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Raysfan16 - I do. I use a modd (by RaphaelNinja) to decrease the commute time. Thanks for your post! Mayorm - Thank you! art128 - Thanks! lucky7 - Hello René! I took the idea to use the modular airport puzzle piece from your CJ! Very useful! I was wondered by how you've made your warehouses! I'll take care about my night view pictures. Thank you for your post and keep NYC up! Victor Valdes - Thank you Victor! I'm very glad by your comment! crazychickensc12 - Thank you very much! Take care! tkuelker(at)gmail.com - I simply use the diagonal taxiway puzzle pieces. It doesn't look like runway with the textures, but it gives some realism that can be really appreciated! Benedict - Thank you for your post! aleking - Thanks!!! I'm very touched! Muck308 - Thanks! Some of these real neighborood inspired me for my lots! Thank you again! 1994 - I know about Iowa! But I like these mid-sized cities you can find all around the Midwest. Thanks! West Rockdale, part of Rockdale. pop: 65.807 This is the second part of Rockdale, much more industrial. The western section lies next to the I-129. Dodge Heights Veteran Mediacal Center, Rockdale, IA Dodge Heights College, on Hickman Rd. Rockdale, IA Hickman Rd. Rockdale, IA Emmaus Library and Park. Rockdale, IA Paccar truck frame plant. They also build chassis for Winnebago. Rockdale, IA Industrial sector near Dodge Ave. Rockdale, IA Industrial zone on Hickman Rd. Rockdale, IA Warehouses with the Georgia Pacific Plant (packaging division). Rockdale, IA Car dealers and strip malls along Dehli Rd. Rockdale, IA Junction of Hickman Rd and Dixon St. Rockdale, IA Mix of industrial warehouses, residential and offices (also with the Saint Mary Baptist church) Rockdale, IA. These last two weeks, I worked on East Dubuque and I've selectioned some skyscraper for Dubuque's downtown! Here is a picture of downtown! See ya and take care! David

Nice recreation of the park! Very detailled! Take care, David

mightygoose - Thanks! tostartpressanykey - Thank you my friend! dfnva - Thanks! Airport puzzle pieces are very useful... Hope that one time someone will release the same pieces for building modular malls or warehouses. Take care Dan! Benedict - Thank you for your message! art128 - Hello Arthur! You're right, I forgot to put a T piece for the transition from the parking lot to the cemetary... oups! Thanks for your post Arthur! tkuelker - Thank you for your Great comment! naftixe - Glad that you can take some ideas from my CJ! Thank you very much for your comment! ComputerGuy890100 - Thank you! GreekMan - Thank you very much! Region view So, yesterday just after my update, I've noticed that I can upload a recent picture about the southern part of my region, also here is! Take care and thank you! David

Raysfan16 - It was a prop collection I've found on SC4Devotion exchange. I've build also my own lots so I can modulate them as I want. Okay for the curved street! Thanks for your post! art128 - Thank you very much! tostartpressanykey - Thank you! None, I've done some ploppable lots with family homes. Each lots has a certain number of occupants. So I can control the aspect of my suburbs. ComputerGuy890100 - Thanks! DCMetro34 - Yes! Thank you dor your message! PhilsCafe - Thank you Phil! I'm glad that you like my work. Good luck for your exams and see you soon on Simtropolis! Take care. Kusajika Yachiru - You're right. Since past year, I'm impress by how my region is growing. Some hard work have been done and it's ny far not finish... Don't worry about my Sim's, I think they are used to have long commute time (and the RaphaelNinja's Modd helps them a lot to spend time in the traffic jam) Thank you again and take care! Nardo69 - Yep, I'm not so far by what you can see in North America. Thank you Bernhard for posting! Take care. GreekMan - Thank you very much! Unfortunately, yes, you can't... and the Dubuque MSA has a low vacant rate yet but some new subdivision will grow up from the ground soon! Victor Valdes - Thank you very much Victor! lucky7 - Thank you my friend! Hope to see your amazing project developing. Take care! nylaya24 - Thanks, I'm very honored! rewright - Thank you! You're very kind! TmiguelT - Yep! And it's not finished! Hanson784 - Yes, and some things have chanded since my trying to recreate Omaha and Council Bluffs. Glad you like it! Petrovar Ambassador - Thank you! dfnva - Thank you very much Dan! penguin007 - Thank you for your message Will! Take care. Rockdale, Iowa pop: 65.807 Allways in the southern suburbs, here is Rockdale, IA, a major suburbs located north of I-92. Rockdale is well now for the Rockdale Gardens Mall, the second largest mall in the Dubuque MSA and in the third position in Iowa, just after Jordan Creek in Des Moines and Galena Mall in Dubuque. At the interchange of I-29 and I-92. Rockdale, IA Rockdale Gardens Mall: 8350 parking spaces and 1.014.000 sq ft of retail space. Rockdale, IA South of the mall at Ashbury Rd (E-W) and Pery Ave (N-S). Rockdale, IA Mall's main gate. Rockdale, IA Night opening at the mall. Rockdale, IA Junction of Percy Ave and I-92. Rockdale, IA Industrial area north of Dubuque Nat'l Airport. Rockdale, IA Percy Ave at Ashworth Rd. Rockdale, IA Warehouses near the I-92. Rockdale, IA Southwood Golf Club. Rockdale, IA Fast food restaurants along Percy Ave. Rockdale, IA Rockdale Community Cemetary at Valley High. Rockdale, IA Typical 50's suburbs north of Rockdale at Waterbury. Rockdale, IA Percy Ave by night. Rockdale, IA Thank you and see you soon! David

