Lexington County

[DFire870]

amapper, you have a great MD here. I especially like your focus on the transportation for the area.

In your last update about the passenger part of the airport, I love the tunnel that runs under the arrival/departure hall. That's a great idea as many airports have two levels of roadways to separate arriving and departing passengers. I never would have thought about that. But now that I've seen that tunnel, I'm going to use it in my own airport. Great work on the MD.

-- John

[tkirch]

Another fantastic update.  I love the factory that makes the composite desks.

[sebes]

Great update. I realy like how you use the airport pack to create such large warehouse facilities in this area    And so many railroad tracks connecting them with the outside world - very realistic, and ... gorgeous. Your experience in 45+ years of map-drawing is clearly visible.

[amapper]

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Update 19:

[bat]

Fantastic looking new areas of that city! Wonderful work!

[nedalezz]

Your transportation systems are second to none; the best Ive ever seen. They are so life-like and realistic. Even though the MD's look is totally American, it reminds of how the Chinese are developing theyre new communities. Dont get me wrong; your MD looks nothing Asian, lol, but the way you develop your communities is reminiscent of how they are doing things there.

Another fantastic update, and downtown Lexington is just beautiful.

[paroch]

Hi Amapper,

I have to confess that grid cities are not usually my cup of tea - BUT, you do them so well that I am really taken by Lexington County.  The business parks illustrate this - very square but very realistic and there's something about them that just pleases the eye.

That zoom out shot of the town square is a great picture.  I know it's a standard maxis flower garden but it fits there PERFECTLY.  I can't think of any other plaza or garden that would fit there as well.

And the rail yards and connections to factories are also top notch.

Great updates.

[amapper]

Just a quick post with a link to Lexington County's regional view. As you can see,there is still a lot of land untouched.

Any ideas what could be added to the region?

[tkirch]

You continue to impress.  It looks great, I love the city and it looks amazing.

[NASCAR_Guy]

I say this from personall expierience, NEVER! put Res next to a water plant.



Trust if the wind picks up a certain way....

[sebes]

Wonderful overview Amapper - your region and your city are very nice. It's funny to see how the underwear-distribution center is the geographical center of Lexington 

No kidding - I love your planning style and city building. The business parks fit very will in the landscape. That said, made me read back all 7 pages of your MD and realy think you're a hell of city planner... just about every picture in Lexington gives me WOW feeling. Seeing the uptown tunnel and the airport again made me realise that you need some kind of award my friend, so:

[kwakelaar]

Always very nice to stop by here, as the other people are saying, this is great cityplanning and execution.  And looking at the region view I would suggest making some more farms, but still this city is looking quite natural without.

[amapper]

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Please accept my apology. I know it has been quite a while since my last update, but with the Christmas season and family coming in, complete with grand babies, I have been pretty busy. I also have been playing around with a desert themed region I might put up on the site. Thank you for all your support.:





Update 20:

[amapper]

Here are some views of Manchester, down river from Lexington. As freight traffic increased through the region, rail roads expanded their switching facilities here because of the availability of land. Up until the expansion of the airports cargo handling capabilities, most workers came from Lexington and worked mostly on rail road related jobs. As you can see, the area is home to a wide variety of companies.

Update 21:

[sebes]

I enjoyed every piece here again ! What you sure here is so freakin' realistic, I still cannot believe how that is possible. One example of what I mean: the bridge/viaduct shown in the 4th and 7th picture. This is what tried to achieve myself probably a zillion times, never turned out to look like what you got. What is the secret?

[amapper]

I enjoyed every piece here again ! What you sure here is so freakin' realistic, I still cannot believe how that is possible. One example of what I mean: the bridge/viaduct shown in the 4th and 7th picture. This is what tried to achieve myself probably a zillion times, never turned out to look like what you got. What is the secret?

Here is a brief tutorial on building ramps and slopes. It's important you have NAM installed as well as BRF_TunnelAndSlopeMod-bJERONI by jeroni.

I apologize for the lack of detail but I wanted to get it to you as soon as I could. If you have Questions, feel free to PM me.

[Ennedi]

Very good tutorial amapper!
Yes, using rail to make more soft avenue is very good method, it is also important to plop two single rail pieces first 
I have only one question:
- Why did you use "Road on slope", not "Avenue on slope" puzzle pieces?

Adam

[amapper]

Very good tutorial amapper!
Yes, using rail to make more soft avenue is very good method, it is also important to plop two single rail pieces first 
I have only one question:
- Why did you use "Road on slope", not "Avenue on slope" puzzle pieces?

Adam

Ah, actually I used the Avenue on slope. I misspoke. Thanks for catching the mistake!! Hope the tutorial helps some folks.

Dick

[Ennedi]

Yes, now I see you used avenue puzzle pieces, it is visible on the "T Avenue on Slope" piece 
You have another good thing here - very nice rock mod, it is very good to hide sharp edges, all slopes look very natural 

[amapper]

Yes, now I see you used avenue puzzle pieces, it is visible on the "T Avenue on Slope" piece 
You have another good thing here - very nice rock mod, it is very good to hide sharp edges, all slopes look very natural 

Yes, I really like the rock mod. It's:CalmLimeStone rock mod by: dogfight

Dick