Excellent custom made construction and impressive details. I am very happy to see that you are among the very few who have built protected harbor. You're getting really good.
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CJ Arenzano
An Italian Island Jewel
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Project_Oz
- 5/5,
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Author's Response
Hey thanks for your review :)
I would love to do so, too, as it is really cold here in Germany -.-
But have you seen the update with the garden as well?
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Author's Response
Thank you a lot :) But don't forget to check out other journals as well: http://xlnation.city/resources/categories/city-journals.33/?order=rating_weighted
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Author's Response
Thank you for your kind words, I feel honoured to hear that my journal may have inspired you :)
But don't forget that there are other journals as well, and many may be even as inspirational as mine, just take a look at the City Journal section ;)
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solo
- 5/5,
stunning detail, do you have any aerial photos I always like to see the urban sprawl and how a city suits the landscape.
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Author's Response
Hey, thx for your kind words. It took me a long time to build some suburbs. But so far, I have not made much progress with the city due to an error which has the streets appear white when I zoom out. So far, nothing has helped, and it is really frustrating.
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Gioroman87
- 5/5,
@Kipate I'm Italian and I love my country. your town reflects the typical characteristics of an Italian-style between history and environmental culture
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Author's Response
Grazie mille! It is always nice to hear such appraisal from the people who actually live in the country :)
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Author's Response
Hahahaha :D but her curves aren't that round, you know ;)
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Peter912
- 5/5,
Awesome work like always Kip, beautiful and realistic. Got a question tho, where are those ploppable stones from?
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Author's Response
Hey, Peter, thanks a lot for your review!
I guess you either search for this:
http://xlnation.city/resources/beach-stones.1022/
or that:
http://xlnation.city/resources/megaliths.680/
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parisenforce
- 5/5,
very nice city! love the old harbour, looks like Cartago's
And I like the old gate landing in a city wall, reminded me of Porta Caelimontana in rome -
Inan
- 5/5,
Great and realistic history part as alwasy, very nice details built with dedication, very good ideas all over the city. The Medici garden is very Special and original. Of Course 5 stars, i hope you will let us watch theis great CJ...don't delete it :-)
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Author's Response
Hey Inan, nice to see you around :-)
So you read also the history part? Good to know that it caught the attention of at least some folks, it is the hardest part to me. Sometimes you have ideas for your city, and them you start thinking about the idea and you notice that it would make sense in any other city, but not the one you are building at the moment.
Thanks for your kind words, I indeed invested some time into the construction of this city. Actually, I have to say that I had - generally spoken, not just your review - hoped for some more appraisal for the "minor" things that make that city looking so vivid, at least in my eyes. I mean, the garden is quite appealing, seeing the reviews below, but to me, it is not the defining structure of the city, there are other structures that "form" the city, for instance the old town hill monuments (castle, hotel, mausoleum), the harbour, the long esplanades along the coastline, the irregular road layout within the old town area, the modern expressway system, all this is much more defining in my opinion. The garden as a structural monument could easily be exchanged with something else...
So, don't take it as a criticism, I still appreaciate your review a lot. But when you hear about one single certain structure for the seventh or eighth time, it may be irritating.
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Author's Response
Thank you for your kind words, Alex :-)
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Author's Response
Hey, thank you for the review :)
The garden actually needs some more details, I will try to pay more attention to details in the next city project.
Mr.X² actully said that he wanted to use the 5th photo for the front page, as I would be some clickbait ( 點擊 餌) :D
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Author's Response
Grazie mille! È stato un lavoro difficile :)
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ObelicS
- 5/5,
Nice CJ i can say ! :)
Beautifull town wtih some nice ideas ! I specially like the medicci garden, and the old town in castle area. I personally think that Arenzano is too small for 106 k poopulation but i quess density is high as f :D
You could also use more furniture for decorating plazas, at least one in the pictures, but nevertheless good building placement and nice creation overall ! ;)
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Author's Response
The overall amount of furniture mods used in the city is probably higher than in almost any other city. Are you sure that you looked up the images that well? Indeed, not every corner is that much decorated, but I guess it's the same for Helenas. Also, not over-decorating the square with the statue in the new town was one of my intentions.
The density is around 3,500 per sq km. That is similar to Florence's density, and only half of the density of some northern Italian cities.
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Thank you. I had hoped for one of your rare reviews, and it pleases me that it is such a positive review :)
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Grazie mille! I hope it looks Italian enough for you :D
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royb 98
- 5/5,
This is well worth the five stars. The level of detail is stunning and all buildings are chosen very carefully. Your road layout is awesome, your Medici's garden is awesome, your port is awesome and it's also one of the few cities of which I enjoyed reading the history.
Also I agree with what Kurtis said. We should automatically make a daily backup of this :p. -
Drazicdesign
- 5/5,
It's quite the kind of city that I take pleasure in watching the pictures full of detail meticulously placed.
All the city is extremely realistic, the port and for me one of the best achieved,
dry docks are beautifully realized.
This garden is also a first, a true success, hedges, flowers, walkways, all is well done there.
This is to see cities like this one, I made mods,
then I hear the result with impatience!
However I regret that you are retired city contest!
Your city, a masterpiece!
A big BRAVO !-
Author's Response
Thank you, Drazic! I appreciate your appraisal for the harbour a lot.
The harbour was the structure I certainly invested the most time into. And not only into building, but also into researching information about all the things that are part of a harbour; of course, you need some berth for the ships, but again harbour also has drydocks, oil terminals, a passenger port, etc. ...
So I like when another master builder recognizes the hard work. Thx :)
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skullz613
- 5/5,
Awesome detail
It's a shame you could not get your creation entered into the competition.
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