Love your suburban offices. Very interesting! Take care, David

What a really impressive update!!! Good work! Take care! David

Wow, it looks pretty good! So, you're going to develop downtown LA first? Take care! David

Good work here! I should have used RHW in my CJ. This modd looks interesting... maybe in my next project. Take care! David

Benedict - Yes, I do but they are on 6x6, 6x3, 3x3 and 1x3. Each lots has a different number of resident. Simbourgeois - Thank you. I agree with you! Wake up on the morning and going to the golf that is just behond your garden, nice isn't it? Larks2242 - Yep! But I don't thing the area was build for single women too... PhilsCafe - Thank you very much Phil! So, I'm not going to make a secret that I'm a little bit proud of my work Thank you again and take care! Oktoberfest - No, really? How many suburbs in North America looks so close? I think a lot of them... Thank you Steve! ComputerGuy890100 - Thanks! Raysfan16 - I agree with you. Don't forget that Dubuque is based on the mile grid system. I refer to Omaha or Des Moines for my work... so. Derby Grange Rd is to consider as a four lanes undivided road (we can't have the exact road layout in SC4.. so I use the avenues...) Thank you for your comment my friend! Your critics are always welcomed! GMT - Thanks! I hope to finish before this summer. I'm eager to build the core of my metro area... but I prefer to build the surrounding area before. Mayorm - Thank you very much! nate1245 - The golf courses are part of a modular ploppable golf pack you can find here on the STEX! Thank you for your comment! Kusajika Yachira - Thanks! I'd have some problems with my diagonal freeways with the overpasses and the interchanges. I'd love tu use RHW but I'll be limited only with an orthogonal freeway system... In most north american cities, suburbs are only build for the use of cars... so, they didn't really take care about pedestrian but it's on the way to become obsolete. Thank you again for your comment and take care! Schulmanator - Thank you my friend! tkuelker_at_gmail.com - These homes are homemade. But I used a familly prop pack that can be found here: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=1123. This is the generic file you need. After you can download this one (what I'm using now) : https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=1191. Mine are based on these lots. Enjoy! WillG_75 - Exactly! rewright - Thank you very much for your comment! Key West, IA So, after the replies, let's go to the southern suburbs with Key West. This community lies between I-92 and the US-161. Overview of the area. Key West, IA Oakland Rd, near the junction with I-92. Key West, IA Development along I-92. Key West, IA Oakland Rd with the North Key West community college. Key West, IA US-151 at Katie Cove Corner. Key West, IA North Key Golf Course. Key West, IA Exit 26 at Oakland Rd with the Smiley water tower. Key West, IA Warehouses south of US-151. Key West, IA Elmwood Acres. Key West, IA Junction with US-151, Elmwood Rd and Hidden Rd. Key West, IA Interchange of US-151 and I-92. Key West, IA Large warehouse development north of I-92. Key West, IA Border with old and new suburban homes, near Waller Rd. Key West, IA Larger view of the junction of I-92 and Oakland Rd (Exit 26). Key West, IA Oakland Rd and Hidden Rd junction. Key West, IA Take care, David

Nice suburbs!!! Eager to see how they will devellop in the future! Take care, David

Wow!!! Your city is very huge! Hope to see more close-ups about your suburban communities. How did you make your region night picture? Take care, David

