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If you spend enough time traveling around Minneapolis, you'll start to see buildings that look a lot like this all over the place. Most of them are from the 1920s and used to be corner stores. You can typically spot them by their decorative brickwork, which is usually visible even if it's been painted over. This one happens to be a bakery in south Minneapolis (and a pretty good one at that - try the coconut rocher). If I'm being honest, I think Sun Street Breads a few blocks east is a better bakery, but their building is an ugly strip mall. This W2W building sits on a 2x1 lot and comes in growable and ploppable CS$$ varieties, both of which provide 17 jobs. Both Darknite and Maxisnite versions are provided. Only one may be used at a time. The Darknite version requires SimFox's Day and Nite Modd. Dependencies: None Enjoy!- 6 Reviews
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Description: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Tenants include: - Tsutaya - Takashimaya - Natural Lawson - Yamagawa Corporation (fictional) - Curry Shop - Saizeriya Restaurant Stats: Plop Cost (bulldoze): 4400 (100) Lot Size: 5x4 Wealth: Medium Power : 17 Water: 23 Pollution: 1/1/1/15 @ 1/1/0/0 Dependencies: BSC Textures Vol 1 -
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Considered to be one of the finest truck stops in North America, Herbs not only features the usual corner store and restaurant serving an excellent range of fine food and all-day breakfasts, but also facilities like a hairdressers and towing operation and is sited on Highway 417 in Ontario near the border with Quebec.-
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This is an itty bitty pasta related set to meet a request that was posted here. The mod includes a tomato crop, a windmill that produces flour from wheat or corn and a small Spaghetteria style restaurant that produces pasta or spaghetti. The buildings match my other Bitty Village related sets but also come in four extra F-Key options which blend well with buildings from RK's Editor's Choice mod. Also included is a small round picnic table for decorative purposes. Version History: 1.0 - Initial Release 1.1 - Added fourth texture to match RKEC textures + Renamed the .pkm -
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Perhaps you're looking for unique holiday cards, or hosting a dinner party and need to get that perfect bone-in rib roast, or maybe you're looking to unload that old record collection. If so, then this is the pack for you! Another selection of medium wealth buildings, guaranteed to help quench that thirst for commercial services. Included in this download are the following establishments... Concannon's Irish Pub Grooves Music Harry's Haberdashery McClelland's Prime Meats Meyer's Five & Dime Mrs. O'Grady's Bird Shop Paper Bliss Stationary The Black Cat Cafe Townsend Booksellers Trophy King Ten different buildings with multiple lots - these buildngs are all 1x1 multi-storeys, similar in size to original Maxis offerings like King Design and Tinkler's, Inc. All have standard stats and configurations, and all are tricked out with nightlighting to boot. So if you are celebrating St. Patrick's Day in style, or looking for that rare first edition volume of your favorite author's poetry, or need to pick up a trophy for when Timmy wins the little league regional championship, download this pack and enjoy!- 3 Comments
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50 different models and 60 different new gas station lots of some of the more regional American and international brands that exist. Many of these gas stations have small restaurants and eateries in them too as convenience retailing has evolved into fast food as well. 4x3 CS$1 grow lots and some also have 5x5 plop lots. Use BuildingPlop or LotPlop to plop the growables if you want. This also includes a bunch of remastered car props that I will eventually add to a new mega prop pack in the future as I plan on making SHK sized versions of the car props I did previously. Alta/Scooters Coffee/Dippin Dots - Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas BellStores Marathon/Cassanos Express - Eastern Ohio BFS/Huddle House/Little Caesars - West Virginia, Pennsylvania BreakTime/Smokestack BBQ - Missouri, Kansas Button Stores/Fusian/Currito - fictional, but I made it based out of Ohio/Indiana - includes a version with Countrymark pumps Chuckles/Roly Poly - Southern Indiana, Kentucky Crosby’s/Tim Hortons/Great Steak - Western NY and Northern PA Dandy - Northern PA and Southern NY Dash In/Primo Hoagies - Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey Duchess/BP/Hubers BBQ/Donatos - Central Ohio Enmarket/Knuckle Sandwiches & Subs (fic) - Georgia, Carolinas Family Express/Dunn Brothers - Central Indiana Fastrac/DiBella’s - Western NY chain owned by EG Group Fastrip/Philz Coffee - California Fivestar/Huey