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Journal Entry #12 - Jago Bay at Night CJ Comments - Bridgeport Entry J-Gellock: Pretty decent shots here-I like it! Thanks for the comment! Much Appreciated Back at Journal Entry 6 we did a detailed tour of Jago Bay when it was a small bustling high wealth town of just over 7,000. About 8 months have passed since we last visited the town, and it has grown into a small city close to 30,000. Residential high rises and hotels now occupy the skyline as Jago Bay flourishes as a destination for medium and high wealth individuals. With such expansive growth, city managers quickly needed to establish some mass transit options for people to move around. Pictured above you will find our new metro bus terminal and the new expo center that was built in record time. This shot shows City Hall and the Jago Bay clock tower basking under the full moon. Construction continues upward, as seen here, as crews finish work on another residential tower. If you look in the background of the photo, you can see the Antelope River bridge off in the distance which is part of the Northwest region of JB-RR. Here you will see the Mayor's house dwarfed by the high-priced condos and apartments of South Beach. A couple mansions remain on Money Street, but most owners have opted to sell their property to make millions in the high-rise market now. Not all of Jago Bay is for the "well-to-do". Here you can see the "Average Hotel" providing low-medium wealth sims a place to stay as they go to their favorite concert, catch a basketball game, or watch some monster trucks at the expo center. The Jago Bay Jaguars basketball team is a minor league SBA team that plays here and has a great regional following. This wraps up our quick night tour of the city of Jago Bay. Stay tuned for some more night shots from neighboring communities soon.

Journal Entry #12 - Jago Bay at Night CJ Comments - Bridgeport Entry J-Gellock: Pretty decent shots here-I like it! Thanks for the comment! Much Appreciated Back at Journal Entry 6 we did a detailed tour of Jago Bay when it was a small bustling high wealth town of just over 7,000. About 8 months have passed since we last visited the town, and it has grown into a small city close to 30,000. Residential high rises and hotels now occupy the skyline as Jago Bay flourishes as a destination for medium and high wealth individuals. With such expansive growth, city managers quickly needed to establish some mass transit options for people to move around. Pictured above you will find our new metro bus terminal and the new expo center that was built in record time. This shot shows City Hall and the Jago Bay clock tower basking under the full moon. Construction continues upward, as seen here, as crews finish work on another residential tower. If you look in the background of the photo, you can see the Antelope River bridge off in the distance which is part of the Northwest region of JB-RR. Here you will see the Mayor's house dwarfed by the high-priced condos and apartments of South Beach. A couple mansions remain on Money Street, but most owners have opted to sell their property to make millions in the high-rise market now. Not all of Jago Bay is for the "well-to-do". Here you can see the "Average Hotel" providing low-medium wealth sims a place to stay as they go to their favorite concert, catch a basketball game, or watch some monster trucks at the expo center. The Jago Bay Jaguars basketball team is a minor league SBA team that plays here and has a great regional following. This wraps up our quick night tour of the city of Jago Bay. Stay tuned for some more night shots from neighboring communities soon.

Agreed..  nice work on the maps!

Nice work...  Love the look of the map.

Beautiful job Ln X. Love the shots.

Journal Entry #11 - Bridgeport CJ Comments - Gold Bend Entry B-more4: I love how you have you established a specific style in your city that's not just the generic city we've been seeing. Thanks! I am trying to emulate a design of settling a new area. Rough and dirty first, then improvements as the city grows. 89James89: Love the update and how much character each of your cities have. If I achieve half of that with my city journal I'll be happy. Looking forward to more. Thanks James. You are off to a great start yourself. I'll be watching your CJ as well. Ln X: I really like how you make grid-like cities visually appealing, also what filter do you use? I am using the 'Warmer' filter right now to take shots. I hope to add some more curves down the line, but grids are efficient. Thanks for the comment about them. videodroner: I'm really loving this CJ. Really shows the potential of SC2013. Yes, I think the potential is there definitely down the road. I do feel a little constricted right now, but I am going along with how they have implemented it and still have plenty of space on these 16 region boards to have some variety. Just up over the Antelope River bridge from Sawyer's Crossing on I-380, you will come upon the township of Bridgeport. Bridgeport is located on an island that divides the Antelope River as it empties into the Rye River. As with many other towns here, the mining boom for initial settlements have brought many to the area to seek their personal fortunes. The township is divided into two distinct areas, the bluff and the lowlands. On the bluff, its all business as you can see in the above pic. Some coal mines and factories dot the landscape here as well as Comstock Mining establishing their HQ here for the region. The lowlands are where the gold mines are located as well as the central town district. The township is mainly a low-income town with mining its primary focus for now. Here you can see the residential area and its unimproved roads that stretch out east from the town center. This shot shows the two trade depots that try to keep up all of the mining activity output. 8 large ore trucks are constantly being loaded with gold and coal to be shipped out to the global market. As the town name suggests, Bridgeport is now in the planning stages of building a shipping port on the Rye River to be able to expand ore shipments to keep up with demand. This is a picture of the downtown area of Bridgeport. The downtown area hosts quite a few different shops for NW region visitors and locals to come spend their simoleons. In addition to the shipping port, a ferry terminal is set to break ground this year to link Bridgeport to Jago Bay and cities across the Rye River such as Gold Bend. Our last shot show the Hilltop Medical Clinic that serves Bridgeport, Sawyer's Crossing, and surrounding communities. The 40 bed facility has some of the top rated physicians in the region and helps keep sims healthy from all the illnesses that seem to crop up in these mining towns with the elevated pollution levels. I hope you enjoyed this little tour of Bridgeport. Next we will take a night tour of our towns to check out the night life of the cities that have established themselves in the region thus far...

