Current events

Proposed City Grid Changes
I thought it might help if I made a specific proposal for the revamping of the main city grid, so here it is. I haven't concerned myself with indoor rooms here, nor with the sewers. Some notes on the sky follow the main table.

The main object is to make the city feel more its proper size by making the main rooms districts of the city rather than streets. A secondary objective is to add a few things that seems to be missing on the grid: I propose below some new residential zones (which also conveniently fill gaps on the map), an industrial zone, and a non-urban zone suitable for people wanting a quiet break from the city. On the other hand we don't want the grid to grow more than is required; I've proposed combining two existing rooms in places.

I welcome comments or objections - but please, do it now, before I start making the changes! If I hear nothing I'll assume people are happy with my proposals. -- Stephie 17:16, 28 August 2007 (EDT)

I've added a new district to the proposal, "Countryside Northwest of Colonial Bay". I'd originally intended to merge this with Baker Street, but then realised that the MagLev extends to Baker Street, which sets it aside. This gives a place on the grid for farms, and also makes a "bounding" room for the city, filling the geographical gap between North of Colonial Bay and West of Colonial Bay (which are less rural in flavour.

Those making PER rolls by more than 5 may notice that there is another apparent hole at the border of the map: west of Windswept Point, south of Locke Business Park, east of Colonial Heights and north of the creek that appears as the "pond" in the park. This is actually accounted for: it's part of the Country Club, and mostly golf course. -- Stephie 17:15, 30 August 2007 (EDT)

Sky: I'm tentatively proposing dividing the sky into a different five zones: over Harrisburg, over the West Side, over Central Colonial Bay, Over the Bay (which includes all bayfront districts) and North of Colonial Bay. I think this should provide better coverage without increasing the number of zones.

ASCII Map
Here's an ASCII map for the entire city by district. Not the prettiest, but it shows all the districts in the city (area covered by MagLev plus a few) in 16 x 76, and with their approximate geographical locations intact. There may eventually be more maps showing more detail for certain areas, and I hope eventually to get a proper map onto the wiki as well, which should be better than anything one could manage in ASCII.

The plan is for the 2-letter abbreviations to be standard: that is, they will be what you type to exit the MagLev in the district, and moreover you'll be able to move to an adjacent district by typing the code (as an alternative to the standard compass-pointed codes).

OH|          |GA|     | TN | AQ=Artists' Quarter  LT=Lowtown --+          ++-++ NO |    | BD=Battlefield Dist. NB=North Beach BD|--+        |HL|    ++ BE=Bridgend          NI=Nicholston --+ |         ++-++   |    | BG=Buckingham Gdn Pk NO=North of Col. Bay |HB|-+--+-+IP+---+   | BS=Bayside           NT=Newtown +--+ SQ |CC| +--+   + NB | CC=City Center       OH=Outside Harrisburg | | +--++--+ LT | NI+--+-+ CH=Colonial Heights  OT=Old Town | | |SU|   +--+-++--+PT| CF=Creekfield        PT=Port | |-++-++OT|  |CT|  +--+--+ CT=Chinatown         SI=Sandy Bottoms Is. |NT| |  |  |UE+--+ BE=====SI| DT=Downtown          SQ=Student Quarter | |AD|DT|  |  |GS+-+---+--+ GA=Green Acres       SU=CBSU Campus | |  |  |  +--+    |BS | GS=Golden Sands      TN=Transport Nexus --+--+--++-+--+AQ+-+--+-+-+-+ HB=Harrisburg       TT=The Towers CF|TT|WC | CH +--+ |LP| | WP| HL=Hero Lane        UE=Upper East Side +--+---++   +--+ +---+ IP=Col. Bay Ind Pk  WC=W Colonial Heights |     | BG |   AD=Alien Dist. LP=Locke Business Pk WP=Windswept Point

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