Magoo’s - Kentucky, Tennessee G&M/Lemonade/Chevron/Roscoe’s - California Inland/Sun Stop/Meet Fresh - Georgia, Florida Krist/Domino’s - Upstate Michigan Lassus Handy Dandy/Elmo’s - Northern Indiana and Northwest Ohio Little General/Exxon/Tudor’s - Appalachia (OH/WV/KY) Loop/Shell/Big Chicken/Robeks - California (Bay Area) Luke/Noble Romans - Northern Indiana (Chicago Suburbs) Luke/Golo/Noble Romans - Brand that Luke uses outside of Indiana, mostly in Illinois in Chicago area Minnoco/Dispensary/Hunt Bros - Minnesota MotoMart/Pizza Pro - Missouri, Illinois Noble/Dunkin - Connecticut OnCue/Phillips 66 - Oklahoma, Texas OTR Australia/Moe’s Dogs/EAT - Australia Par Mar/Vocellis/Ewing Oil - West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Ewing Oil is fictional and comes from the Dallas soap opera. Also comes with a Gulf version. Parker’s/Parker’s Kitchen - Georgia Pride/Sbarro - Massachusetts, Connecticut Retro Wave/Miami Fuels/Meow Wolf - fictional convenience store based on modern art installations that reference 80s culture Rhodes/Fuzzys Taco/Imo’s - Missouri Road Ranger/Maple Street/Subway - Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky - includes version with Phillips 66 Rocket-United Pacific/King Taco - California S&G/Jolly Pirate/Rapid Fired - NW Ohio, comes with Sunoco version as well Simonson - Dakotas Spinx - Carolinas Sprint Mart/Golden Chick - Alabama, Mississippi Terrible Herbst/Big Boy - Nevada, Arizona - includes Chevron version Toot N Totum/Erbert and Gerberts/Wendy’s - Northern Texas Totalenergies (France)/Bonjour/Quick - includes Elf, Fina, Total Access, Total pre 2021 logo and Total 2001 logo versions. Town Pump Conoco/Popeyes - Montana TrueNorth/Shell/Hattie B’s Express - Michigan, Ohio TXB Texas Born - Texas, Oklahoma Weigels - Tennessee Wesco/Hot N’ Now - Michigan Westar/Burger King - Florida, mostly in Miami X Convenience (AU)/Mobil - Australia, predominantly in the Adelaide area -Plop versions Alta Conoco BellStores Marathon Duchess BP Little General Exxon Par Mar Gulf Retro Wave Shell Loop Shell Truenorth Terrible Herbst Chevron Totalenergies Total (2021 version) Dependencies AGC Automobile DLC BSC - VIP Girafe Carpack PC Mega Prop Pack 1 PC Mega Prop Pack 2 SHK Parking Pack SuperSHK MEGA Parking Textures 1.0.1 SuperSHK + FA3 Parking Textures RR Mega Prop Pack 3 for other canopies BSC - VIP Girafe Trees/Shrubs Beech Trees Birch Trees Feather Grass Hedges Linden Trees Maple Trees Poplar Trees Rowan Trees- 1 Comment
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Max Hamburger restaurant The chain was founded by Curt Bergfors (27 February 1949 - 8 May 2022) and Britta Fredriksson in Gällivare, Sweden in 1968. Bergfors' oldest son Richard Bergfors is the current president since 2002. Until the 1980s, Max was the largest hamburger restaurant chain in northern Sweden, with only a single restaurant outside of Norrland (on Drottninggatan, Stockholm). This changed during the 1990s, when they expanded to become a nationwide fast-food chain. By 2011, there were around 85 restaurants in Sweden, compared to just 40 five years earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hamburgers This model is based on Max at Norra Kungsgatan in Gävle, Sweden. *This is my absolute first lot for SimCity. Let me know if there is any issues. CS$$ low density Max sign as prop included Dependencies: BSC MEGA props - D66 Vol01 WalkingSnake Textures Vo 01 BSC Textures Vol 01 BSC MEGA Props - Misc Vol02 -
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Hello, this is some of @RRetail restaurant I have made into lots. With RR and @pclark06 approval I have simply just edited they own lots and replaces some plops. I will edit if need so but im busy with RL ATM. Thanks to both great member of simtropolis. This pack contains Panera Bread, Arthur Treachers, Bonanza Steakhouse, Chick Fil A, Chili's, Chipotle with 2 signs/2 lots, Culvers, Del Taco, DQ, 2 Dunkin Donuts lots, Hardees, 3 Long John Slivers (LJS w/ A&W, Old LJS and New LJS), LongHorn's, Arby's, Olive Garden, Perkins, Ponderosa Steakhouse and Buffet, Rax, Taco Bell, 2 Taco Johns (one to be removed) TGI Fridays, Tim Hortons and Wendys. What you need for these to work SuperSHK MEGA Parking Textures 1.0.1 SuperSHK + FA3 Parking Textures BSC TexturePack Cycledogg Vol 1b BLAM Blank BSC MEGA Props CP Vol 1 BSC MEGA Props JES Vol 1 BSC MEGA Props SG Vol 1 BSC MEGA Props Misc Vol 2 LBT MEGA Prop Pack Vol SHK Parking Pack https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2869 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2854 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2995 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2888 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3049 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3049 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2945 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3461 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3347 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3001 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2980 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3071 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2964 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2809- 10 Comments