Here we can see how the NAM is useful! Good work! David

Oktoberfest - Thank you a lot! I'm very glad! ComputerGuy890100 - Thanks! Raysfan16 - Thanks my friend! Benedict - Thank you! I call it a clay pit but it looks much more like a gravel pit... Wrightguy0 - Thank you very much! It wouldn't not be the last thing I've planned to build for improving my city (pits are very commons around cities) Other stuffs are planned to be build! Thank you again! Kusajika Yachiru - Hi my friend! Thank you for your comment! Hope to see your work on L.A. soon! ecoba - Thanks! As I said to WrightGuy0, pits are very commons around metro areas. I decided to put at least two pits in my region. So, it will took some realism and liven up in my large farming areas. Yes, the SFBT ploppable gravel mounds are very useful (also the ploppable construction engines too) Thank Ethan and take care! Simbourgeois - Thank you very much! I'm very glad! art128 - Thank you for your support! I can't make a secret that Google Earth helps me a lot! PhilsCafe - Wow! Thank you very much Phil! I hope to amaze you again in the future! Thanks again to comment here, Phil! Take care! naftixe - Thank you! Happy to help you! mightygoose - Thank you for your comment! rewright - Woo... thanks you! ... I'm very glad that my city inspire you for your work! Thank you again! After the comments, it's time to move on in the northern suburbs with Douglas Acres, Iowa, a community located west of Sageville and Edmore... Douglas Acres is a subdivision of Edmore, IA and makes the western limit to the city. Enjoy the visit! Residentials build on the both side of the I-229, near the city limit of Edmore. Douglas Acres, IA 9 Interchange between I-229 and Cedar Ridge Rd with a commuter's parking facility. Douglas Acres, IA Sport Complex and residentials along Cedar Ridge Rd. Douglas Acres, IA Derby Grange Rd. Douglas Acres, IA New homes are going to be build in the place where a supermarket standed before. Douglas Acres, IA New Subdivision surounded by low residentials near Woodmore Park. Douglas Acres, IA e Devellopement along US-52 (Cantral Ave). Douglas Acres, IA Douglas Acres, IA Woodmore Park and Golf. Douglas Acres, IA Close-up on US-52 who makes the north limits of the city. Douglas Acres, IA US-52. Douglas Acres, IA Hales Mill Acres and Hales Mill Golf Club. Douglas Acres, IA Thank you for your comment/support Take care, David

Damn... I don't remember the last time I visited your CJ... Awesome work Phil! Take care, David

Benedict - Thank you. Yes, it looks like a car accident... I don't know why but I've a lot of traffic on the street. Probably the simulation engine is on "high traffic" or something like this... Raysfan16 - Thank you my friend! Really? I've noticed that a lot of sport park are situated in this kind of zone, like in my last recreation: Lincoln, Nebraska. willfish - Thank you! ironicepitome - Lol, yes! These homes are the only who looks pretty good... but yeah, there are only in two different colours... naftixe - Thanks! Simbourgeois - Hello, thank you for your post! These subdivisions are typical of those you can find in North America (and recently in Europe, but least spreaded). Sure it wouldn't be easy to find his home in this situation... Kusajika Yachiru - Thank you! Fell free to take some inspiration, I would be very glad! I suspect the simulatore engine to make this huge traffic... I need to fix the problem. You can find the powerline on the STEX easely. They are very realistic but you need to have flat terrain and you can't plop them diagonaly. Take care! PhilsCafe - Thank you very much! Larks2242 - So, I've downloaded tons of dependencies like props. These homes were made by Mike(?) (don't really remember the name exactly) But I'm sure that I found them on SC4Devotion.com/BSExchange. Unfortunately, he/she didn't make them as family props... But they looks good. I would have prefered black roofs instead red/orange roof... art128 - Thank you a lot!!! Here is a small update about on what I've worked on this weekend... It was very hard to find the good props... so... I tried to build a realistic clay pit as we can see with Google Earth... See ya! David

Good start! I'm curious to see how you will get solutions to recreate the complex freeway system of L.A. I wish you all the best with your new CJ! David

ComputerGuy890100 - Thank you! Larks2242 - Thanks! art128 - Wow!!! Simple words are better than large comments... thank you! Benedict - Thank you very much! Yes, isn't very easy to fit buildings and lots between diagonal roads. So, for the moment, it looks correct! PhilsCafe - Thank you Phil! Don't worry, I'm not very fast and I don't have lot of time to play... Take care! TmiguelT - Thanks, I'm very glad! GreekMan - Oh, I you'll win one next time! Don't be sad! Thank you for your support! Now I'm going to present you Sageville, Iowa. This city is the northern-most in the Dubuque Metro Area. The community lies where the Missigamee River makes a 90° curve to the east, called Sageville Point. The east bank of the river is occuped by a refinery and an oil powerplant. Here we go! The Sageville Powerplant, owned by Iowa Energy and Power. It produces more than 45% of the electricity consumption in the Dubuque Metro. The other 55% come from electric dams and coal power plants. r Sunocco Refinery, Sageville, IA Junction of Herber Rd and Peru Rd, Sageville, IA Mix of rural homes and warehouses along Herber Rd, Sageville, IA Sherrill Rd (IA-3), Sageville, IA Recently built residential subdivision along Sherrill Rd, Sageville, IA Sageville School and Sport Fields, Sageville, IA Sport fields next to the Sageville Point Water Treatment Plant, Sageville, IA Close up of one of these subdivision, Sageville, IA See you next, and take care! David

