City of Highland

Welcome to Highland! Highland is city in northern Viatica with nice weather, beautiful water, and many tourist attractions. Throughout this CJ, I will be showing the Greater Highland area and its progress in many things like population, tourism, economy, etc.

Update 1: Introduction

This is downtown Highland. Gridlock is not uncommon here. The city's Department of Transit wants to expand the roads, but they don't have enough space between all the buildings.


Here's one of the worst intersections during rush hour.


Aside from all the traffic problems, most people enjoy downtown Highland. It is filled with high-rise office towers and luxury condos.


This is the city hall. Highland has a very organized and specific city government. It is divided into several departments with officials elected by the citizens of the city.


Highland is divided by a river creatively named the Highland River.


All the bridges are raised so residents can easily bring their boat out into the ocean. Boating is one of the most popular things to do in Highland. There are several public marinas in the city, including one downtown.


This is the mayor's house. With the help of all of his department officials, he runs the city. His house is located right on the Highland river. Every mayor has a new house built for them in a different neighborhood near the Highland River.


One of the most interesting stories in Highland is McCarthy Farm. The McCarthy's were a family in Highland that started a farm in the early 1900's. Each generation of their family kept taking care of the farm. In the 1940's the city persisted on buying their land for developing. They would not sell. Now, it is open to the public as a little museum for city kids who know nothing about farms.


A teaser for the next update:


I hope you liked Highland! This update will be posted on ST tomorrow (It's 2 in the morning, so tomorrow is a confusing term) and all updates will be posted here a day earlier. Make sure you comment!

The city of Highland is nice. I like the style you use that flows and makes all your Cities capture the same essence that is your style.

Great use of custom and maxis content.

That curved bridge is definitely "unusual"

Fantastic city!

Very nice! It's a quite little CBD. Nice touch with Mc Carthy's Farm.

That's very nice

Nice work, as Fox said your mix of custom and maxis was executed very nicely. Have two suggestions though...
1) careful with your marinas. Yes, I'm from a town that has a lot, but you might want to somehow find somewhere with a lot more room, and probably use a custom set so you can make it bigger.
2) I'm not really sure with that curved avenue bridge

Great update though, it's a very nice city nonetheless

City Update

Thanks everyone! I realize that bridge seems to be an eyesore! D: Highland likes to make itself as beautiful as possible.

The City of Highland: Department of Transit will be constructing a new River Road bridge starting next week. Starting later this month, the Department of Urban Renewal will be tearing down old houses and putting up medium wealth apartments.

nice pics ! its intersting how strikingly similar our flags are

androidboi wrote:nice pics ! its intersting how strikingly similar our flags are

Thanks, We have almost exactly the same colors.

Teaser for next update:

Snow D:

Nice editing of the picture.

I like the stadium and it's surrounds, lots of parking .. very realistic.

D: Infrared

I would post, but the site is down for tonight. I voted as soon as I saw it on Google.

Off Topic: Hehe, I still got on the forum when it tried redirecting me.... Internet humor

The effect is a little strange, but I do like what's going on in the picture!


Camera D:

Update 2: Wicked Timber!
Replies:
Fox: Thanks! The computer with Highland on it has a fresh plugins folder. So I tried to put as much custom content in as possible to make up for all the lost BATs and mods.
Daniel: Thanks. That bridge is causing some issues.
Qorten: Thanks, I do realize it is small. But I tried not to make it too big, because Highland is only a medium-sized city.
Do I really have to type that?!(30): Thank you!
K50: Thank you. I plan on getting the PEG set! That bridge...
androidboi: Thanks, We have almost exactly the same colors.
Daniel: Snow?? Haha.
Fox: Thank you for appreciating the parking lots! It took so long (5 minutes)! D:
(30): Lol.
Huston: Thanks!

Progress on bridge:
None! The curved bridge was demolished last week. But it had to be reconstructed again, due to: Unsuitable for Grade Construction or something like that. Moving on...

The Wicked Timber is a roller-coaster park in the southern part of Highland. Full size pic!


The area is a booming commercial area with offices and stores all over the place. Even hotels are sprouting in the area.




And of course, a city as famous as Highland must have a sports stadium or two. This is Viatica Cellular Field, where soccer is played in soccer season, and sometimes, hockey in the winter!


Make sure you comment here and on ST when it is posted tomorrow!

Total coolness!

WOW Amazing I loved the last pic!

Neat! Love the pics!

Love it

Love the rollercoaster .. I can see lots of potential for this area.

Hey everyone! Today the update will be posted here and on ST on the same day, because my internet hasn't been very reliable lately, and I don't want to take any chances.

Today we'll be looking at a small town called Burlington. First we start off where the sprawl gradually ends and the open farmland begins.


Going farther west, and down the Highland river, we find a small town, Burlington.


Burlington is a town with many small hills. open land, and trees by the river.


This is Burlington High School, part of the county's public school district. If you can see it... I got a little carried away with the rain effect.

That's heavy rain! or snow maybe

NICE!

Brace for flooding!

Looks wonderful... and it is nearly spring in Viatica, so there's still some rain to be expected methinks

Love the sprawl!

Great little main street looking area too. Very impressed.