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Long John Silver's My third upload is a stand-alone classic Long John Silver's restaurant using RRetail's excellent props. Nothing too exciting, but hey, I'm sure even a few of your own Sims don't mind dangerously greasy yet somehow still delicious fish and chips, shrimp, cole slaw and hush puppies, never quite being able to figure out which one of the deep fried fillets is the "fish" and which one is the "chicken", even after eating it; all the while hoping to stave off their next inevitable visit with their local physician. The lot is 3x3 tiles in size, and is made with Lot Editor. The following dependencies are required to avoid brown boxes (or colored smudges, if using Pegasus' OPPS/OOPS mod): BLaM Blank BSC VIP girafe Birches https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/25-flora-fauna-and-mayor-mode-ploppables/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora BSC VIP girafe Elms https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/25-flora-fauna-and-mayor-mode-ploppables/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora BSC VIP girafe Lindens https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/25-flora-fauna-and-mayor-mode-ploppables/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora BSC VIP girafe Poplars https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/25-flora-fauna-and-mayor-mode-ploppables/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora LBT MEGA Prop Pack Vol01 https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/22-dependencies/176-lbt-mega-prop-pack RR MEGA Prop Pack Vol03 SuperSHK MEGA Parking Textures Lowkee33 Seasonal Flora Patch https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/24-terrain-mods-and-tree-controllers/36-lk33-seasonalflorapatch SimFox Day and Nite Modd Enjoy, TheTimvh1- 7 Comments
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Description: Vietnamese noodle soup, pronounced "fa" has spawned creative word play by the owners of these shops, who often recognize how to create memorable names that will make customers chuckle ... before eating a bowl of this stuff which is pho real delicious. As the name suggests, these are corner lots. This features a prop family which will randomly select one of the following pho joints each time you plop: - Pho Pho U - Pho Kingdom - By Pho the Best! - Pho Kaufman - Pho You Pho Me (a real life pho place in Koror, Palau) Stats: Lot Size: 2x2 corner Plop Cost (bulldoze): 4400 (100) Jobs: 31 Wealth: Medium Power: 3 Water: 3 Pollution: 1/1/15/0 @ 1/1/0/0 Dependencies: The number of times I have been disappointed by pho. Credits: Thanks @rsc204 for the iid range. -
I already gave up guys. I was all night trying to understand how to add C$ to some mods, but I didn't reach it. It's difficult to understand because it's a lot of data & sincerely, I don't know about programming. MY DOUBT: I have some mods I downloaded/rebuilt that are just landmarks or parks & I want to add to them the Commercial info VJobs, wealth, crime, etc.) In less words, I want my mods to have the Commercial service & the jobs, like real restaurants. ALL the help & support will be very much appreciated. I have Reader, PIM, SC4Tool, LEProp, Lot Editor & SC4 Data Node. Thank you so much in advance
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Hi guys! I hope everyone is good. I have a question: How can I make (Residential, commercial, industrial, police/fire/health/education coverage) to a file that doesn't have it? Example: I downloaded some lots, like restaurants or buildings & I want to make them commercial service/office. I want to get the jobs & all the data (Crime, pollution, etc.) Can someone help me how to do it? I have LeProp, Lot Editor & Reader. But I don't know how to use Reader. Thank you so much
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Description: Sometimes a city will backdrop its commercial activity with symbols of its cultural past, a time when the ancestors of dedicated consumers lived a warrior code armed with swords instead of credit cards. Admire this lifestyle as they may, given the choice most would still choose the modern life, and the Shops at Samurai Square has these citizens covered! Comes with one ploppable and one growable lot. The tenants of this building include: - UNIQLO - Mini Stop convenience store - Ramen Shop - Bank of Toyohara (fictional) - Kitami Holdings (fictional) - Capricciosa Restaurant Stats: Plop Cost (bulldoze): 4400 (100) Lot Size: 5x4 Jobs: 419 Growth stage: 8 Wealth: Medium Power: 17 Water: 23 Pollution: 1/1/15/0 @ 1/1/0/0 Dependencies: For the growable lot: PEG OWW Resource Pack 2 For the landmark lot: BSC Textures Vol 1 -