Journal Entry #11 - Bridgeport CJ Comments - Gold Bend Entry B-more4: I love how you have you established a specific style in your city that's not just the generic city we've been seeing. Thanks! I am trying to emulate a design of settling a new area. Rough and dirty first, then improvements as the city grows. 89James89: Love the update and how much character each of your cities have. If I achieve half of that with my city journal I'll be happy. Looking forward to more. Thanks James. You are off to a great start yourself. I'll be watching your CJ as well. Ln X: I really like how you make grid-like cities visually appealing, also what filter do you use? I am using the 'Warmer' filter right now to take shots. I hope to add some more curves down the line, but grids are efficient. Thanks for the comment about them. videodroner: I'm really loving this CJ. Really shows the potential of SC2013. Yes, I think the potential is there definitely down the road. I do feel a little constricted right now, but I am going along with how they have implemented it and still have plenty of space on these 16 region boards to have some variety. Just up over the Antelope River bridge from Sawyer's Crossing on I-380, you will come upon the township of Bridgeport. Bridgeport is located on an island that divides the Antelope River as it empties into the Rye River. As with many other towns here, the mining boom for initial settlements have brought many to the area to seek their personal fortunes. The township is divided into two distinct areas, the bluff and the lowlands. On the bluff, its all business as you can see in the above pic. Some coal mines and factories dot the landscape here as well as Comstock Mining establishing their HQ here for the region. The lowlands are where the gold mines are located as well as the central town district. The township is mainly a low-income town with mining its primary focus for now. Here you can see the residential area and its unimproved roads that stretch out east from the town center. This shot shows the two trade depots that try to keep up all of the mining activity output. 8 large ore trucks are constantly being loaded with gold and coal to be shipped out to the global market. As the town name suggests, Bridgeport is now in the planning stages of building a shipping port on the Rye River to be able to expand ore shipments to keep up with demand. This is a picture of the downtown area of Bridgeport. The downtown area hosts quite a few different shops for NW region visitors and locals to come spend their simoleons. In addition to the shipping port, a ferry terminal is set to break ground this year to link Bridgeport to Jago Bay and cities across the Rye River such as Gold Bend. Our last shot show the Hilltop Medical Clinic that serves Bridgeport, Sawyer's Crossing, and surrounding communities. The 40 bed facility has some of the top rated physicians in the region and helps keep sims healthy from all the illnesses that seem to crop up in these mining towns with the elevated pollution levels. I hope you enjoyed this little tour of Bridgeport. Next we will take a night tour of our towns to check out the night life of the cities that have established themselves in the region thus far...

Journal Entry #10 - Gold Bend CJ Comments - Sun Valley and Prosperity Quake Entries saathoff37: Wow. Some amazing photos. Really like it. SC2013 looks like a good buy. Keep the great work man! Thanks Saathoff37! I am still having fun with it. Will keep the CJ active when I can... ggamgus: I love the terminal in the last picture! Yeah, I like the look of that high speed rail station with the backdrop of the Simoleon Mountains. ggamgus: Dayum, dat's a lot of destruction. D: The quake definitely did do some damage there in Prosperity. Look for a journal entry shortly showing some rebuilding and a brief city tour. Andreas97: Nice Journal i love the level of interaction you show, it looks as if it were real and a real news broadcast. Can't wait for more, keep it up Thanks Andres97. Just trying different forms of storytelling to keep things fresh. 89James89: Loving all the updates and how much work your putting into the story telling and history. Your picture taking is perfect as well. Also consider your farm idea borrowed/stolen that's awesome. Hope Prosperity can prosper once again after being hit by the earthquake. Thanks James. Steal away on the farm stuff. I did it so the towns each had their own type of character to them. Prosperity should bounce back rather quickly. There are quite a bit of Simoleons in that township and most all the mines were unaffected by the quake. Welcome to Gold Bend The Simoleon Mountains which divide the NE and SE regions of Jago Bay RR are rich in resources for those townships that surround them. When we toured Harlan earlier, we could see that it was a booming mining town from a rather healthy ore deposit discovered by one of the farmers who first settled the area. The new township of Gold Bend is no different. Located Southwest of Harlan, Gold Bend lies at the foot of the Simoleon Mountains where it reaches the Rye River. The township contains over 20 mines currently and is the most productive ore township in the region with close to 500 tons of ore produced daily of coal and gold. Gold Bend actually received its name not from the ore they were pulling from the ground, but from the color of the water at sunrise from Sun Valley Slough that splits the township into two. Above is a perfect example of the golden shine of the water as the sun rises in the east at the start of each new day. To the right you can see the coal mines on Hutchinson Hill as one of the many ore mines in the township. With all of the mine activity, Gold Bend commissioned to have a major coal plant constructed to handle the power needs of all of the mines, as well as a water treatment facility to handle all the groundwater waste they also produce. The coal power plant was expanded to provide power to the other communities in the SE region as you can see the multiple stacks generating power. Although the coal plant is a bit dirty in terms of energy, it is providing the power needs that are needed right now to sustain the explosive growth of this area. Townspeople insist that they would like to go cleaner in the future once the peak in mining has subsided. Here is a shot of the downtown area of Gold Bend. The town center sits on a bluff overlooking Sun Valley Slough and residents home sprawl west in between the mines. Our last shot shows one of the few farms that are located within the township. This area is known as Water Tower Row. The mines have a big appetite for water and are literally sucking the township dry. Gold Bend officials are looking into ways to relieve the water table before it is all used up and to provide farmers with enough of it for their crops as well. This will be one of the major challenges for this township until the mining boom has subsided. Have a great evening... More coming soon...

