In between campaigning (for Papakura Local Board) I managed to squeeze in some Cities Skylines as a break.
In the linked post I blog about how cycling is king in Layton City. Found out how by clicking below.
Biking is king in Layton City
One thing I am trying with Layton City is to make the city an 8-80 City. That is a city that is safe to navigate by both eight and eighty year old citizens as w…
While we await for the Unitary Plan recommendations due out publicly next Wednesday my hone some of my more personal level attention to Layton City.
While I have stated in the past I enjoy the big picture, the macro level jigsaw puzzle I do come down to the personal level regularly to explore the City at a citizen level.
How does the city feel and move at the personal level and how our the citizens feeling at the same time.
Also while the big picture is enjoyable, the personal level with the diverse detail is just as enjoyable.
If you have the Free Camera mods for Cities Skylines you are able to drop down to citizen level and either walk around from the view-point of a person or follow any vehicle whether on land, sea or in the air. The great thing about this is along with the Screenshots button (F12) you get to see your city down at a personalised level. At the same time if you click on individual citizens or tourists they tell you their happiness and where they are going. This can allow fine tuning while enjoying the City as a person would see it rather than how most see it at 40,000ft.
Below is some citizen level and follow the bus shots going around Layton City. For full resolution right-click the individual picture slide and open in a new tab.
For the start of the mass transit…
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An 8-80 City needs mass transit ? With the foundations now laid down for Layton City the expansion begins towards a large-scale city. Yesterday…
Introducing my current project Layton City is my fifth city in Cities Skylines since I got the game two years ago. Layton City is also unique as it will be only my second city (Solaria was t…
Source: Layton City – Starting Out #CitiesSkylines
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Interesting when it comes to apartment building, the apartments themselves and their life cycle.
The Budget can already be termed The Do Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone Budget given that the number one issue – housing will not be even addressed in the urgency and respect that it needs and that the polls (78% of all voters and 61% of National Voters according to Reid Research) demand.
With Key personally commenting also on the Greens rail and sea freight policy you know the Prime Minister (but not the Government) is on his last legs.
With Bond and OCR rates so low this is the time to build the infrastructure including housing ready for the next economic boom. One has to remember in Macro Economics surpluses take money out of the economy so I have no idea why English is wanting to do that given inflation is 0%.
There is so much to do but the Prime Minister is caught like a deer in the headlights wedded to his polls which are fast showing a disapproval of him.
And while Key looks to Labour for that knife I suggest looking inwards instead. Remember Shipley vs Bolger especially with Winston in the comeback trail AGAIN.
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Talking Southern Auckland 