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Description: Higher education in America centers traditionally has centered around a college campus, which tends to spawn a localized community all its own, particularly in smaller cities and towns where there is not much competing industry. Students come from all over the planet to receive degrees in engineering, medicine, law, and basket weaving. This comes with four BATs, each with a growable and ploppable lot: - University Bookstore: Students need to have that place to buy that new edition textbook the professor put out that changes three words and will require you to take out a second mortgage on your first born to purchase. - Dunkin Donuts: A New England based coffee shop chain, where students can get fuel to stay awake for the entirety of finals week studying things they didn't bother to learn the rest of the semester. - Primanti Brothers: A Pittsburgh area coleslaw-and-fries eatery that has served its fair share of students of varying levels of hunger and blood alcohol levels. - Sigma Iota Mu Fraternity House: A fictional college fraternity and the site of shenanigans that have ended in laughter, memories, and the occasional arrest. Stats: Plop Cost (bulldoze): 4400 (100) Lot Size: 1x2 (University Bookstore is 2x2) Growth Stage: 2 Wealth: Medium Jobs: varies Power: 13 Water: 11 Pollution: 3/2/21/0 @ 1/1/0/0 Dependencies: Number of students ahead of a valedictorian.- 2 Comments
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Description: The Olympics bring an entirely new flair to a city's stadium villages and the people who have fun there. In no time, regular passers-by are talking about sports you've never heard of, followed by the comment, "that's an Olympic event?!?" Yet others, inspired by the exciting contests by athletes breaking records set before Julius Caesar roamed the Med, will spend a few weeks at the pool or gym before discovering it's not that easy and they'd rather do something else.... like hit up a bar or pub. Luckily for those at any stage in this cycle, Stadium Village Pack 03 has you covered! The pack is made up of four BATs, each with both a growable and ploppable version. - Medley Aquatics: a swimming/diving/water polo supply store for those who compete in events such as swimming, diving, or water polo. - Olympic Supply: everything an Olympian needs to perform (well, almost everything) and everything the fans need to cheer them on. - Golden Zamboni Restaurant: OK, digging into winter here, but hockey is cool enough to include at any time of the year. - Hoops & Hops Craft Brewery: The place for a good craft brew and some basketball. Legend has it that the Dream Team once visited this place and then promptly left when they discovered they were in the wrong place. Stats: Plop Cost (bulldoze): 4400 (100) Lot Size: 1x2 Jobs: 21-36 (varies) Growth Stage: 2 Wealth: Medium Power: 3 Water: 21 Pollution: 2/2/15/0 @ 1/1/0/0 Dependencies: The number of times I have qualified for the Olympics. -
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Glasshouse Cafe, by Mattb325. --------------------------------------- Another one of those files where a single lot can provide a multiple of uses, the glasshouse cafe is a fictional bat that came about after I was asked to release (as a standalone prop) the table/umbrella/chairs that I use as part of making other bat scenes. The prop looked rather lonely on its own, so I batted the cafe to match. These sorts of cafes and restaurants were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, when large areas of glass/glass roofing were really something of a status symbol (never mind the fact that air conditioning hadn't been invented yet!): often such structures were built on lakes or within lovely gardens: the idea was the pre-cursor to today's indoor/outdoor living. This bat is on a 2x2 lot and the glasshouse area and its deck overhang the back of the lot. The lot can be placed on water or land and is slope tolerant. As can be seen in the images, the lot is quite versatile: equally useable with in-game water, canals, ploppable water, ploppable rapids (in case your diners want to view kayakers being dashed upon rocks while enjoying champagne and canapes), hillsides, etc. MMPS can be placed underneath the deck area. The lot is found in the landmark menu and provides CS$$$ jobs. It therefore requires road access, water and power. --------------------------------------- STATS: Lot size: 2x2 Plop Cost: $776 Bulldoze Cost: $40 Pollution at Centre: 1 (air) /1 (water) /4 (garbage) Pollution Radius: 2/3/0 Demand Created: R$ 33, R$$ 22, R$$$ 8 Power Consumed: 1 Mwh Water Consumed: 6 Gallons Occupant Groups: Landmark; CS$$$. --------------------------------------- NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE: This download contains TWO model files; one for dark nite users and one for the standard Maxis nite. If you are unsure whether you have a night-darkening mod installed, then choose the Maxis night version. If you use the dark nite version, you will need a dark nite mod. (http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/) --------------------------------------- DEPENDENCIES: There are no external dependencies required for this file. --------------------------------------- To install, simply unzip the file into your plugins folder.- 4 Comments
