From Farm, to Store, to Table - Clearwater County (Modded Cities Skylines Build, Ep 4)

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Asset Collection Can Be Found Here: steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2520208111

[@IndomitableAde]

I was giddy for a full 30 seconds thinking that a building's RICO settings meant it was a racketeering influenced crime organization before realizing what it really meant. 🤦🏽‍♀️ My Cities 2.0 wishlist item? An underworld developer's pack.

[@cullenkerr6556]

I think that there is a set of concrete decals that you can use to fill in those ugly spaces where outdoor hardscape from buildings and the sidewalks on roads don’t join up. I don’t know what it’s called, but I’ve seen City Wok City Wall use them extensively in his Mars series, so I imagine that they are somewhere in the work shop

[@GadgetHamster123]

Day three of asking CPP to remove the abandoned buildings (haven't watched yet so will update if he does in this vid.) edit: yay!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

@@GadgetHamster123 I'm going to let them naturally redevelop. So they'll be there the entire series. Let's me know there is something wrong with my zoning.

[@GadgetHamster123]

@@CityPlannerPlays lol no, just being nitpicky. love the vids!

[@iangoodsell]

I loved how when you deleted the McDonalds the 15 people that had been inside started to slowly and sadly walk towards the Walmart, lunchless. 🤣

[@kyleenglot9184]

Maybe there's a McDonalds inside the Walmart? At least in Canadian Wal Marts they have McDonald's restaurants inside them.

[@christopherday3494]

@@kyleenglot9184 There is! You can see the McDonalds "M" on the Walmart building, next to the Market entrance!

[@titanicbigship]

@SagePerkinsVlogs oh

[@Im__A__Fan]

@SagePerkinsVlogs My local Walmart Supercenter has a McDonalds inside??

[@barrel6468]

@SagePerkinsVlogs I still see plenty of McDonalds in Walmart, especially in the south. My local walmart has a McDonalds as well as a few others in neighboring cities, although they’ve been there for a while.

[@haydenrcarter]

For parking, I believe if you enable realistic parking in TM:PE your parking lots will see more usage and less "pocket cars"

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I'll make sure I have that enabled!

[@haydenrcarter]

@@CityPlannerPlays I will also offer that, in traffic overlay mode you will see red buildings. This means they have generated traffic due to lack of nearby parking. This is once realistic parking is enabled

[@AstroPsych_]

@@CityPlannerPlays Sometimes you'll also see a really odd bug with TM;PE where rows and rows of bright red cars will suddenly appear parked in nearly every street parking space available within a certain area. It's a bug caused by interactions between TMPE and various other mods, the devs don't really know what causes it, so the only solution is to just hit the "remove parked vehicles" button if you see a ton of same-color red cars parked everywhere.

[@MSG__]

A lot of times I make roads around the parking lots as no parking with tmpe but I didn't know that about red buildings. Thank you

[@TeaAddict]

Having "No Collision" on means your trees will reappear in your roads. So, if you want to upgrade a road without destroying buildings, upgrade with "no collision", then turn collision back on and either upgrade again, or wiggle the road with move it mod (can always undo!) So the trees go away again. Hope that helps!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

HUGE help. Thank you!!

[@brunoglopes]

Honestly I’d recommend downloading forrest brush and just erasing those trees altogether, cause sometimes prop and tree anarchy glitches out and makes all of the hidden trees resurface at once, so it’s better to delete them as you go.

[@joenox3871]

As a firefighter I have two things to add. 1. Having the police station and firehouse next to each other is a great idea, until the cops and firefighters move in. Google 'police doughnut trap' to see what i mean. 2. the Volly house you put on the outskirts needs some amenities. I'd look through some of the camp ground stuff, fire pit, barbecue area, if there was a lake I'd say a fishing dock would be a must. Lol if you put a playground asset with a jungle gym it wouldn't be out of place as a 'training area' based on some of the stuff I've seen. Really enjoying this series so far!

[@Strabo4]

I really prefer the modded playthroughs, it's no fun trying to fight the game to get something working/looking nice!

[@TadeuszLysiak]

I actually like that a lot about VB playthrough :D

[@crimsonhawk52]

Often, I would rather Phil fight with the game than fight with mods *shrug* I think it actually takes less time. But I do love a lot of the assets and of course the 81 tiles and realistic population mods are a dope combination

[@bluebirdy724]

Then watch a different series

[@Liehs33]

@@bluebirdy724 Bro u know this series is modded right?

