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Young Drachma · 03-26-2017, 08:51 PM

I go back and forth between using the original name of this city (Helensburgh) which I came up with randomly and the renamed version (Ameliaville) but for context, it's the same place.

It's just the people voted to change the name of the city back to its original name, so...that's what I had to do.

I've been wanting to showcase the various neighborhoods for awhile and at least give a capsule of the different areas, their populations and perhaps what makes them interesting or distinctive or who lives there because I don't really know right now.

I'd prefer to do this before I go building anymore areas in the city, especially now that San Felipe exists, because I can't really decide where else we'll build right now and when I do, I need to really understand people's motivation for moving further out other than financial reasons or whatever and perhaps, I can use these stories as a way to stitch the identity of these new communities and to decide whether they're even part of the city or not.

In game, the population is 659,090 which translates to about 5.5 million people in real #.

Here are aerial views of the neighborhoods on the South Side of town.

Pillsbrookis the Southeast quadrant of the city with an estimated 833k people living there. Average rent there is consistent with the rest of the city at about $1,829/mo for a 2 BR. But home values there are WAY lower than the city average ($403k) at $193k for a single-family home. Needless to say, the Pillsbrook area is growing as a result. Many of the neighborhoods there are actually not named, most people opting to claim "South Side" residence for whatever reason.

Pillsbrook reminds me of Queens. Homes where you can still have a driveway, decent subway access to the city with bus lines too and relatively affordable, but quite boring relative to the downtown area or other parts of the city.

Stobben

Stobben is in the South/Southwest quadrant of the city. It's home nearly a million people and is the most populated charter of the six. Stobben is growing like a weed due to its proximity to Downtown and with an increased number of young people moving there due to be priced out of downtown and the lower downtown in recent years.

There is a party district called the Playhouse district which isn't really much about theater anymore, it has a lot of clubs.

I'll highlight the other parts of town in a future post.

My next task is to get down and show you the various neighborhoods themselves, but wanted to do a high level view of them before I did that (even if I've done it in the past...)

03-26-2017, 08:51 PM	#151
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Revisiting, again. I go back and forth between using the original name of this city (Helensburgh) which I came up with randomly and the renamed version (Ameliaville) but for context, it's the same place. It's just the people voted to change the name of the city back to its original name, so...that's what I had to do. I've been wanting to showcase the various neighborhoods for awhile and at least give a capsule of the different areas, their populations and perhaps what makes them interesting or distinctive or who lives there because I don't really know right now. I'd prefer to do this before I go building anymore areas in the city, especially now that San Felipe exists, because I can't really decide where else we'll build right now and when I do, I need to really understand people's motivation for moving further out other than financial reasons or whatever and perhaps, I can use these stories as a way to stitch the identity of these new communities and to decide whether they're even part of the city or not. In game, the population is 659,090 which translates to about 5.5 million people in real #. Here are aerial views of the neighborhoods on the South Side of town. Pillsbrookis the Southeast quadrant of the city with an estimated 833k people living there. Average rent there is consistent with the rest of the city at about $1,829/mo for a 2 BR. But home values there are WAY lower than the city average ($403k) at $193k for a single-family home. Needless to say, the Pillsbrook area is growing as a result. Many of the neighborhoods there are actually not named, most people opting to claim "South Side" residence for whatever reason. Pillsbrook reminds me of Queens. Homes where you can still have a driveway, decent subway access to the city with bus lines too and relatively affordable, but quite boring relative to the downtown area or other parts of the city. Stobben Stobben is in the South/Southwest quadrant of the city. It's home nearly a million people and is the most populated charter of the six. Stobben is growing like a weed due to its proximity to Downtown and with an increased number of young people moving there due to be priced out of downtown and the lower downtown in recent years. There is a party district called the Playhouse district which isn't really much about theater anymore, it has a lot of clubs. I'll highlight the other parts of town in a future post. My next task is to get down and show you the various neighborhoods themselves, but wanted to do a high level view of them before I did that (even if I've done it in the past...)