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Does anyone know of a good city-building type of book or any book that kinda relates to SimCity?? (sorry if this is the wrong place to post this topic)

For joining 4 months after I did

i'm gonna guess Turkey

Booge, South Dakota (this is quite opposite from you guys) Yesterday very cold and windy with a high of about 27

I'm gonna guess Sweden??....do they really need 4 lanes?? I only see one car on the road

The most pathetic part of the interstate highway system that i've been on is in my very own state of South Dakota. Most of the interstate in the state is in very good condition. When you go north on I-29 out of Sioux Falls past the Renner, Baltic/Lyons, Dell Rapids, Trent exits the road is very good with no bumps (it's actually the smothest interstate highway road i've been on). But, right after you hit the Madison exit the road is absolutely terrible!! It's in very poor matinence, there's actually lumps of asphalt on the road!!! Traffic wise, it can be a bit testy in Sioux Falls. Traffic in this area of the country is quite different than in more urbanized areas like the Twin Cities/Chicago, etc. The most busiest street (41st) in the state is actaully quite busy, by our standards. Otherwise the city is planning very good for long term traffic conditions. They plan to build a new bypass around the city (below). I believe that this is a great idea to solve upcoming traffic problems, since the city is expected to grow rapidly on the east/southeast/south sides of the city. Sorry for the bad drawings but I kinda threw it together.

oh sorry, my bad I wasn't sure

umm....Greece?? It looks Mediteranean ish...

Here you go while we're still talking about the last one i'll post a new one up

i'll go with vilbe it's Andorra or Liechtenstein

man all of these interchanges are nice!!!! I wish I could be that creative!!

I ususally (man that word is being used alot) just think of a random word or something of that sort that I could use to name a city. Or I just look at the terrain around it and relate a name to that area that i'm building in.

Small towns in my area of South Dakota. Have usually between probally range from 50-2,000 or 3,000 people. A town with lets say 5,000 people is classified a city. Most small towns have a railroad going through the town, a large grain elevator, 1 to 2 1/2 story houses, and main streets have a few business's, like a grocery store, bank, city hall, or a volunteer fire department. When you drive through South Dakota or anyother Midwestern state you notice alot of farms. A "small town" is basically driven off of these farms. The farmer will drive into town for his basic needs like feed or anyother escential for his farm. Then there are some towns that basiclly disappear due to the competition with a larger town in the area. The town I live in is Booge which only has 6 people living there (just east of the city of Sioux Falls on the Minnesota border). In the past Booge had 2 grain elevators, a general store (which is still their but use as rental property), a ice cream store, and a train depot. The town had a peak population of 11 around the WWII era. On weekends their were alot more people in town, since they held dances and stuff and the old store. Once the TV arrived the town pretty much dwindled. So in all small towns in my opinion range anywhere from 50-2,000 people. Anywhere higher than that I usually call it a city ex. Brandon, SD has about 7,000 people.

South Dakota (where i'm from) is definetly the best state in the Midwest....Although I do really like Minnesota as well

I live in the area of Sioux Falls, SD (estimates in 2004) South Dakota - 770,883 Sioux Falls - 136,695 Minnehaha (county) - 148,281 Garretson (acutal town) - 1,152