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http://store.steampowered.com/app/25...ties_Skylines/
Free to Play for a few days, but you'll probably end up buying it.
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The "building styles" feature is something SC4 dabbled with, but CS has perfected. This gives you the ability to create super unique and distinct neighborhoods. I have a city with dense, low-rise Brooklyn style buildings interspersed with some high-rise commie blocks, and an "Old Town" with a dense, irregular street grid full of Baroque residences and retail centered around a cobblestone square in front of the Parish Church of St. Anne (Busdapest). Of course, the maps can be huge, so I also have classic American suburbs and even farmland well outside of the city center. It's the most realistic city builder I've played (if you want it to be). I just wish I could get my regional rail network to be a bit more efficient. Definitely checkout the Cities Skylines Reddit for inspiration: https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/ |
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I haven't seen the show but I can't imagine that the people of Chicago got their panties in a bunch like this with Shameless.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...3IL/story.html |
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Here is an airplane for sale with some local history:
http://www.platinumfighters.com/fg1dn72nw It flew out of Squantum NAS, now known as Marina Bay. |
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^ Badass! My favorite warbird of WWII. Dad and I built the model when I was a kid.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/trump...re-plan-2018-2
I hate to bring national politics back to this forum, but since I believe it directly affects urban planning and infrastructure that it's relevant. Looks like Trump is planning to increase the gas tax to pay for the infrastructure plan. |
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He'd be sticking it to his most ardent supporters in flyover country who have to drive thirty miles to Wal-Mart so I'm all in favor of it. Tax the shit out of them!
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It's a use tax, which in most cases ends up being a regressive tax. It makes sense in urban areas, but much of america does not live in an urban area.
Before this century republicans were always in favor of use taxes. |
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nIce Baltisa pictura: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...buildings.html
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Welp... didja get the job done or not??
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This should be of interest to more than a few people here.
Suffolk Construction’s high-tech nerve center lets it monitor projects nationwide Quote:
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I've driven past that Suffolk office before and its pretty impressive especially given its surroundings. Its a really blighted area and then boom there's this shiny building in the middle of it. Not sure if that'd be my first choice for a headquarters but its cool
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/polit...aos/index.html
It will be interesting when the steel tariffs goes into effect, whether it would up the cost of construction and whether it may slow down any development projects. |
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Question on some residential architecture...my wife an I were driving through Worcester when I noticed this house, and wondered why the roof overhangs so much. I've driven by it a hundred times but never picked up on it: https://goo.gl/maps/oMNRygKHoCr
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Only a guess, but it was probably a triple decker with three front porches, the porches rotted and/or collapsed and the owner didn't want to pay to replace them. That was probably the cheapest option.
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