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Chapter 17 - Supercars and Mongolian Food
drocca posted a City Journal entry in Izzy City - A Ghost Town Exploration Story
Chapter 17 After a short, 200-foot drive in the van, the explorers arrived at a car dealership, Izydorczak Honda. As they walked toward the dealer, they noticed a payphone with a big green “GT” sign on top of it. “Can you help me explain GT to our non-Helmintoller viewers?” asked Billy, filming the payphone. “I was GT’s president from 2011-2016 and drove for them from 1985 to a few months after my presidency ended, when I switched to Uber. I think I can help you out.” said Melissa. “I also did a year with them, back in 2010-2011, before I quit when I got a new job and didn’t have time anymore.” said David. Billy turned her camera to Melissa. “Hi, I’m Melissa Murphy, former president of Great Transport. I drove for them from 1985 to 2016 and served as president from 2011 to a few months before I finished my 31-year career with them. Basically, GT was a forerunner of Uber in many ways. In the mid-1960s, a college student named Edward Medley had an idea for his fellow students to help the community and make a little extra money. Due to technical and legal reasons, he couldn’t set it up until 1973. Back in the days of Izzy, it worked with pay phones. You’d call a marked number on a pay phone, and it would broadcast a type of radio signal that you had to have a special type of receiver in your car to pick up. The GT drivers had these receivers, which had LED screens on them, and when someone needed a ride and you were within 2-3 miles, it would light up the number of the payphone. So, if someone were at this payphone, it would light up IY-58. Nowadays, it works with GPS, like Uber and Lyft and things like that.” “Sounds confusing. Always had a lot of respect for the early GT drivers.” said David. “We had to drive around the city and area for a few months as part of training to get used to where everything was, and we kept maps – paper maps – on top of our dashboards.” said Melissa. “How was the pay? I want to drive for GT in a year or two.” asked Billy. “Usually about 60-70 cents a mile when I started, about $1.50, maybe a bit less, now. It was luck of the draw on what car you got, though they all had to meet certain safety standards. If you wanted a luxury car or an exotic, it might be 3 to 5 times more.” said Melissa. “What was the most expensive thing you could get driven in?” asked Billy. “Follow me.” said Melissa. The explorers walked across the street, and then about a block over, to find a brick building with numerous supercars in the parking lot that had decayed to the point of undrivability. The destroyed Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Aston Martins, and several other niche-branded cars were covered in decades of mud, pollen, and moss. Most of the tires were deflated, and some of the windows had broken. Melissa walked over to a Porsche 959, so thoroughly decayed that it couldn’t be determined what color it had originally been. A broken front passenger side window meant that the interior was in similarly wretched shape. “This Porsche 959 cost $300,000 when we got it back in 1986. I actually drove it several times. A ride in it would set you back 25 bucks a mile.” said Melissa. “Was it in general circulation, so one might get really lucky and get a ride in it at the cost of a normal car?” asked Billy. “No, it was exclusive, you had to book it.” said Melissa. “25 bucks a mile. Did you get a lot of customers? Also, what about the other supercars, how much did they cost per mile?” asked Billy. “We had appointments booked up solid, 8 am – 8 pm, non-stop from October of ’86 through to January ‘87, then it calmed down a bit. We ended up paying for the car by January 1st, then we knocked the price down to 10 bucks a mile. Most of the car enthusiasts in the area got to it when it was 25, before January 1st, so we weren’t slammed at 10. Most of our other supercars were in the 7 to 10-dollar range per mile. I personally usually drove the supercars on Mondays, which were one of my days off. I think the schedule they had me on was every third Monday, 2 pm – 8 pm.” said Melissa. Billy turned on the camera to film Melissa again. “What was that like, driving people around in supercars?” “I enjoyed it. They gave us our car assignments ahead of time and swapped us out every two hours. Most