Alex received word that a storm had flooded a group of his employee's houses. Shocked by the news, he invited them to live on Quartz Isle. The employees brought their families to the island, and their community began to develop. Commercial services also sprang up as a result of the new population. 1999 Gibson thought of a great new way to make money. Since many people would love to live on a tropical island with beaches and a volcano, Alex decides to sell some land for housing. He continues to prsoper though selling land, catching bluefin, and growing grapes. Since he has never been up to see the top of the volcano, he orders for a road to be paved to the top. Yes, it was a major challenge to built up the mountain with a sensative slope mod! Please comment with any questions or suggestions!

Quartz Isle Nearly 35 million years ago just 300 miles off the coast of modern-day Portugal, a volcano erupted on the fault line between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. This volcano spewed so much magma from the bottom of the sea floor, it created a small island above sea level. This isle is located at precisely 36.52N,15.38W and the land is rich with Quartz deposits. The volcano is currently inactive, and has not had an eruption in over 7000 years. August 19-21, 1962 Four enlglish fishermen part of the Gibson Fishing Company set off from Aveiro, Portugal in a small fishign vessel, Evans III, in search of Bluefin tuna. Among the crew was Alex Gibson, the founder of the company himself. As they approached their planned location, the men began to catch tons and tons of Bluefin. After a full day of work, the exhausted men head to their cabins and get their well deserved rest. At approximately 3:00, the men awake to water quickly filling the floor of their stateroom. There had been a small crack on the hull in the Portuguese port that had gone unnoticed during the hull inspection. The hole was ripped open further by rough seas, and allowed water to being to seep into the ship. The men are able to escape the ship using their emergency life-raft. Hours later, the men see a small peice of land, and begin to paddle towards it. When they landed on the uninhabited island, they were able to signal for emergency help through radio. A helicopter was sent to pickup the men, and they were brought back to Portugal to recieve medical treatment. Their ship, Evans III, was never located. May 23, 1998 Nearly 30 years later, Alex Gibson's son, Mark, had decided to venture back to the island his dad nealy lost his life to. Having made hundreds of millions of dollars with Gibson Fishing Company, Mark decided to purchase the island, as it was still unhabited. After having it prospected for resources, Mark found out that the island was rich with Quartz deposits. This gave him the idea to name the island Quartz Isle. Alex still tells his son about the prodigal amounts of Bluefin they had caught on that trip, and Mark saw it as an opportunity to build a boat dock on his island. He thoguht it was such a nice peice of land, so he moved on the island with his wife and young children. They planted grape vines and started their own vineyard.

[quote name='Schulmanator' timestamp='1304249464'] Wow... that leader was a real jerk! [/quote] Yes he was! maybe it was a bit too drastic of him

A Fantastic small city! I love it!

[quote name='Image' timestamp='1304223402'] I like your farms! [/quote] Thanks! I think a simple grid of streets an evenly laid out farmland makes it pretty relistic without the use of mods

Palisades A major riot was started in central Palisades when protesters started throwing garbage at President Verdebaum when he was visiting the Town Hall regarding safety issues. Verdebaum managed to escape in his motorcade, and he had the police arrested all of the protesters. Palisidians were outraged with their leader. Shops were being looted and violent crimes were committed. To control the population, Verdebaum created a military base just outside of Palisades Later that month, after nearly all of the Palisidians had turned against Verdebaum, a drastic decision was made by verdebaum. The Palisidians had heard something in the distance. They all stopped for a minute, to see a formation of jets flyign directly over the city. Seconds later, a bomb was dropped in the center of downtown Within minutes, all Palisidians were taking cover. Bombs were falling right and left Even through the night. Verdebaum would not show any mercy to the city of Palisades. Fire erupted throughout the city, and nearly all of Palisades was engulfed in flame All of the citzens have either fled the city, or were killed on this tragic day No one remained in Palisades. When asked for a reson for bombing Palisades, Verdebaum blamed it on the lie that the Palisidians were plannign to attack other parts of the Republic. Citizens believed him, and thought he had made the right decision. They will never know how corrupt their leader really is. end Sorry for the abrupt ending everyone. This was just a test city for me, but dont worry, there will be more well-planned and more interesting cities on the way. Thanks for Follwing Palisades!

