Building The City

[Sibboleth]

It begins!

First things first - where is our city, roughly?

[Hashemite]

I like my Le Havre idea, so if we mimick Le Havre, at the mouth of a major river and also one the shore of an important sea/ocean/channel whatever.

[Sibboleth]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

[afleitch]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

English

I like the idea of Le Havre geography wise (as I'm used to Atlantic port cities ) but I'd like a city...'British' in character I suppose; something split by class and area.

[Hashemite]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

Maybe English would be best for this forum, but it would be interesting to have an historical linguistic minority.

[Χahar]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

Maybe English would be best for this forum, but it would be interesting to have an historical linguistic minority.

Yes, a minority entirely gone/assimilated by now.

[12th Doctor]

Actually, I nominate Pittsburgh circa 1950.  Certainly the on of the greatest experiments, and to date failures, of urban renewal... assuming you guys are still going that route, I have been out of the loop for a very long time.

You guys should probably just design your own city, though.  I think that idea had merit.

[Smid]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

Yeah, I like an industrial city with docks and heavy industry and some very strong Labour-voting constituencies, so long as there are enough Tory and swing seats that either party can form a majority in council. Perhaps also a popularly elected Mayor, as well?

[Hashemite]

Well, as far as that kind of thing goes I like the idea of mixing docks with other heavy industry. But what should the language of this city be?

Yeah, I like an industrial city with docks and heavy industry and some very strong Labour-voting constituencies, so long as there are enough Tory and swing seats that either party can form a majority in council. Perhaps also a popularly elected Mayor, as well?

That's why I like my Le Havre idea - there are some wealthy areas, sometimes very wealthy, areas within the city itself in addition to some very rich suburbs (like Ste Adresse is to Le Havre) save for the dirt-poor industrial suburbs (like Gonfreville-L'Orcher is to Le Havre)

[12th Doctor]

Hmmm... I'm searching for that emoticon that is just a middle finger waving back and forth.

[Sibboleth]

Actually, I nominate Pittsburgh circa 1950.  Certainly the on of the greatest experiments, and to date failures, of urban renewal... assuming you guys are still going that route, I have been out of the loop for a very long time.

You guys should probably just design your own city, though.  I think that idea had merit.

Well the plan (this time round ) is to design a rough outline of a city, and then incorporate a degree of real detail into specific areas - if this is to be a city historically dependent on heavy industry, then parts of Pittsburgh would work fine.

[Smid]

Le Havre actually looks pretty good (on Google Maps) - not too large, but large enough to be financially able to make lots of decisions.

[ilikeverin]

I constructed an entire metropolitan area if you're interested...

However, it has its flaws.  I suspect it's too white-collary for you, Al, more like the Columbus or Twin Cities metropolitan area of present than the types of places you like

[Hashemite]

Le Havre actually looks pretty good (on Google Maps) - not too large, but large enough to be financially able to make lots of decisions.

Just for reference vis-a-vis income;

[Hashemite]

FTR, I have no problem with integrating parts of various cities into this city... or its suburbs. Either in terms of housing, industry etc. Le Havre is just a basic idea for geography, and maybe income structure and polarization (which would make things fun).

[afleitch]

FTR, I have no problem with integrating parts of various cities into this city... or its suburbs. Either in terms of housing, industry etc. Le Havre is just a basic idea for geography, and maybe income structure and polarization (which would make things fun).

I agree. I'm already working on two parts of Glasgow I'd like to integrate into the model.

[Sibboleth]

So Le Havre for the basic outline of the city, mixed heavy industrial base (the docks, yes, but also other industries often found near the coast - steelworks, say. Maybe chemical factories. And I think we can work in some incorporated mining villages on the fringes of the city (btw, presuming industrial surrounds for the city makes it easy to concentrate the bourgeois parts of the city - which seems to be one of the attracts of Le Havre). This gives us a pretty diverse city in some respects. I think we could also give it an older centre, perhaps with a cathedral. It should also have a university - late 19th century probably). Anyway. I'll post a couple of test maps this afternoon.

[afleitch]

So Le Havre for the basic outline of the city, mixed heavy industrial base (the docks, yes, but also other industries often found near the coast - steelworks, say. Maybe chemical factories. And I think we can work in some incorporated mining villages on the fringes of the city (btw, presuming industrial surrounds for the city makes it easy to concentrate the bourgeois parts of the city - which seems to be one of the attracts of Le Havre). This gives us a pretty diverse city in some respects. I think we could also give it an older centre, perhaps with a cathedral. It should also have a university - late 19th century probably). Anyway. I'll post a couple of test maps this afternoon.

