Damastius

Good job. I like the plans!

Nicely done man!

Thanks for the comments. Glad you people are interested in this other kind of building a city! Update 4: Adding infrastructure and getting rich 1978 Bocksburg is getting richer every day. Wood really adds some money to the budget and Bocksburg is getting more and more national. The count of last week let us know that the town now has 14782 citizens. But Bocksburg wants to plan for new profit sources, for when the forests will be cut down, in about 20 years. These are Bocksburg's plans: Developing Tourism - It wants to attract more tourists by building more hotels and give the town a more good image to the rest of Europe. It also is renovating old buildings, and it already has repaved the roads in the centre parts. It has plenty of parks and relaxation activities. Better roads - It's planning to build better quality roads to the outside world, to make export more easy. Invest in food industry - 85% of the woods will be replaced by farms, which will be a essential profit source in the future. Back to the woodcutting. Bocksburg has improved the infrastructure at the lumberyards. Roads have been widened and new roads have been layed because the forests are retreating fast and the workers otherwise would have been driving very long through the swampy 'trunk forests'. At the biggest lumber yard two administrative offices have been build to take care of the massive amount of paperwork, including contracts and taxes. It's busy at the biggest lumber yard. This is the second lumber yard. It still has some forest to cut down. But the first lumber yard hasn't. There are farms and the south and west side. Two pictures to compare: A couple of years ago: Now: While they are cutting the forests down like the devil is chasing them at the North-East side, the South-East side stays unharmd. Bocksburg is going to use it as a forest for all kinds of activities in the future. Some pictures of the expansion of the town itself: As so far update 4, hope you enjoyed this update and the story. In update 5 we will continue on the expansion of the farmlands and the tourism developements. Goodbye! Damastius.

Hmmmm then I think everyside is 10km. I read it somewhere a while ago.

@ Mr.Beer: 10 Squared kilometres. (10 km2)

Update 3: Mapping the forests The year 1975. Bocksburg is still cutting. It needs space for farmland and expansion of the city itself. But the citizens don't want all the forests to be gone, which is not far away. Bocksburg has mapped the forests in the area, and has given the places were they are and were they are not allowed to cut down the forests. The two new lumber yards. At the newest - and biggest - lumberyard they have found a small oil well. It will have enough oil for Bocksburg to be self-sufficient for the next 20 years! In these factories the oild is being burned. It seems that forests are only a barricade in Bocksburg's eyes. A view from the North-East part of the forest. Bocksburg itself has expanded. Here are shots from the new part: Also, Middle Plaza has been layed. There are plans for future appartements around Middle Plaza. This is the map of the forests as they are now. It shows the cutting areas of Bocksburg. But the workers at the lumber yards are complaining about the infrastructure in the forests. They can't get to the sites they have to be, because it's to densed! More info about it in Update 4:

Good job!

@Jazye : next time I'll write "poorest" @ The rest: thanks!! Maybe tomorrow I'll post a new update.

Thanks for the kind comments!!! I'm currently expanding the forests and building new lumber yards. @Jazye: It's actually just a low or medium density heavy industry building

Thanks for the positive replies, Mentarman, Stef and Johannesut! Update 2 : Cutting down the forests The year 1973. Bocksburg is in need of space to expand the farmlands and build new houses. Therefore it's cutting down some parts of the surrounding Bock Forests. The timber will be sold to manufacture companies. In the forests on the east side of the city, it's going fast. An industry field has been set up in the middle of the forest and is cutting like never before. 20 Square metres per hour is being cut down. With so many timber, there was a lack of space to store the 'brown gold'. So storagebuildings were build further down the mainstreet. The dense forsts around Bocksburg can be very profitable.. So the city is cutting them down, to sell the timber and use the space for farmland. There is only one site yet, but two others are planned. The wood is stored in big storage buildings, and will be exported within a week. Some random town pictures, about the poorer parts of town and the centre. Bocksburg has bought a piece of farmland from a local farmer and this is a map of what will be build in the area: Bocksburg will not expand the town fast; mainly the farmlands. This was update 2 of the European town of Bocksburg, hope you have enjoyed it! Damastius

Nicely done. I like the city sattelite images.

Cool. Already more than 250.000 inhabitants.

Good job!

Awesome! Excellent touch. I love downtown being so densed and still giving a feeling that there's lots of space, because of some medium density offices.

Can't wait for the next update

Wow, a big city it is! Nicely done. Would have took ages to build the ring layouts i think.

@patriotizzy: I also didn't want the update to be that big. Next time I'll keep it in mind.

The same prob,em which I had! Sorry, didn't see your post though.

With low, the amount of cars on the road is reduced to prevent lag. With medium and high you see more cars.

Cool man, well done. Looking forward to the next update. Well, I was sleeping and at school so I couldn't reply sooner.

Nicely done!

Actually you need very much of a certain resource to unlock an university. For instance having many farms will unlock the institute of agriculture, same with offices and all other resources!

Hello! Here's Update 7! First, some information about NL, which is at 510.000 citizens(!) and then you'll follow Jack in Sunset City! This is New Leopolis at the moment. A street in the new district. Some random photo's: Downtown has been given a makeover! Here are some shots. As NL now has more than 500.000 citizens, it has build the Peace hotel, at the edge of downtown. It's very big. Also, at the other side of the H1 a new district has been build for unskilled workers. It has set up mustard factories, which have become famous now. A new shopping centre near Westerkerk is totally running on wind energy. Other shopping centres are following! This was the update of New Leopolis. Now let's follow Jack in Sunset City! ____________________________________ Hello! My plane just arrived at Sunset City. Here are some pictures: Just left the airport. Here's a shot what you see when you leave. I'm going to take the B25 to the CBD. There it is! I parked my car at one of the parking lots and visited a museum. This is the view from the roof! Driving further along Adrian Avenue. On the right side there are farms, on the left side housing. Taking the bridge (see picture of Adrian Avenue above) To have a look at the sea. Approaching Sunset Avenue. I'll go right to have a look at Sunset Plaza, with St Nicholas' Church, Kodak Theatre and Sunset University. Sunset Plaza. I walked around the BIG university and took a shot. Well. It's time to go to my hotel now. It's 9o'clock and I still need to drive for 90 minutes. Hey, a football pitch. Driving along quite streets near the sea. Ah, there's my hotel. let's take a look at my room. Wow, it's good an outstanding view on the CBD! I'm exhausted. I'm going to have a big rest. This was my journey! 'Hope you enjoyed Update 7 of New Leopolis/ Sunset City. Damastius

Nicely done man. I like the how the hotel is build in an old looking street.

Impressive! That's the way to do it!