Farm Expansion, Mulligans, & Big Box Retail | Clearwater County Ep 3

[@cowboycat616]

I really love how Phil takes feedback on all the cities. Kinda makes me feel like we're actual citizens in his cities bringing stuff up to him. Except Phil actually listens and does stuff in a timely manner unlike most actual city boards.

[@throwawayclipchannel]

Are we not actual citizens of Clearwater County? Who have I been paying public school taxes to for the past few months? (And does this mean I won't be getting that follow-up interview at the new Walmart?)

[@johanrowe4364]

@@throwawayclipchannel Has your water been tasting rather less salty recently? I for one am quite upset, hope this isn't a new trend for the council.

[@maitele]

@@johanrowe4364 The chicken place next to the bar hasn't been the same since they desalinated the water. I want that natural sea salt flavor back!

[@LaneAtomic]

@@maitele they kinda ruined the view in my back yard, but I’m glad my daughter can play soccer next year as a freshman. I like the new high school campus.

[@JoelJoel321]

Yeah but your house can be Mulliganed at a second's notice.

[@throwawayclipchannel]

I'm seriously in love with the soft-RP you do when you're planning commercial districts. As someone who will likely never have to deal with the zoning demands of a Walmart or McDonalds, it's really interesting to hear about the hypothetical conversations and policy battles that might go into something as seemingly "mundane" as tree placement in a commercial use

[@smalltownescape]

Man, I love hypothetical fights with hypothetical WalMart.

[@alequi1234]

Just imagining him in his office, arguing with Walmart 😂

[@ashleyn.9166]

Here in Portland, Oregon they wouldn't even make it into the city!

[@smalltownescape]

My current town is like that, they/we fight every proposed chain retail store tooth and nail.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Just wait til the state DOT takes it for a freeway interchange! 😮

[@giuseppegalante9269]

I see a Dollar General on the next intersection.

[@damdamdamxx]

When he said “we’re gonna lose because the city council is excited about a Walmart” I died of laughter, as a city planner myself this is so accurate it hurts 🤣😅

[@RL0323]

I've been dying for a series like this of small towns growing naturally

[@1berrylover178]

You should watch his Verde Beach series if you haven't. It's like this one but in vanilla

[@anddrewb1367]

@@1berrylover178 yep, I love the natural growth of the cities in CPP's series

[@FortesqueDaniel]

May I suggest donoteat01's channel, specifically the Franklin build. It's basically a historical re-enactment of Franklin, with a lot of social commentary mixed in. The first three minutes of ep 1 is essentially a spoof/setup to the Franklin build, so don't let those minutes fool you. It'll jump into the prehistoric settlement of what will eventually become Franklin soon after.

[@brigidtheirish]

Aside from the town having its own power plant and dump. Pretty sure there's only a little over a dozen power plants in my home *state,* and none of them are anywhere *near* my hometown. We've got a city dump for things like yard waste, but I have no idea where the nearest actual landfill is.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@BrySmi I suppose the dam in my home town could have been used for power at some point, but I think it was used mainly for the mill that used to be next to it. (The building is still there, but it's apartments rather than a mill, now.)

[@BuffyTheBuffaloSlayer]

I love how chuffed he sounds with himself after each joke. it always brings a smile to my face

[@BrotherSkodidi]

Phil is working toward #PeakDadJoke

[@oddblotters4362]

My favorite part is when he laughs at the absurdity of the game, like of course you cant put water piper under peoples homes!

[@shiptomyhouse]

Tf kinda British ass word is chuffed

[@MrCheechopelli]

I love his humor too. My favourite joke was a few episodes before " He´s walking on the water...who does he think he is...." Best Biffa joke ever for me

[@EdmundVanDnumde]

@@oddblotters4362 go hohoiiyoioyho

[@wesleyscott8604]

"This would be a fine area for a student gathering place" LANDSCAPING INTENSIFIES

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@kasnickijakub]

Later says the opposite....

[@ashleyn.9166]

@@kasnickijakub even built a fence to keep students out!

[@alexeidmitriev6235]

@@ashleyn.9166 I had one of those moment where I went "Yeah, he's a professional city planner alright, the city administration might indeed be thinking in this way. " Like, we gonna make a a beautiful green place full of nature and spots where you can go and just sit next tot a tree or in the grass, but don't you dare coming even close to it of breathing on it, it's a fragile thing that is not meant to be trampled by peasants like you. As you can see, I don't like walking restrictions very much, guilty as charged.