[@junirenjana]

Also, I love that it's just a simple modded playthrough, not a heavily detailed city painting. Dont get me wrong, I love the works of popular CS detailers, it's just that good simple modded playthroughs are hard to find, most CS series are either vanilla or heavily modded lol

[@nathandavis5099]

Watching the city of Ashland grow, I was surprised by 2 things: 1) At least half of the Kroger groceries I know have a strip mall either parallel or perpendicular to the store front, housing Ace, CVS, Subway, cell phone stores, Chinese takeout. My local store has a post office beside it. A strip of commercial along-side the parking lot would solve a lot of the issue of light spilling into ppls bedrooms. 2) The lighthouse would make a fantastic centerpiece for a park. Many Michigan beach towns incorporate their lighthouses into park/harbor hybrids. Examples include Escanaba, Manistee, Ludington, and South Haven. The point the lighthouse sits on reminds me of White Fish Point or Point Iroquois on Lake Superior.

[@chickenluverful]

I think Phil is secretly a pyro by placing kindling everywhere, which he covers up by saying that it’s “landscaping”.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

😆

[@strevtell1931]

arsonists love the way fire destroys things, lol

[@maqueexxtv7241]

@@strevtell1931 isn’t that the point tho?

[@flowjow4746]

probably would be quite the contrast to see a "firefighter plays CS" series

[@josephbair9841]

I mean it’s a good way to do mass incurrence fraud, just burn half the city with 1 two truck fire station

[@raf74hawk12]

I love this series so much. I think that it feels a little slower is because of the realistic population mod, which gives more time for details and makes the city feel more like a real place. This is really a gorgeous build!

[@ashullu]

the farm is looking great! the new fields make it a lot more realistic because of their size. i think it would be really cute if each new town had their own industry or park area to make them special.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

That's the plan!

[@bunloaf_farms]

You drop SO MANY little details about what a city planner would be concerned about that it honestly makes so much more of the game make sense. Not to mention how many features of my irl community I just take for granted, as in thinking about how much went into planning it all. This is truly a gem of the KZbin.

[@aaronhedgesmusic]

I’m surprised the “police rural station” isn’t actually a “sheriff’s office”

[@gregdubya1993]

In my town it was City Hall/Water Dept/Police in one building. Fire was 25 yards away in a pole barn.

[@epalmer7504]

@@gregdubya1993 my town has no police and relies on our neighboring city for all of that, however we have 5 fire stations for an all volunteer department with like 7 engines and 3 ambulances. Definitely confusing

[@Kommradable]

Yeah a rural place like this may just have the highway patrol dispatched or a sheriffs station, where sheriffs from larger parts of the county rotate through

[@Atherax]

i grew up on a small island town about 20 mins off the coast in aus, and we had a police station almost exactly like this, and the firestation is almost exactly the same, just a big metal barn, almost a warehouse (pure volunteer). we had a population of about three thousand ish

[@tazzie165]

@@epalmer7504 in rural Australia my mum was a registered nurse in these small aboriginal communities in the middle of nowhere. It'd take 6 hours to get police up to the town

[@burmanphd]

Modding really makes the game shine. After watching Verde Beach, the expanded palette of options here -- and greater control in placing them how you want -- makes Clearwater much more like interactive art.

[@elijahgastineau4432]

I don’t know if there’s any assets that exist for cart corrals (Don’t have a pc to play) but that would look great in the dark section of the Walmart parking lot and you could incorporate lighting into it as well!

[@DEHCFI]

I was going to suggest just putting lights in the middle without anything, but a cart corral would be good there too!

[@James_Knoll]

on steam in props section type Shopping Center Parking Lot Props by Cristolisto which has a corral as well as other items you will find handy.

[@JohnFWitt]

In some parts of the South we call them buggy barns 🤣

[@Hismoom666]

There are functional spaces for BIG Parking Lots which includes shopping cart returns. Can be found in this collection here: steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2118342585 Would be nice to have them for the Walmart parking lot.

[@arionthedeer7372]

@@JohnFWitt Ohhh is that what they were talking about?

[@moledaddy]

Turning off road collision is causing the trees to come through the roads.