[quote name='Mithrik' timestamp='1304176197'] I see you are start nicely, I would reccomend you to register a account on PhotoBucket or upload at ImageShack, instaed of attaching thumbnails, though.This is of the small space that you can have on the attachment section (500KB), good luck with your CJ. [/quote] Thanks for the advice, I will check it out as a option

[quote name='msernst' timestamp='1303967341'] I love it. It's really nice to see how someone else builds their city...my analytical mind always gets in the way and my cities are ALWAYS grid shaped and packed from the start. They typically start out as a few packed city blocks ...Good work. Cant wait to see what happens next. [/quote] Thank you! I find it really hard as well to avoid perfect road grids, but in this case I get to use the story's "president" as my excuse

b]Palisades In the past few months, Verdebaum saw it was necessary to install ground light rail into Palisades. He built an overtruss brinde to connect it to the mainland. The Main line runs North and South along the central avenue Crosses with the main East/West line To Deal with the new energy requirements, the wind farm was taken down and sold. The funds were then used to buy a small nuclear reactor. This provides copius amounts of power to the Palisidians Recnently, citizens of the Republic have been becoming less approving of Verdebaum. Throughout many of the Republic's cities, small riots have been taking place. Protests against Verdebaum's decisions have went from peaceful to violent. Luckily, our leader has greatly funded the law enforcment system. To prevent future riots, Verdebaum placed new police stations in all of his cities, including three in Palisades. Palisidians are slowly getting angrier with their leader, and even some small revolutionist groups are gathering. Thank you for visiting! Next update should be fun! As always; suggestions, questions, comments, etc are greatly appreciated

[quote name='Mikeaut1' timestamp='1303782354'] Good work I like the expansion of suburbs into the agricultural areas. I think you should work on your coastlines, maybe introducing a tree mod into your cities or a different water texture. I think that, along with some more custom content, would make the region more realistic looking and greener! [/quote] Thanks you! I sure will add some new custom buildings/mods. And I'll try to add a new water mod as well

Palisades To overview Palisades current state. Three main neighborhoods with a commercial center dividing them. Farms are beginning to slowly diminish in the outskirts Weathly environmentalists have begun to move into the city Through donations, the wealthy newcomers persuaded Verdebaum to create schools, hospitals, and parks Debates on the new facilities took place here; at the new city hall. The news of the new civic centers was broadcasted directly from the recently constructed radio tower. Although more high-class residents are strolling in, there are still many poverty-stricken residents living in tenements in central Palisades To deal with the massive expanse, the power and water systems were expanded As more Palisidians continued to worry about the fire issue, a High-Tech fire station was created. This station can cover all of the currently occupied city. TEASER Verdebaum saw an opportunity to expan his Public transit network into Palisades... Thanks! Please free to comment! I'm always taking suggestions.

[quote name='Mikeaut1' timestamp='1303701367'] What a crazy story!! The citizens of Palisades better be careful next time! Great work and unique twist to this journal, keep up the good work! [/quote] Thank you! Don't worry though, there is more adequete fire protection now.

Palisades Palisades has been growing steadily and quickly due to the cheap and plentiful land. In fact, almost the entire Northwest land-mass of Palisades has been taken over by farmers and their families. (I Tried to edit out the background to make it seem a little more realistic, sorry for the amateur paint job) Four new blocks of housing have been created to house the masses of travellers arriving. However, as you can see, Palisades is just comprised of farmland and small houses, with few basic amenities since Verdebaum thinks nothing bad could ever happen in one of his cities... One beautiful warm sunny day in Palisades had persuaded a group of new neighbors to throw a barbaque. As one clumsy sim was preparing his burgers, he had forgotton to turn off his grill. This caused a small fire in his backyard, which caught onto a clothesline and then quickly spread to the neighboring houses. No fire station had been built in Palisades, so it was up to nature to decide when the fire would stop. Thankfully, the Palisidian sims had gahered their gardening hoses to douse the flames. Final damage from the fire is shown below Shocked from the news, Verdebaum quickly constructed a fire station just north of where the fire took place. Many Sims are now afraid for their safety, and Verdebaum knows that the Palisidians will want more protection. To add to the reality of this CJ, here is a Dramatic Re-enactment of the proabable cause of the fire: Please Comment with any Suggestions or Questions!

[quote name='Schulmanator' timestamp='1303691390'] It looks like they are off to a good start. I would like to see more pictures - and more things like homes and other buildings. Welcome to the world of CJs. I look forward to seeing your work develop. [/quote] Thank you! I will be sure to add some detail picutres as the city develops interesting characteristics.

Palisades Some residents from the Eastern part of the Republic decide to move to Palisades in an attempt to start an agricultural lifestyle. Smog and pollution cover the rest of the Spanish Republic, and environmental activists are flocking to Palisades by the Hundreds. A wind farm is built to begin electricity generation An overview of the new farms and houses A close-up of the new residents A few Months later, small stores begin to show up The main produce of Palisades are oranges and pumpkins. Most recent Palisades Overview Thats all for now. Thanks for viewing! comment with any suggestions or quistions!