Mister J

Hi, all! Boy, does it feel good to be back. The nights spent city building while ST was down were pretty dark and foreboding... much like Gotham! This is a re-posting of my previous entry from March, but unfortunately, I didn't save what was written. I thought I would have more downtime at work this week, but that turned out not to be the case. So, I'm going to just showcase the buildings and landmarks, without the stories about the lives of everyday Gothamites. Hope you still enjoy!

I'd like to help however I can. I don't think I have many files downloaded from that time period, but I can still process and verify whatever's needed. I should have a lot of downtime from work this week, so please let me know!

So glad to have ST back! Thank you to Cori, CB, and Dirk for all that they've done and are still doing.

“Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can’t see the enemy…” - from Batman: Year One Happy Holidays to all! I hope the new year brings plenty of great city building to everyone out there. It's been a long hiatus and I'm glad to finally be able to post the last few entries of this project after 3 years of corrupt mayoring. A year and a half ago I got a promotion and started working long hours, barely finding the spare time to chip away at Gotham, but I'm proud to say that Stage 3 is finally complete! So, here it is... Beginning of Stage 3 End of Stage 3 City of the Clouds Something is rising in Gotham — and it’s not just the hopeless crime rates. It’s black steel, cold concrete, and stained glass as far as the eye can see. The skyline has changed dramatically into endless blocks of towering structures. But as buildings climbed toward the heavens, the residents plummeted deeper into hell. Midtown Financial District Tricorner Downtown Uptown I wasn't able to stick with my original goal of growing it as a real-world mega-city would evolve. It would have taken even longer than 3 years, but I'm still happy with the end result. I did hit my mark of a population of 12 million Sims, so there's that. Crime Levels and GCPD Corruption Scandals Crime in Gotham City has reached record highs. Armed robberies, gang violence, and organized crime are spreading through nearly every district, overwhelming the city’s already strained police force. Behind the statistics lies a deeper problem: corruption inside the Gotham City Police Department itself. Recent investigations have uncovered officers taking bribes, leaking information to crime bosses, and sabotaging evidence for internal cases. Public trust in law enforcement has evaporated and the underworld grows larger every year. As the GCPD struggles to clean up its own ranks, criminals are taking full advantage of the chaos, leaving Gotham to pay the price. Now, City Hall faces mounting pressure to restore order and many Gotham residents are left wondering if anyone can still be trusted to protect them. GCR Public Transit The last train tracks were laid out in the early 20th Century after years of construction delays, budget slashing, and political setbacks. But despite its challenges, the GCR Public Transit became a crown jewel of Gotham - a sleek, flowing artery running above and below the city’s filthy streets. Now the train platforms have become just another den of crime and urban decay, but when those subway doors opened for the first time, people’s faces lit up with hope. They now had a modern, efficient transportation system connecting neighborhoods that had long felt cut off. The brand-new trains hummed with promise, the clean tunnels gleamed with electric light, and for a brief moment the city seemed – decent.

Wellbeing seems like a pretty peaceful place to live, and it's affordable?! No way...

Wow! I love the layout you've designed for Mayon Province. Looks like a city I wouldn't mind living in.

Thanks, @TheMurderousCricket! Glad to be back. I just made the projected mass transit map in photoshop with a screenshot of the Transportation Map.

Gotham is back with a BOOM! A population boom, that is. From 1850 to 1910, waves of immigrants docked on Gotham's port, and the city swelled by 600%. Three and half million people now call Gotham home... most live in terrible slum tenements and the corrupt city government does little to provide vital services. Some turn to crime out of desperation... (Gotham in 1910) (Typical slum neighborhood) (Crime levels have reached triple-digits) With the turn of the 20th century, Gotham spent a large sum of tax dollars to bring the city into the modern age with paved roads. Still nothing compared to the millions piling up in the coffers from overtaxing and slashing budgets, but city planners foresaw that the only way for Gotham to expand upward would be to improve the streets so that its citizens could move about faster. Gotham’s next major city public works project will be an expansive network of subways and elevated rail lines connecting all districts to each other. No small task, but a necessary one for any blossoming mega-city. The Gotham City Rail (G.C.R.) plans to open it's stations by the year 1935. (G.C.R. projected layout plan for public transportation) Inspirations for G.C.R.

Hey there, Has anyone else had this problem where in the profile of My Sim mode all of them are indefinitely unemployed? The Sims don't disappear after awhile, so they're not truly unemployed or else you'd get the prompt that they are leaving your city for better prospects. It seems like this is a bug, but I'm not sure if this is a plugin causing this or what. Does anyone know any solutions to fix this problem?

My hometown 818! You must have put a lot of work into recreating Greater Los Angeles. No small feat. Impressive!

I completely agree, sejr99999! I know, right?! They've already risen up in revolt several times over my dystopian conditions for Gotham. If only there was a billionaire willing to dress up in a funny costume and fight the discontents one by one with his bare fists Thank you both for your comments; always appreciated, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

New Post! Still expanding Stage 2 to cover Downtown, Midtown, and Uptown with dirty industry, but it's proving to be harder than it sounds!

Happy Halloween, Simtropolis Community! (Credit: Concept art on Batman '89 by Nigel Phelps) The title for this GOTHAM City Journal entry is taken right from the opening action description of the 1989 "Batman" screenplay by Sam Hamm. "Gotham City. The City of Tomorrow: stark angles, creeping shadows, dense, crowded, as if hell had erupted through the sidewalks." I've been working on expanding the city, but have hit a few walls. My intention was to cover the three main islands of Gotham with nothing but dirty industry, but the demand for I-D keeps dropping. The first time this happened, I built railroads to provide some relief, but then it happened again. I think because I introduced education coverage to boost commercial office demand, now a majority of my Gothamite Sims are too smart to want to work in dirty, polluting, unsafe factories. I have a huge demand for manufacturing, so I just started lowering the high taxes that was keeping it at bay and will continue to expand the population of Gotham. I'm more than halfway to the first million residents! Gotham mid-1800s Population: 685,934 Holy pollution, Batman! This is what an average neighborhood looks like in 19th-century Gotham: My main objective for this project still remains to create the conditions for high levels of crime throughout the city. Murder, riots, and robberies are already widespread! (And for some reason, the citizens of Gotham still choose to call it home) Two unsolved murders in the same year on Tricorner Island! Does Gotham City have its first serial killer on the loose?! The GCPD suited up in full riot gear to break up the gangs of thugs that have overrun the streets. Trying to stay within the timeline of Gotham's fictional history, I'll continue to expand until all cities reach the year 1910, or 275 in-game years, and then begin to zone for high-density skyscrapers!

Happy Halloween! These shots look awesome. Some spooky stuff! I especially like the full moon hovering

This is one of my favorite CJs to browse! I can tell a lot of work went into this. The night shots are absolutely breathtaking!