Very nice your roadmarker photomontage! Take care. David

!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! ironicepitome - Thank you!!! Raysfan16 - Hi my friend, thanks for your comment. I added turn ramps also my intersections look better! Hope you add a nice New Year party! Benedict - Thanks!!! I hope that I'll finish my region before 2011... thanks for your post! Larks2242 - Thanks!!! ComputerGuy890100 - Thank you! dfnva - Thank you my friend for posting. Happy new year and congratulations for your Trixie!!! Jamonbread - Ho! I'm honoured too! I'm going to visit your CJ soon and see your work! Thank you for your post! lucky7 - Thank you my friend! I hope you will get some Trixies next year. Your work is very impressive. Thanks again and happy new year! art128 - I get inspired by a plant located near Ankeny, Iowa, but mine looks smaller, but so, it won't be the last plant I'm planning to build... Thank you very much and happy new year!!! GreekMan - Thank you very much! Nardo69 - Thanks, lol! Congratulations for your Trixies and Happy New Year! PhilsCafe - Thank you very much Phil! Happy New Year to you too! ... Last but not last... some satellite pictures about my work... I didn't make some big progresses since Christmas... I'm currently working on Center Grove. Next update will be about Sageville! I worked a lot on the road layout. It becomes very interesting, no? t See you soon!!! David

Congratulation for your Trixie!!! Your work is simply amazing! Take care! David

Eager to see more of your work! It's just amazing what you're doing! Merry Christmas Lucky7 David

Ohhh!!! Thank you everyone for the Trixies Awards!!! That's a nice surprise for Christmas!!! Thank you to follow this CJ, I hope it will continue until Dubuque's done! Merry Christmas!!!

dfnva - Thank you a lot! Larks2242 - Thanks! Norby(ToG) - Thank you very much. Glad you like it! buildsolid - Thank you. All my best wishes for you too! N106 - Thanks! Raysfan16 - Thanks! Which interchange? The one in downtown or the other one, near the airport (T interchange)? GlobexCo - Thanks! Don't worry, the glitch is normal... ComputerGuy890100 - Thanks! GreekMan - Thank you a lot! bakercity - Thanks! Oh, sure I won't finish before fall next year... Less than 40% of my region is already done. PhilsCafe - Hello Phil! Fine, fine. In my job, everythings are going well. I'm on holidays since last saturday! And you? Thank you for your post my friend. I wish you a merry X-Mas to you too! chrissc94 - Thanks my friend! Mayorm - Thanks! So, here we can start with an another update in the northern suburbs series, about Edmore, IA but the north part! Edmore is the largest suburb north of Dubuque. Suburban scenery alongside the I-229 (North Loop), Edmore, IA View of Cenatral Ave. Edmore, IA. I-229 and the Davis College. Edmore, IA e Near the junction of Central Ave and I-229, suburban office complex and warehouse spread in both side of the freeway. Edmore, IA Junction of Central Ave and John F Kennedy Ave, Edmore, IA Perkin Elementary School, Edmore, IA North Park Shopping Center, on JFK Ave, Edmore, IA Another view of North Park Shopping Center, with modern suburban homes on the opposite. Edmore, IA Borg-Warner Plant, which produce torque converter and clutch plates for automatic transmission. It is also one of the largest employeer in Edmore, IA Edmore Park, a large subdivision built in 2004. Edmore, IA Night view of the interchange between JFK Ave and the I-229. Edmore, IA Hope you have enjoyed! I use the occasion to wish you all a Merry Christmas and, maybe a Happy New Year (if I update before)

Nice update! I'm eager to follow the next step of your story. Keep it up! David

ironicepitome - Iowa, boring? Thank you for your comment! N106 - Thanks my friend. I'm going to prepare an another update for this uncoming week! Raysfan16 - Thanks!!! I take a great attention to the details in my industrial zone! Glad you like it! ComputerGuy890100 - Thanks! art128 - Thank you very much! I'm going to finish some development in the north and then I'll go to expend my city to the south... I recently realized how big my city is... Good news is that I'm on holiday! TmiguelT - Thanks!!! I love the use use of one-way road as highways. They are easy to use and very modular, orthogonaly or diagonaly. Thanks again for your post! Benedict - Thank you! Yes and the best is that you can build or plop between the poles! Glad you like this! Holidays! For two weeks! So, it means that I'll have a couple of dayfor developing my region! I've planed to finish the north-eastern part of my area during my vacations. Here is two picture about the actual statement...