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After looking at all the CJs on Simtropolis, I was finally inspired to start my own. Ventura City uses the NHP Ventura-Oxnard map downloadable from the STEX, available here: . It is not a recreation of the actual city, though I chose to keep the name. The goal for my city journal is realism - and it will feature primarily photos as I am not much of a story teller - though I do sometimes have my creative moments! This first update will give you a tour of the entire city, and each successive update will most likely feature one certain area of the city. So, without further adieu, I give you Ventura City. Most of the citizens travel in from the surrounding suburbs to work in the offices and stores of Downtown Ventura City. It is at a prime location, nestled right up to the Western edge of the Brentwood Hills. Next we travel south to the Manufacturing District of Ventura where many of the lower class families work day in and day out. Forming a ring surrounding downtown, is Arlington, the oldest neighborhood of Ventura City. Many of the original houses are still standing, though you can see numerous modern remodels throughout Arlington's streets. Traveling Southeast to Elyria, this is where many working class families live, in tightly packed rowhouses. Further to the East is Brentwood, a higher class neighborhood surrounded by the Brentwood Mountains to the North, and Grover Hills to the South. And Here is Brentwood Heights, the Business District of Brentwood. Now up to the North, we reach the University of Ventura. Here we find McAllister's Oval, or "the oval" as the students call it. It is named after the original president of the University, Stanley McAllister. And going south, we reach the suburbs. Here is the quiet suburb of Moore Park, where you can find houses with larger lots, and varying architectures. This photo showcases Washington High School. Traveling West through the suburbs leading up to the oceanfront, we reach our last stop, the Oceanside Docks. I hope you enjoyed your tour of Ventura City, please stop by again!

Replies: Scott1964: Thanks! Rewright: Thank you very much for the comment! Sorry for the delayed update, its been a crazy couple of weeks. But I would like to unveil my current project, the Ventura City Seaport. This is a project I have been wanting to get to for a long time, and I finally have. So here you go: Sorry its shorter than usual. I hope to show more images soon of the Port and surrounding area, once I get it all finished. But while I had a few minutes, I wanted to get this up. See you next time!

Amazing marina and seaport! Great night shots in the last updates also.

Thats quite the road network in the first shot! Great job!

Beautiful mosaic! I want dive into that water, I bet there's some amazing sealife to be seen in there

Great update, wonderful town! It makes me want to hike through the mountains and jump into the water

Great update once again! The shopping center looks really good, and I like the neighborhood on the hill above...it looks like a nice place to live.

Amazing update once again! Your region shots and the overview shots are some of the best. Its amazing how you rework them so they aren't the standard maxis images...that really makes this CJ stand out.

Most realistic NY I have seen! I like everything about this CJ...great details, great layout, great scenes. Looking forward to more

Another great update, I like Cooperville a lot

Replies: wwetom1: Thanks! And, thanks for being a regular commenter, I really appreciate it This update again will focus on Belmont: And to end with a few more shots of the Belmont Freeway redesign, and an updated region view of the area: Thanks for visiting, and please leave some feedback good, bad or otherwise

I'm gonna go with the buggs...Ahhhhhh

Amazing update Fox! I absolutely love that last shot of the historic castle, the island it is sitting on looks superb! And the second pic of the Dance Academy is great, it looks especially peaceful with the night lighting.

Great update! I like how you design around the diagonal roads - the ponds and strip malls look really cool. And I like the pockets of housing surrounded by the trees - very realistic!

Replies: SimCoug: Thanks! Many an hour have been spent on the STEX and LEX looking for new homes Aaron Graham: Thanks so much! Glad you like. Darknono35: Thanks! Hope you like this update wwetom1: Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like the MMPs, I wasn't so sure about them... This update is moving a little southwest to the more modest neighborhood of Belmont. And at last, a teaser of Ventura City's highway redesign, more shots to come next time: Thanks for visiting!

That region shot is amazing! It really looks like it came out of google earth or something - so realistic. And the detail you put in your city is amazing, must take a long time! Can't wait for the next update.

Great job! I really like your suburbs and the layout of your cities. You do a great job of breaking from the grid and keeping it interesting.

Great farmland...the autumn trees look amazing. I want to take a long drive through Gardele's countryside

Beautiful as always! I would love to live in one of the houses along the waterfront, I would walk along that path every morning And Muller Island is great, I wish I could spend some time there!

Very creative CJ, I like. Your shots look amazing with how much detail you put in your city! Great photoshopping too.

Great work! The farmland so real and pleasant, I love how much detail you put into your work. Can't wait for more!

Replies: rewright: Thanks, glad you enjoy! So, I am trying to remake some of my highways using RHW, and it is taking much longer than expected. Hopefully I can get some good images up soon, but in the meantime, here are some more shots of Brookside: See you next time!

Beautiful, nice work!

wwetom1 - Thanks for the comment! The 2x2 diagonal houses are in the JMyers Homes Vol 1 pack, found here. Its a great pack featured heavily in my suburbs.

Tonight I bring to you Brookside, an upper middle class suburban neighborhood of Ventura City: Thanks for Viewing!