[@courageouschronicler8657]

yes, this. Prop anarchy and collision both cause the same issue in this case!

[@courageouschronicler8657]

@@CityPlannerPlays Turn Collision off only when you're at risk of destroying something that took a lot of time, like pathways or park fences. Then, and here's the hard part, remember to turn it back on! **Insert CPP's wholesome laugh here**

[@beastateverythin]

@UC8WAaaW2FnctRI9coYJoUdA Biffa has shown a good tip on that where if you have the trees come through the road, turn back on road collision and use move-it. Select the road with move-it and hit the left arrow key once and the right arrow key once and the trees disappear. Moving the road will cause the tree collision to be detected and then moving it back means the road is in the same spot. Doing that doesn't make paths disappear. Hope that makes sense.

[@brittanyeastep4866]

Glad I checked the comments for this problem before telling him in Discord

[@Silentkilarz]

Having a singular tree in a field is a good thing! It provides shade for the workers and nice spot to stop and eat your lunch. I grew up on a 170 year old farm in the Midwest and we have a big ole Hickory tree in the field behind the main house.

[@lechking941]

long live that hickory

[@becksimilian2955]

I saw that tree in the field and was like "oh look it's like True Detective" 🤣🤣 hopefully no serial killers in this farm town

[@lim704]

Dude thanks for spoiling us with so many uploads in a week :”)

[@ethancempe8335]

My local Wal-Mart has a small EV charging station in the outer area of the parking lot. It would be neat if you could add one to this one! Would be a very convenient location for travelers and shoppers 😃

[@jeffreypeterson1364]

Yeah, even Shell gas is now entering the EV market. The charging infrastructure is charging up and humming along quietly.

[@maqueexxtv7241]

@@jeffreypeterson1364 hummmmmmmmm

[@DocNo27]

Nice start to the day! For surface painter and to get straight lines - change your brush! There is a square block down towards the bottom near the happy face. Just pick that brush and you can fill in places like the parking lot to the school without getting "splotches" of surface painting!

[@ThatMikotan]

On that corner with the Kroger, I would add a little stone sign with 'Kroger' and make a small pedestrian crossing, I think that adds a bit more walkability! I also think that the area in front of the lighthouse could also be a park area and maybe add a small parking lot in the front so people could drive there, park and walk around.

[@Gwynframe]

hey CPP - you might want to re-think some of your truck access behind the large grocers - you don't really want semi-trucks driving through the parking lots if you can help it - so you usually want to put a direct route from the road to the docks and then out again

[@MarkHetherington]

A 30 year olds Saturday morning cartooons!

[@MRJimRoger]

Really nice episode! I feel we are getting more and more content in every episode, it's so gratifying to watch the city being built in a relaxed way, and your attention to detail. I also enjoy the explanation of how city planning has been developing through the history :) Keep it up! Norwegian fan here

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@rohan_barik]

Hey CPP! If you are having trouble with the road types with so many options you may check with Biffa. He uses a mod that organises road types based on lanes and all like 1-way, 2-way and so on. It's a neat tool to have if you want. Beside that great episode again 👍

[@radarlovedr]

Man, I have now subscribed to all the builders in the 5B1C series and I am having a master class in city building. Got the traffic guy, the zoning guy, the detail guy, etc… it is glorious.

[@ojosshiroy8544]

The Walmart has become the icon of CPP's modded cities

[@aaronhedgesmusic]

It’s because Walmart’s are everywhere in America and that’s where CPP lives ;)

[@xhonkeri4066]

The pinnacle of American Capitalism

[@alienamzal477]

A certain city built in April comes to mind

[@ChristopheLereverend]

No Public transport reaching Walmart, such as Buses!

[@joelangner2261]

@@aaronhedgesmusic He should add some dollar generals. there are so many in the midwest 🙄

[@joshuafitch6871]

Sometimes you need to remember your own advice. "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good". Cover it up with trees, rocks, or bins. 😆

[@pengil3]

Dude I love covering wonky areas of my city with excessive amounts of trash cans

[@gdwiggy]

When you changed the spawn points, I believe you also have to change the angle so they face the correct way since you’re moving them to the other side of the building. You did this for the auto center but it seemed to be facing the wrong way still.