[@maxmart8274]

@@kasnickijakub please pl

[@brandonalvarado3624]

I'd love to see in your second town a more historic-looking high school and elementary school asset. There's something really beautiful about the gothic-style brick schools. Love the episode and series! I'm looking forward to the next video!

[@connorwojeckowski7288]

Also allows for the “rich kids vs. city kids” sports rivalry

[@aurelian2668]

@@connorwojeckowski7288 NICE NICE

[@hjallest6565]

Please add some asphalt or something underneath the new power plant so it doesn't just sit on grass!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Good catch! I'll get that fixed!

[@hjallest6565]

@@CityPlannerPlays Awesome! Love how you respond to comments!

[@furn2313]

Also some sort of complementary building would be nice

[@mrxario8187]

There definitely need to be some lights on all the parking lots. Especially on the Walmart one. Would make it a lot more realistic and also not so barren.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I noticed that in the City Tour, too. That'll be one of the first fixes for all of the lots.

[@Hmfirestormz]

Bad stuff happens when the lights are out in Walmart parking lot lol!

[@giuseppegalante9269]

@@Hmfirestormz sometimes you just don’t want to see the Wal-Martians. I deliver UPS to one. It’s scary some days. 😎

[@joeg451]

@@CityPlannerPlays the parking lot also needs some cart corralls

[@AmeliaBadeliaForever]

Also some security cameras to keep the workers from organizing.

[@L0rdNikoN1]

Those incuts in the large fields actually have a use in rl. I See similar things on large crop fields where i live. Farmers use those as parking bays for equiptment so they dont Block the dirt roads. They function similar to the emergency parking lanes you see on european highways

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thats a great point! I'll keep that in mind for the next set of fields. We aren't close to being done with the fields yet!

[@tihomirrasperic]

@@CityPlannerPlays The bay near the farm is a great place for a cargo port

[@arghya4NE]

@@CityPlannerPlays please build a fire watch tower or a new fire department , just in case verde beach winds arrive in Clearwater county Ya never know till it's too late ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@swallowtailnerd1986]

@@arghya4NE 100% this

[@mentalhaze4226]

I'm late to this episode but was scrolling the comments to write the same thing! See plenty of those in the soybean fields here in Arkansas. I also build and repair the hydraulic pumps farmers use to spray their fields so I use those "Lil cuts" often to access their sprayers

[@igorwabnic6532]

"This would be a fine area for a student gathering place" Some time later: "It's a place for looking at"

[@iconaxion6372]

You should get the "random tree rotation" mod. really helps with the randomness of vegetation.

[@MrDando87]

Every episode: CityPlanner: We are not going to let perfect be the enemy of good. *Three seconds later* CityPlanner: *Lets perfect be the enemy of good*

[@skrv8588]

"The tree everyone knows." Do you mean The Sentry? The tree that has been watching over the bay for, thought to be, over 250 years?

[@annikahstebben4425]

You mean, The Sentree? I'm sorry

[@skrv8588]

@@annikahstebben4425 Good pun is good. No sorry.

[@katpagan4821]

As someone who used to work as an Assistant Manager of Walmart I loved the banter when building the store itself. The philosophy of the store is to be clean fast and friendly and you nailed it on its efficiency. I am inspired to pick this game up now and have my own land battle with coorpate outlets.

[@SilverAnicore]

This gets a thumbs up for the 20 minute rant on Walmart alone. ;) Love it.

[@chrisbeveridge6891]

I know you've added a bunch of mods recently and I always hate suggesting more since it can mess with things. The Walmart build almost makes it a requirement to get the new Build Spawn Point mod though so that you can set the trucks properly and have it actually use the back road as intended. It's helping to ease my OCD issues with the game! :D

[@sylarsshades4921]

Your OCD issues, as in actual OCD, or the fictional kind people invent to feel more relatable about their perfectionism?

[@furn2313]

@@sylarsshades4921 bruh😂

[@gamecity360m]

@@sylarsshades4921 fuck I’ve been caught

[@doghat1619]

Been looking forward to this episode a lot. The first episode of this new series is what ended up being recommended to me and how I discovered your channel.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Glad that you're here! Hope you enjoyed the episode!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Glad that you're here! Hope you enjoyed the episode!