of the people took the standard five-minute, one mile ride so I was meeting new people every five minutes. Most were younger men or boys, between about 10 and 40. The kids and the hardcore enthusiasts were my favorite. They were always so happy. As for the drives themselves, we had a route we were supposed to take, we’d go up the road, make a left, down the avenue a few blocks, turn by the black glass apartment, make a left, down the road, down to the next avenue over, another left and finally back. If someone booked a 15-minute ride, I’d usually take them out on the interstate. On the standard 5-minute rides, I’d only get to 45, 50 miles per hour, but if someone booked a 15 or more-minute ride, I’d take them out on the interstate and punch it.” said Melissa. “What’s the longest ride you ever took someone on?” asked Billy. “We had a limit of 30 minutes per ride. One guy paid $150 for a 30-minute ride in the 959, the Monday before the volcano. We got a good 10 miles out on the interstate, up to 140 mph. Younger man, about 21 years old.” said Melissa. “You never got pulled over?” asked Billy. “The left-most lane was a ‘high-performance’ lane, no speed limit once you got 2 miles out of the city.” said Melissa. All but Megan walked into the building, entering a semi-circular room, about 20 feet long at its midpoint, with windows along all its exterior walls. Most of the windows were broken, and ducting was hanging down from the ceiling, which, other than its joists, had completely came out. Moss and grass covered parts of the oak wood floor, which was buckled and warped. On the outer side of the room, there were 27 chairs arranged; two rows of 10 each facing one another, with the remaining 7’s backs against the outer wall. Against the wall, to the left side of the row of 7 chairs, were the remains of two bookshelves lying on the floor; some of the books and magazines had fallen outside the building, into the grass, and the bookshelves themselves looked termite eaten. The explorers looked at this side of the room first. The pile of books primarily consisted of 1980s car magazines; Road and Track, Motor Trend, Car and Driver, and some even Billy had never heard of. “Wait a minute, ‘How to Test-Drive Exotic Cars’? Never thought I’d see a book called that.” said David. “Let me see that.” said Billy, opening the book. “Copyright 1980 claimed until April 30, 2000. After that date, this book is in the public domain.” “Mmm, 20 years of copyright, seems reasonable for a book like this.” said Melissa. “My dad had this book as a kid. He test-drove everything. There was this one exotic car dealer where they normally wouldn’t even let you touch the cars unless you were wealthy, because they had this manager who had a chip on his shoulder. They had stuff that they wouldn’t have even had here. My dad went there 16 times to test-drive or ride in something unsuccessfully. Then, the 17th time, the manager wasn’t there, turns out he was out for a year. The man shows up and test-drives 5 cars including a Ferrari 288 GTO. This was in July of 1985, by the way. He was 23.” said Billy. “Wow, he sounds like a persistent person.” said David. “He told me, never give up on your dreams. He wouldn’t go to a car dealership 17 times now like that, but he did end up getting a good job as an automotive journalist, before becoming a Volkswagen specialist. It’s almost scary what that man can do if he puts his mind to it.” said Billy. “I’d love to meet him, he raised you right.” said Melissa. “Thank you, he’s a great man.” said Billy. “Anything you’ve wanted to test drive?” asked David. “Actually, I’ve test driven every current Honda except the current generation Odyssey.” said Billy. “Well, you’ll have a full list soon.” said Melissa. “Thanks for wishing me luck – Oh, you’re going to let me drive your van?” asked Billy, realizing the meaning of Melissa’s words. “Yes, once we finish our exploring, you can drive us home once we get out of Izzy.” said Melissa. “You’re kidding, right?” asked Billy. “No, I’m serious. You’re more than welcome to drive my van.” said Melissa. “What if I wreck it?” asked Billy. “I have 8 airbags to take care of us. But seriously, if I’m in the car, my insurance will cover it.” said Melissa. Billy was so excited, he nearly tripped on a December 1985 Car and Driver as he walked away from the bookshelves to the other side of the room. The inner side of the room had a tall counter that concealed a Commander Dostim Plus and a red cloth office chair covered in bird droppings. Underneath the counter, near the foot area, was a generator. Billy looked at the case, covered in fine dirt, closer and found that a red LED was still on. He moved the mouse, but nothing happened. Finding a power button on the keyboard, he pressed it, and the computer’s fans whirred to life, followed by a screen that said “DostimOS”. “THIS COMPUTER FREAKING WORKS!” shouted Billy. Melissa almost said, “Turn that