I have a (oh no not again) Glasgow based solution to where to site the middle class; hills. The west end of Glasgow boomed post 1850 when it became easier to construct sweeping terraces on hilly ground (Glasgow is peppered with 'drumlins'). Places like Hyndland are seperated from working class areas by a 40 degree gradient approach. High living meant you lived above the smog. It's also an interesting class metaphor

[London Man]

I would suggest a couple of working class estates in the suburbs. The city probably would have been bombed during the war and these would have been built to house people who were bombed out.

We have these in London.

[Sibboleth]

Outline of the City (presuming it has city status) at the beginning of the game.

[Hashemite]

So Le Havre for the basic outline of the city, mixed heavy industrial base (the docks, yes, but also other industries often found near the coast - steelworks, say. Maybe chemical factories. And I think we can work in some incorporated mining villages on the fringes of the city (btw, presuming industrial surrounds for the city makes it easy to concentrate the bourgeois parts of the city - which seems to be one of the attracts of Le Havre). This gives us a pretty diverse city in some respects. I think we could also give it an older centre, perhaps with a cathedral. It should also have a university - late 19th century probably). Anyway. I'll post a couple of test maps this afternoon.

I have a (oh no not again) Glasgow based solution to where to site the middle class; hills. The west end of Glasgow boomed post 1850 when it became easier to construct sweeping terraces on hilly ground (Glasgow is peppered with 'drumlins'). Places like Hyndland are seperated from working class areas by a 40 degree gradient approach. High living meant you lived above the smog. It's also an interesting class metaphor

Lends itself nicely, again, to Le Havre

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.500465,0.140247&spn=0.065776,0.181789&t=p&z=13

[Χahar]

Aside from San Francisco, the only city I really know is Dhaka. I suppose you don't want that.

[Smid]

Actually, voting patterns in Melbourne are quite interesting. It's numerous municipalities across the greater Melbourne area, but has very distinct Conservative/Labour areas (or Liberal vs Labor, given that we're talking about Australia). I put a couple of primary vote maps in the gallery the other day, but I'll put in another few showing seats parties won, etc).

Here are the links (I won't post the image because it'll create a large post which doesn't relate precisely to the thread).

These three maps are the Upper House vote recorded, but done according to the Lower House electorate. This is to try to anull any personal vote an incumbent might have in the Lower House (since the Upper House is predominantly a vote for a particular party).

Greens vote: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2482_09_09_09_3_16_35.PNG
Labor vote: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2482_09_09_09_3_17_54.PNG - look particularly at the Melbourne map (top one). You can very clearly see Labor's heartland in the west, north-west and south-east. The pink areas are typically upper-middle class to wealthy and the red areas (excluding the inner city, where the greens polled well, thus drawing down the Labor vote) are predominantly your average suburbia/swing seats.
Liberal vote: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2482_09_09_09_3_18_54.PNG - not specifically about Melbourne, but some of the lightly-shaded areas in rural Victoria are strong National Party areas - so the Liberal Party did poorly but they're still very conservative.

Here is the election result, showing which party won each seat. The Independent was an incumbent, and an incumbent independent was defeated in Mildura, in the state's north-west corner. Two seats are 2PP Nationals vs Liberals, and four are Labor vs Greens - read my comments for details: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2482_16_09_09_11_29_49.PNG

This is the result of which party received the most votes in the Upper House, according to the Lower House electorate. It's effectively the same as the numerous maps on the site for FPTP elections in other countries, although minor party votes are probably inflated, given that this was STV rather than FPTP. http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2482_16_09_09_11_44_36.PNG

I like the idea of chemical factories and steelworks. I think both foundaries and petrochemical factories are the sorts of heavy industry that frequently are surrounded by low-income working class households.

[12th Doctor]

An added dimension with Pittsburgh, of course, is the many established neighborhoods, and topography.  In terms of those neighborhoods, it is very easy to track their historical development, even if you aren't from the area.

[afleitch]

So Le Havre for the basic outline of the city, mixed heavy industrial base (the docks, yes, but also other industries often found near the coast - steelworks, say. Maybe chemical factories. And I think we can work in some incorporated mining villages on the fringes of the city (btw, presuming industrial surrounds for the city makes it easy to concentrate the bourgeois parts of the city - which seems to be one of the attracts of Le Havre). This gives us a pretty diverse city in some respects. I think we could also give it an older centre, perhaps with a cathedral. It should also have a university - late 19th century probably). Anyway. I'll post a couple of test maps this afternoon.

I have a (oh no not again) Glasgow based solution to where to site the middle class; hills. The west end of Glasgow boomed post 1850 when it became easier to construct sweeping terraces on hilly ground (Glasgow is peppered with 'drumlins'). Places like Hyndland are seperated from working class areas by a 40 degree gradient approach. High living meant you lived above the smog. It's also an interesting class metaphor

Lends itself nicely, again, to Le Havre

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.500465,0.140247&spn=0.065776,0.181789&t=p&z=13

Yes I noticed that from Street View

Though I'll post a Glasgow example to show what I mean