[@tristonnovak893]

This series is really shaping up to be my favorite. I love the approach you are taking, it’s makes it feel like real, natural development. The mods that make it possible are super interesting as well. Love the content as always!

[@lindsayfoley9471]

This is probably the single most unproblematic, wholesome content on the internet. I watch these videos while I work and they make a mundane job so much more enjoyable! Keep up the work :)

[@AllStarsProdigy]

I love this series, the realistic population mod makes it so diferent and engaging. Also some medium density housing in that old industrial land would be so good from a development point of view and it would also help a lot with the worker shortage.

[@lechking941]

i know we have a few indrustrial ish apartment buildings around here and i have a mostly suberbish home scape.

[@elainal6847]

Feeling kinda exposed with your choice on real life retail options in a moderate size farm community I love it! Doing a great job representing that side of American life

[@uncledungeonmaster1617]

Having traveled full time in a motor-home and spent many nights sleeping in WalMart parking lots. I'm grateful for City Planners making them safely light their lots.

[@PandaSE_]

So, I've just stared watching your channel, and have been absolutely loving it! I love how you not only make pretty cities, but also explain your reasoning for different decisions. It makes it feel more alive. Now that I've been watching, I've gotten my itch for city skylines back, and will apply the city-planner perspective on my city. Amazing content! Also very amazing laugh!

[@apolloexx]

I work for Walmart and I always have seen the Outdoor Living section placed on the Home & Pharmacy side up against the building in every store I have worked at. Otherwise, great job with this series. It’s definitely looking good.

[@GazBod]

Hello mate. I live in the UK and watch all your videos. They're excellent. I also happen to be a Lighting Designer. I work up schemes of exterior lighting for multi national companies by way of street lighting, site lighting, and, often, car park lighting. Regarding the car park lighting in particular, there is a legal light level of 5 lux or 0.5 foot candles for the entirety of the car park. Walmart would have a Lighting Designer on staff, or a lighting company to handle it for them. Also, sports fields, generally 200 lux to 750 lux depending on level of use. To make the issue more complicate, there is also a legal need for uniformity across the entire span. I just thought you'd find this interesting.

[@ReAn3x]

You can change what the “ABC...-buttons” are hot keyed to. I do believe there’s an option for showing the grid in there. As well as “automatic info views” which toggles the whiteness while building! Love the series :) and good length on the videos

[@chenecaddell]

"Start of a rural road" he says as he places it right across the street from a Wal-Mart haha. As a volunteer firefighter myself, we would not have a department that close to another fire district. Bellevue would have probably 2 stations and a utility building spread throughout the town, with the utility building being close to the primary response station for access. Also volunteer fire departments wouldn't be placed on a dirt road in modern day... it would be paved long before construction on the building ever began... fire training and emergency uses as well as the heavy traffic, a lot of which are huge, heavy trucks would wear that road to nothing in no time, and the dust would be cause for concern with gear and vehicle maintenance. 🙂

[@NicoleyCupcakes]

I love this series so far! It’s so satisfying to see the realism you can get from the mods and I love the thought processes put into the planning

[@sacara21]

What a great way to start a Saturday morning. Thanks for fixing the parking lot and thinking about lighting & safety. One of the main reasons I got really hooked on your channel was back in BC you made some pretty substantial pedestrian changes in order to avoid having to use a pedestrian underpass. Really like seeing those types of things be incorporated into builds and it makes cities feel that much more real. Keep up the great work!

[@ILIFWDRHT78]

"Building a Place to Buy Eggs and Beer" Ahhh, Welcome to the Midwest!

[@Fallowsthorn]

The two main food groups, natch.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

True story!

[@lechking941]

hell even in some parts a few spots of florida are like that

[@inventions178]

You're honestly one of the best KZbinrs out here for city skyline gameplay. Not only because of the detail and lore making, but the fact you label sections of the videos, they really help, especially when I have this on in the background and I'm not sure what's happening.

[@TheoLo]

You could probably charge a fee for the Ashland HS park those games aren’t free!

[@brodyspear6424]

I would think parking is free and admission would have a fee to get in

[@TheoLo]

@@brodyspear6424 that’s true

[@genericytprofile852]

Depends on how good the team is really. At my school we kinda sucked so all the regular season games were free just to get people to go there lmao.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@genericytprofile852 Considering the massive size and budget this school gets for its sports facility, it is probably a good well funded school. Their sports team is unlikely to be bad in this case.