[@hugowagner1621]

You definitely need a grain elevator near the farms! It's the staple of any small farming town. There's some good looking options on the workshop

[@Stormcrow_1]

CPP says landscaping, I think tinder for the inevitable recreation of Verde Beach. :)

[@dalton-at-work]

"huge" farms looks awesome way more relatable

[@williamhuang8309]

For the problem with the road curving, you can turn that off using Fine Road Tool and Fine Road Anarchy. It's the little curvy thing on one of the buttons.

[@MattR336]

Btw, “signature tree” is one i’ve never heard before. Very appropriate, love the ideas and creativity while still playing the game correctly. A lot of videos i’ve seen recently for other look breathtaking, but their buildings all have issues when they go out of cinematic view lol.

[@FuschiaOutLaw]

@City Planner Plays: I have a question, did playing C:S have any impact on your work as a city planner? I know that the game educated me on a lot of things as a citizen, from zoning policies, to road hierarchy, budgets, environment and so on. I mean I know that IRL it's much more difficult, especially when you increment politics and citizen complaints!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I think it keeps me in touch with the basics of planning. A lot of the time a planner can get stuck in the administrative stuff or working on big projects.

[@FuschiaOutLaw]

@@CityPlannerPlays I'm a PhD candidate in Public Administration and my work is focused on local governments, you have no idea how much your content is educating to me!

[@TapsLeftOpen]

It would be a good idea to fence the pumping stations! That would make it more secure and give it a bit more importance. Also, the new power plants are just cooling towers without any other features. It’ll be cool to have some renewables and maybe a voltage step up and step down systems (substation) between high tension cables and suburban cables

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Since it's so windy out it's a perfect opportunity for a wind turbine farm. Maybe build one on the other farms! If they allow it.

[@JamJarzz]

Being directly on the highway access, Walmart would want some sort of petrol station or truck stop to cater towards haulers not entering the town but passing by towards the industrial zone.

[@giuseppegalante9269]

Cracker Barrel and flying J right off the highway. Need somewhere to dump the motor home waste. Let’s trash this small town now. Lolololol

[@hugoschurr2189]

Your ability to plan 30 steps ahead while also being very specific about where you place every bush is quite impressive

[@baconpearls9190]

Dude Phil’s got the jams! That track at the end was awesome

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@BrotherSkodidi]

Phil's secretly working the club scene under the name DJ Mulligan

[@realdummythicc1352]

Do you happen to know the name of it?

[@ericflowers1060]

Just wanted something to fall asleep to.. Now, it's 2am and I'm invested. I've watched all three episodes tonight and I'm stoked for episode four.

[@beepbop6542]

As someone who only recently started using mods for my city, this series is very helpful for seeing the different opportunities for how I can use mods. Thanks!

[@lukebentley9993]

Man, that WalMart pains me. It absolutely makes sense that it would be added, but man is it painful! Well done!

[@esposito8260]

YESS finally been waiting for this forever!

[@gabestokes4222]

A great thing I think that could fit in to Ashland, having grown up around Midwestern small towns, is a fairgrounds! It'd be cool if you could emulate a seasonal carnival within that, but I don't know if that'd be possible. But a permanent small town carnival style park within a bigger fairgrounds could be fun too Also could be neat to put a subway sign and maybe one or two other signs on the front of walmart to show which other businesses are inside the store

[@ArcticTheArcticFoxPL]

Finally i have something to watch in hospital! Remember to keep hydrated when it's sunny guys!

[@taishibikiqe8796]

Get well soon

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Hope that you're doing okay! Get well!

[@PandasutikkuDesu]

You good, mate?

[@ArcticTheArcticFoxPL]

@@PandasutikkuDesu yep, I was free to go 3 days after that, thanks for asking (It was a sun stroke)

[@PandasutikkuDesu]

@@taishibikiqe8796 Oh, that's good.

[@bubaknh]

22:01 You can turn off road bending in fine road tools ( button next to road anarchy ) :)

[@indobingo6001]

I love Clearwater County!

[@noel21spy35]

Me to

[@Going2marz]

It’s the best

[@s-williams]

You should enable the European theme assets! For your next high school, the European equivalent of the High school is really nice for low density suburban areas - it's big but very low, and I think it would fit into an American town no problem.

