Building a New England/NE USA town - AlRed's way

[AlRed]

OK, because people have made tutorials on how to build an airport, diagonal elevated RHW-4s over roads or even how to go regional, how about one about making the perfect Northeastern US town? I don't know! But, presenting a first here on SC4D, NE US town building tutorial!


Part 1 - The Basics

So what does it take to build a New England town? I don't know, since I haven't been to that part of America yet. 

The first step would be to collect some pics and maps    This is where Google Earth, Google Street View and Google are your friends. You should also read many articles about Northeast US towns on Wikipedia and/or normal Encyclopedia. For this tutorial we're going to take inspiration from a typical New England town: Riverhead.

It's located on Long Island, east of New York City and is a cute, little village with curvy rural roads. How about a G.S.V. of it first?



And one more:



And let's see the city on Google Map:


You'll get an aplause if you see a major road (the yellow ones) that is straight for their entire lenght here 

Commercial buildings are located near the LIRR station. Shops are also found along major roads, particually at junctions.

Coming next time - Where the rural areas are located and what buildings should you use.

[Luke09]

can you post ingame pics of your tutorial?its more easily to know what youre saying...

[TigerofRobare]

I don't mean to nitpick, but Long Island is neither in New England, nor is it typical for the Northeast--for one it's far too flat. 

In my opinion the typical town has a railroad and a lot of abandonded industry working on being gentrified. 

[Lowkee33]

In my opinion the typical town has a railroad and a lot of abandonded industry working on being gentrified.

.  Water powered mills lost to coal are a must.

Don't forget the sporadic cutesy tourist traps... err the wonderful foliage and clam chowder.