[@leomachado_s]

Clearwater County has been my favorite series for a long time here on KZbin.. You are very good! hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you so much!

[@leshawnjefferson6150]

Woohoo more small town america in Clearwater county! Can't wait for the county to grow up!

[@leshawnjefferson6150]

Thanks for the love city planner!

[@Ais4Drew]

I get the feeling newly minted city planners/city management staff should watch this series straight out of college. Lots of valuable gems of how the job *actually* works that probably get missed in formal courses on the topic. Keep it up CPP!

[@amherstburgerpicker5786]

Poor fire coverage you say? That's cute signed Verde Beach.

[@mattmaixner9521]

For times like 12:30 in the vid I use Ultimate Area Fillers V3. It's the best concrete asset I've found. It doesn't have the weird clipping or uneven edges that surface painter does and it conforms to terrain unlike a lot of other props. Perfect for connecting those pesky gaps between assets

[@Daniel-lg8yo]

I second that, I end up using it more than surface painter

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Added to Episode 5! Thank you!!

[@nathanaelsantiago4404]

Should add farm equipment throughout the fields, I think it'll be cool seeing them

[@Drengs]

I love this series so much. Before I would never even consider how car and street headlights interfere in the value of some properties. And this kind of natural growth is amazing. Can’t wait to see you tackle high density with the realistic pop. Keep it coming!

[@x775gaming7]

I was so happy at the 56 min mark when there’s a Einstein Bagel and Arby’s in a Walmart, reminds me of home

[@woltews]

Could you put some garbage processing , city works ( road equipment , park equip ...)and other similar things by the volunteer fire department ?

[@Clayfacer]

someone please let him know that there is a much easier way to make parking lots by using the ones you can plop down. its literally one click plop. the parking lot road he uses are good for big lots for the walmarts and stuff but the ploppable ones are easier to work with in smaller areas like the elementary school he tried to make a parking lot for.

[@Fred100159]

MY experience with the WalMart near me is that they do not care if you have to walk around. The closest 25% of the spaces are set up like you did, but the rest of the lot is 'hurky-burky' with an incredible amount of landscaping. You would feel at home, LOL! Due to the landscaping, I think it was laid out for the maximum number of spaces as opposed to ease of use.

[@jacobosburne2565]

In Clearwater, Ashland high is in a painted park area; also in cities skylines we have a paint tool option for education that you put buildings down in like parks and industries.

[@fadingsolo9457]

The eye for the not imperfection. Slight abnormalities in your city can never hurt in a sense it gives it more of a human feeling since we can’t make everything perfect. For example when messing with rocks at the lighthouse I think it would’ve looked good to keep some of the bottom of the road showing the pillars that are supporting it

[@TheSpyGorillas]

Hello, if you want darker roads, get theme mixer 2 and use a theme that has darker roads! this should keep ur planning roads unaffected too, or you can use roads color changer and use network skins to modify the planning roads to a different color, but since road color changer can cause fps loss, i recommend use theme mixer method (changing the road diffuse textures) :)

[@Perseagatuna]

he has an RTX 3060 and ryzen 5 5600X, i dont think he cares about fps drops lol

[@kaloyanvankov8907]

I normally don't watch this kind of videos, but this build is so addicting, I literally always watch the episodes all the way through and I get super excited when I see you've uploaded a new episode. Thank you for the good content :)

[@BadJuJu75]

it would be perfect/hilarious if you put a Dollar General in the middle of the farm district

[@Tehdew]

I like to add some sort of security checkpoint and fencing to my power plant. It think that would be a good fit here too. Love the series!

[@abuzaidkhan99]

I want more of this!! Verde Beach can wait.

[@BradKR]

This has to be my favorite servers on KZbin at the moment. I love this modded version of the game. Thanks for uploading these!

[@kagescion]

13:42, better hope that stays above ground for the next 12 years. accidently rammed my foot into a barbed wire fence that was part of the school construction that the company just left there and buried in dirt for the outside eating area beside the cafeteria. Was not pleasant for a 6 year old the start bleeding from the foot with extreme pain from lacerations to the big toe.

[@kikasinclaire1559]

I love seeing this small towm slowly develop, I always see people trying to rush into becoming big cities as fast as they can with these games and I don't know, there is something so nice about seeing this type of gameplay for once!!