Journal Entry #10 - Gold Bend CJ Comments - Sun Valley and Prosperity Quake Entries saathoff37: Wow. Some amazing photos. Really like it. SC2013 looks like a good buy. Keep the great work man! Thanks Saathoff37! I am still having fun with it. Will keep the CJ active when I can... ggamgus: I love the terminal in the last picture! Yeah, I like the look of that high speed rail station with the backdrop of the Simoleon Mountains. ggamgus: Dayum, dat's a lot of destruction. D: The quake definitely did do some damage there in Prosperity. Look for a journal entry shortly showing some rebuilding and a brief city tour. Andreas97: Nice Journal i love the level of interaction you show, it looks as if it were real and a real news broadcast. Can't wait for more, keep it up Thanks Andres97. Just trying different forms of storytelling to keep things fresh. 89James89: Loving all the updates and how much work your putting into the story telling and history. Your picture taking is perfect as well. Also consider your farm idea borrowed/stolen that's awesome. Hope Prosperity can prosper once again after being hit by the earthquake. Thanks James. Steal away on the farm stuff. I did it so the towns each had their own type of character to them. Prosperity should bounce back rather quickly. There are quite a bit of Simoleons in that township and most all the mines were unaffected by the quake. Welcome to Gold Bend The Simoleon Mountains which divide the NE and SE regions of Jago Bay RR are rich in resources for those townships that surround them. When we toured Harlan earlier, we could see that it was a booming mining town from a rather healthy ore deposit discovered by one of the farmers who first settled the area. The new township of Gold Bend is no different. Located Southwest of Harlan, Gold Bend lies at the foot of the Simoleon Mountains where it reaches the Rye River. The township contains over 20 mines currently and is the most productive ore township in the region with close to 500 tons of ore produced daily of coal and gold. Gold Bend actually received its name not from the ore they were pulling from the ground, but from the color of the water at sunrise from Sun Valley Slough that splits the township into two. Above is a perfect example of the golden shine of the water as the sun rises in the east at the start of each new day. To the right you can see the coal mines on Hutchinson Hill as one of the many ore mines in the township. With all of the mine activity, Gold Bend commissioned to have a major coal plant constructed to handle the power needs of all of the mines, as well as a water treatment facility to handle all the groundwater waste they also produce. The coal power plant was expanded to provide power to the other communities in the SE region as you can see the multiple stacks generating power. Although the coal plant is a bit dirty in terms of energy, it is providing the power needs that are needed right now to sustain the explosive growth of this area. Townspeople insist that they would like to go cleaner in the future once the peak in mining has subsided. Here is a shot of the downtown area of Gold Bend. The town center sits on a bluff overlooking Sun Valley Slough and residents home sprawl west in between the mines. Our last shot shows one of the few farms that are located within the township. This area is known as Water Tower Row. The mines have a big appetite for water and are literally sucking the township dry. Gold Bend officials are looking into ways to relieve the water table before it is all used up and to provide farmers with enough of it for their crops as well. This will be one of the major challenges for this township until the mining boom has subsided. Have a great evening... More coming soon...

Thanks Andres97. Just trying different forms of storytelling to keep things fresh. Thanks James. Steal away on the farm stuff. I did it so the towns each had their own type of character to them. Prosperity should bounce back rather quickly. There are quite a bit of Simoleons in that township and most all the mines were unaffected by the quake.

Nice work on the CJ. I like the photos...

Cool CJ. I like the street designs and how it conforms to the shapes of the terrain. Keep it up!

Nice CJ and some good shots there. Look forward to more...