off”, but remembered that the computer was on a generator. She and David walked over as it finished booting to an operating system largely resembling a first-generation Macintosh, but in full color. “Why is there a generator on this computer?” asked Billy. “They always told us that it was in case of a power grid interruption from volcanic ash, like if there was a minor earthquake or eruption.” said Melissa. “They would have never guessed it would go 33 years without being used.” said Billy. There were three folders on the desktop: CARSCHED, DRIVERS, MAINTENA, and “FINANCIA”. “The names are shortened because the OSs of the time could only do 8 letter file names.” said Billy. Billy clicked on the “CARSCHED” folder, then on a file called “POR959~1”. It was a spreadsheet file, last modified 03/28/87 8:02 pm. It opened to a sheet with a date/time, driver, driver birth date, customer, and customer callback number. The first entries were dated October 4, 1986; the first line said 8:00 am, Driver 1906, April 27, 1958, Randy Watson, 2-961-492-3308. “What’s your driver number?” asked Billy. “2844.” said Melissa. “I see that guy you were talking about. 2:10 – 2:40 pm, March 23, 1987. Does anyone know a John Durso?” asked Billy. “Haven’t seen him since ’87.” said Melissa. “What was with the driver birth dates?” asked David. “The minimum age to be a driver was 21, but a few people wanted their driver to be older, like 25 or 30.” said Melissa. Billy scrolled the page down. The week following the volcano had at least 100 people booked, and there were pages for booking all the way out to September 30, 1987, though the last booking was on September 5. “When did this place reopen? I’d be pretty peeved if I were one of those people who had a supercar ride canceled.” said Billy. “Sadly, it took a while. We had a temporary location with a limited selection of cars in October, so 7 months later. We reopened at our new permanent location in June of ’88 and held our grand opening on July 30th of that year.” said Melissa. “And the funny thing is that my dad told me that they opened as close to that dealership manager’s house as they legally could, like a half mile or something. Was that coincidence or intentional?” asked Billy. “If it’s who I’m thinking of, we did it on purpose. I wasn’t involved in that decision, though. That came from the big boss, Mr. Messenbaugh, himself.” said Melissa. “Did you work there, and how long?” asked Billy. “Yes, until 1992 when I had my first child, and didn’t have time anymore.” said Melissa. Billy looked at Melissa’s driver profile and a financial statement from 1986. “This place made over 4½ million dollars in 1986? Holy guacamole.” said Billy. “Yeah, this place was always full.” said Melissa. “I’m thinking we should turn off the computer before we use up all the power in the generator and go look at that Mongolian restaurant across the street. I’ve heard that place is nuts.” said Billy. “Everybody ready to go?” asked Melissa. “Yeah, and I think I ate at that restaurant once, wouldn’t remember it though.” said David. The explorers left the car center as a tear came to Billy’s eye. “All those cars, just rotting away. All those cars that brought thousands of people joy.” said Billy. The restaurant, called simply “Buuz Grill” – evidenced by its label scar, as all nine letters had fallen off – was designed to look like a giant Mongolian yurt, complete with a fabric motif on its desert sand-colored exterior. The exterior was overgrown, save for the entrance, although the building appeared to have no windows. The parking lot was about 10 percent full. “I think I’m going to try this one out.” said Megan. All the explorers went inside, finding a large room, filled with tables and chairs, underneath a 20-foot-high ceiling. A fine dust, consisting mostly of flaked-off ceiling material, covered the tables. Many of the tables still had plates on them, the food having rotted to nothing long ago. The floor was made of copper colored stone, and the walls were covered in a large, intricately painted mural that looked somewhat Asian; the explorers could only assume that it was Mongolian as well. “Wow, they really went far with the realism. Was this a trendy restaurant?” asked Megan. “It was quite popular, and believe it or not, open for many years before the volcano, I think since the ‘60s. After the volcano, it re-opened in Wheatley.” said Melissa. “I’ve never heard of Buuz Grill, and I go to Wheatley a lot. Must have closed.” said Megan. “Changed its name to Mongo Grill back in the early ‘90s, and eventually merged with Genghis Grill about 2001 or so. So, if you’ve been to the big Genghis Grill in Wheatley, that’s the old location of Buuz Grill.” said Melissa. “This place still reminds me of a Genghis Grill.” said Billy. Billy picked up one of the menus left behind on a table. There were only a few items on the menu, none of which included vegetables. “Big Buuz Buffet Bowl, 4 