[@colinkostbade]

I love this series and can’t wait to see where it goes from here

[@FogogamerMildesten]

1:04:14 - Oh boy. I've lived near bodies of water, and I've in areas with low water tables, but I can only imagine how bad the flooding would be in an area with both. I'm no expert, but I'd nonetheless recommend adding a neighbourhood hardware store or something to supply the sump pumps, crawlspace liners, and mould remediation supplies your residents will very probably need. Anyway, that's enough (hopefully) constructive criticism on my part. I'd also like to thank you for your work on Bluffside Crossing and Clearwater County. It really gives laypeople like me greater appreciation of the reasoning and effort that go into urban planning.

[@hunterl928]

I will point out, I don't know if you'd want a running combine shooting grain out at your tractor store lol. But keep up the good work I am absolutely loving this series

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Good point, lol!

[@nolan8226]

44:17 "Where do you live?" "Lighthouse View, it's really nice" "Oh you can see the Lighthouse?" "No I'm right behind the Kroger loading docks" "Oh" "Yeah"

[@arcattila]

One thing i just thought of, the stall next to the entrances of grocery stores usually dont have lanscaping islands but walk ways up to the store! Just an idea! :) love the videos keep it up!!

[@kelvinr2507]

So glad there is a way to light up those sporting complexes. I noticed it in the city tour last time. Very happy to see that can be amended.

[@kelvinr2507]

I did like the contrast of the black parking lots against the more faded roadways.

[@kelvinr2507]

Lol. The fire coverage comment made me chuckle.

[@kelvinr2507]

Over next to/behind the Walmart might be an okay spot for the ACE Hardware. Went to K-State in Manhattan, KS and that happened to be where our ACE was, right across the street from the Walmart. Really enjoying this series and excited to see where this can go from here.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Maybe I'll keep some of them black. We have a few more builds before we leave Ashland!

[@benholloway203]

I would love to see you do a "bad side of town" district

[@chickenfling]

I always do these by adding trailerparks lol and mixing industry in-between

[@maqueexxtv7241]

To me that kinda distracts me from the good part of the city and reminds me of the bit I’m probably not gonna like the most in the city

[@forsaturn4629]

The recoloring of the roads is a great choice tbh. made it much more soothing to the eyes for me

[@masha8770]

Whoo! Managed to be on time! Maybe you could keep the road option mod in the wings so when you want to make cinematics you can have unified roads? Also here's a reminder that Gateless Park Entrances Set by CitizenWMustache would make that high school main gate less out of place looking! :D

[@PHENIXXCREATES]

The Spawn Point mod has been such a gamechanger. Also.. very happy you fixed the parking lot at Wally World. Great entertaining episode once again.

[@nassapa]

Just a little thing that might look nicer, the privacy fence by the Kroger could be changed to a stone fence if you have one. I actually work at a Kroger and we have a tall stone fence separating us from the neighborhood behind the store.

[@DSMUndies]

I'm really loving this build. As someone that works in architecture I find the attention to detail fantastic. The city has a really genuine look and feel. Keep it up!

[@chrisbicepnredfield7307]

Fun story time: I was the urban planner that "ruined summer" in my city when I was doing my internship. I was responsible for having to tell citizens that decided a right of way was theirs for the using by putting above-ground pools that this was indeed illegal and had to organize the effort to remove them to get access to the gas line.

[@tylersteitz3238]

I have learned so much watching this. Now I yell out what I think the road hierarchy of the street I drive on is... much to the wife's dismay. Thank you for the wonderful content.

[@jwalker86125]

The trees are clipping through the road because road collision is off when you upgraded the road. But if you upgrade it with collision off to save the building then turn it back on then just use move it to move the road then undo it and the trees should be gone again

[@stevestadler4634]

Man, I love watching these. Its funny that half of these videos are about parking lots and trees lol That's the benefit of having traffic figured out fairly well from the beginning

[@xXxAngryBird101xXx]

Screening is the politically correct term for adding more firewood.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@heystewy]

Love how this city is coming together!! One thing I think is missing in this build is some property markers / fences between properties. Will really help sell the open spaces for me! Great video Phil

[@Behemoth12391]

Wow, you’re spoiling us with the content lately!

[@brandonalvarado3624]

Bravo again! I look forward to new episodes of this series every weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing Ashland grow a little more!

[@ethanmatheson5263]

You should add in a shopping plaza/ out door mall with walking paths and a large parking lot.

[@salamsarat]

You really talk like a urban planner. The tone of the voice, the intrigue you have with every little thing.. very pleasant! 😊

[@benjaminsmith3625]

For the colour changer, are you able to leave it installed but toggle it on and off for your cinematics? Anyways, loving this style of this build.

[@gsami1256]

Can't you use the color changer and have the planning roads as an exception?

[@Marsydotpng]

Absolutely loving what's been going on in Clearwater! These long videos are amazing as well, like stream highlights! Thanks for the great content, always excited for more!

[@desertspectre1311]

CPP: "Don't want any trees in the road," as he leaves the school with trees coming out the roof lol

[@jimbojj26]

That's the biology classroom

[@desertspectre1311]

@@jimbojj26 stupid botanists

[@jetex1911]

Can I say thank you for doing the videos you do? I discovered you after KZbin recommended your stuff to me and since then I've been having your videos in the background whenever I'm doing artwork without streaming. It's nice stuff to listen to, and it's also been making me itch to play Cities: Skylines again. Thanks for the content!

[@keescommandeur638]

when you are placing roads, you should turn on collision. This will remove the trees.

[@overredrover9430]

Easily forgotten

[@Diana-le7oh]

I love the attention to detail with the parking lot lighting. Really nice touch.

[@MuffinLikesYou]

Loving the series man, I used to work in land dev engineering and had my fair share of butting heads with the city haha. I got out because I found myself siding with the city more often than not, and developers (and their wallets) tend to not like that in their engineer :p The gravel between the farm fields and FM roads looks cleaner but I have only ever seen green bar ditches in those spaces. Are you taking inspiration from your area on that decision?

[@CityPlannerPlays]

That's a reason I love engineers.... haha! I am - but it is really difficult to make the ditches look good. I'm looking for assets to make this look cleaner!

[@mikelueck1103]

Regarding the tree problem, I’ve found that if you place a road or asset over pre-existing trees the game doesn’t delete them, it merely hides them. So if you then later upgrade/change the road/asset with Anarchy on those trees suddenly “unhide”. Best solution is to delete trees before you place the item you want right at the start. Great series by the way.

[@aquakroot]

i was just talking to someone about how much i love kroger lol

[@PerplexedFelis]

Me, a 90s kid, laughing at the unfenced elementary school near busy roads being unreasonable. 😂 We were against the main artery of the entire town. No fencing. They just yelled at us to stay away from the road. It got fenced in the 2000s. The good ol' days!

[@epalmer7504]

That volunteer fire department is a lot less … resource intense than my volunteer fire department

[@PaulMiles1]

Hey CPP, love watching your videos, when I'm multitasking, it's very Bob Ross in the background (a high compliment, I assure you). But I did catch something when you were talking about the VFD. With volunteer fire departments, depending on where you are, some can be not much more than a corrugated shed, but on the east coast, particularly in the mid-atlantic (Pennsylvania down through Maryland and possibly into Virginia), there's a huge volunteer FF community, and they take great pride in their stations. In eastern PA (where I'm from), volley stations are also community gathering points. They're often polling places, and quite often have rental spaces for dances, wedding receptions, and other events that are too big for a backyard but too small for a hotel ballroom. Volley stations also tend to be larger because we do spend quite a bit of time at the station, and when we're dispatched for calls, we meet at the firehouse before moving to the fire ground. Small stations are more often found in rural communities and out in the midwest, where volunteers usually carry their gear in their own vehicles and meet the trucks at the fire scene. For CS purposes, it's semantics, but I know you really do care about city planning and how communities run, so I thought I'd share my experience with you.

[@cemyrdkn]

I feel like this series will be better than Verde Beach.

[@Aleks24711]

Already is

[@TapsLeftOpen]

I’ve be n waiting for this impatiently! Really love that you incorporated ideas we mentioned from the last time. It would be great to make the lighthouse area into a park. Also the primary school really needs a car park. Maybe it can use the triangular lot adjacent? Also there’s a little bit of area in the high school parking that’s just overgrowth and nothing else. Maybe a small rock feature or a fountain would make better use of the space.