bucks. Man, I would stuff myself so much at that price.” “I guess you don’t need a big menu at a buffet. Most people got a buffet bowl and called it a day.” said Melissa. Billy continued down to the drinks section. “They had airag here too. Why doesn’t that surprise me? And they also had alcohol-free airag.” said Billy. “I’ve never had this airag stuff.” said Megan. “Fermented horse milk. It’s an acquired taste.” said Billy. “I wonder why there’s no vegetables on the menu. I mean, I hate vegetables, but I’m surprised.” asked Billy. “Traditional Mongolian cuisine doesn’t have many vegetables because their climate doesn’t allow for much vegetable farming. As I understand it, it gets to below 0 in the winter there for months on end and then up to 100 degrees in the summer.” said Melissa. “That’s about right.” said Billy. The explorers walked into an alcove of the building, where the buffet had been. There was a hole in the roof directly above it. The stickers that showed what had been in the serving troughs were still there, beef, sirloin steak, mutton, lamb, goat, chevon, camel, pork, bacon, Harbin sausage, and even yak. A black, ash-like substance covered every serving trough; bird droppings covered the glass shield and surrounding areas. Spices, which had deteriorated to stale powder, were in troughs next to the meat. There was no area for vegetables. Megan got a whiff of the smell of rotten meat and stale spices and left. “Wait a minute, who would eat yak?” asked David. “Why don’t the Mongolian restaurants nowadays have some of these meats?” asked Billy. “Yak is quite good, at least in my experience, sort of like low-fat beef that’s a little sweeter. But some of those meats were expensive and hard to get, especially after Nelson International Meats scaled down their operations after the ‘90s. It just wasn’t profitable. You can still get yak and camel in some places, but they won’t always have it and it’ll be expensive.” said Melissa. “Sad that the most unique ideas end up watering themselves down or closing.” said Billy. “Well, it’s probably good that they don’t sell those meats as often. Yak and camel don’t sit right with me.” said Megan. Next up was the ovens that the meats would be cooked on. The explorers recognized the large, table-like oven, but the jugs – each about two feet tall, on a small counter – were new to all but Melissa. A large barrel, filled with stones about the size of a fist, was next to the jugs, and a fire pit was next to the barrel. “What’s with the rocks?” asked David. “That’s a type of traditional Mongolian barbecue, called Khorkhog or something like that. They put the stones over a fire to get them hot, then they put the hot stones into the jugs with water and meat. At the time, this was the only restaurant in all of Helmintoller to serve it.” said Melissa. “Sounds inefficient, but I suppose it works better in Mongolia.” said Billy. “You’d always have a few people standing and watching as they cooked the khorkhog. I remember being 8 years old, standing in this very spot, standing on my tiptoes, so mesmerized by the cooking process. A couple helped hold me up so I could see better.” said Melissa. “That’s so nice of them. Any more good stories involving this place?” said Billy. “I remember, when I started working at the supercar place, I was driving some probably 50-year-old guy in a Bentley Turbo R, and they’d brought in some Buuz in a cup and snuck it into the car. While we were driving, he got it out and started eating. I hit the gas, and the food got all over him and the interior of the new car. I hear him scream out the S word, look over and see him covered in meat chunks with his hands up. I was new and wasn’t expecting the car to accelerate so suddenly, but needless to say it’s a bad idea to bring food on a supercar ride.” said Melissa. -
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Description: As cities grow, industry and commerce demand a larger workforce. People looking for a better living will migrate from outside the city to participate in the economy and improve their lot. Eventually, immigrants will arrive from abroad for the same reasons. The Cosmopolitan Food Court is a fictional food mall featuring four restaurants: - Ethiopian: መነሻዎች (Origins) - Afghan: کباب خانه (Kabob House) - Korean: 맛있는 (Delicious) - Thai: ดวงอาทิตย์ (Sun) There are two versions in the downloadable files: one growable medium wealth commercial services lot and one functional landmark lot. Growth Stage is four to allow some time for these immigrants to arrive and establish themselves in the city. I am not fluent in these languages so I make no guarantee on translation accuracy; the goal is to highlight diverse alphabets. Stats: Plop cost (and bulldoze): 4000 (40) Jobs: 58 Wealth: Medium Growth stage: 4 Power used: 5 Water used: 8 Pollution: 5/6/19/0 @ 2/2/0/0 Lot size: 2x2 Dependencies: None.- 5 Reviews
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