[@daverelpeters2387]

best way to start the morning

[@baconpearls9190]

It’s literally the best way to wake up

[@matheusveiga484]

Dude, 1 fucking hour? Lol

[@thomashiggins9320]

@@matheusveiga484 City planning is not a endeavor for those who suffer from short attention spans. :)

[@ThatMikotan]

I honestly LOVE the realism and the little stories and back and forth between the developer and the City Council! Really makes the city feel real!

[@toby6418]

Glad I checked KZbin at 4 AM Also, the next town should just be called Mulligan because of how much he says it

[@ugorkius]

Verde Beach has a lot of things named Mulligan lol

[@billgross1719]

I get a little frustrated with the amount of mulligans he takes when also seems to take pride in "reality" like water pipes go ONLY under roadways. The amount of "eminant domain" he uses would bankrupt any city in a day and a half,and if he wants to move the police station across the street or water treatment across town he shouldn't be using move-it, he should be demolishing old and building brand new.

[@naotembiscoito27]

@@billgross1719 it's a game

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I'll incorporate it somewhere in here... haha!

[@zakalwe2240]

@Tob0bby And another called Eminent domain.

[@732brudder]

The hypothetical situations and arguments with the city board and the potential developers like walmart are one of the best things about this channel. Really gives us some cool insight into how the planning of these things go down. I'll never look at a walmart the same anymore!

[@joeropke7464]

I stumbled on your channel and now I can’t stop watching your videos , they’re like a comfort thing for me now , your voice is perfect for this and the gameplay is so satisfying and calming. I need more clear water videos !

[@ashleyn.9166]

"It's for the greater good, and that good is my sanity." 🤣🤣🤣

[@roybrown6058]

I'm feeling like Patrick at 4am having his Krabby Patty.

[@muftiali9354]

*3

[@-_-naab-_-]

Patty his Krabby feeling I'm like 4am having Patrick.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Oh BOY, 3AM

[@Cpt_Chirp]

I love how cavalier you are with calling mulligans, I find myself often feeling locked in and not wanting to destroy things that people have moved in to. Really enjoying the series :)

[@kylebroflovski5333]

Gaps are actually normal in fields, you can’t always get machinery right on the ground due, so a gap is more realistic.

[@jacobkonkel6793]

This. This is my favorite thing. I have lived in southern IL my whole life and this Middle America theme is scratching so many nostalgia itches for me.

[@kowen1836]

Is it just me or does this new road color stand out way too much? Doesn’t look right or natural

[@AvatarNaty]

I mean, having been around new roads before, they're kind of starkly dark.

[@alienamzal477]

@@AvatarNaty but those would fade very quickly. These roads stand out too much in the game. Maybe mixing up dark roads and the faded versions would look realistic?

[@ugorkius]

agree, it could be a little less dark

[@ashullu]

yeah i find them really fake looking. maybe a few shades lighter would be better.

[@HerrRoehrich]

Agreed. Squeaky-clean, unfaded asphalt roads might look realistic in some areas (like newly-built business parks or upper class residential areas), but in most others they stick out like a sore thumb. Especially right next to massive crop fields - there's lots of dirt and dust flying around there. Not a fan.

[@cieramist1]

Love how you "explain" things like right of ways and such. I always wondered about things like that. As well as you are learning about using mods, I'm learning with you as you use them for the 1st time and the STRUGGLE is real. Thank you for "teaching" as you play.

[@Then9002]

CPP: “But we’re not done yet” Me: “I wonder how long he’ll spend on beautifying an area with landscaping that will be mulliganed next episode”😂

[@tchen2556]

Just discovered this series. What makes this so much satisfying is the story telling about the city

[@MrMagicPenguin12]

I am so happy for this modded series, vanilla seems so limiting in your Verde Beach series. Really looks like you can stretch your legs and make something even better with all these cool options! (I do like Verde Beach!!)

[@alexanderr5325]

A trick to avoid that weird clipping with the paths and the roads is to use park paths and the surface painter tool. If you use the park paths there’s no interference where the surface painter colors over the path! Love the series! So much inspiration

[@Atherax]

i love clearwater, im really looking forward to the next episode, i also love what you did with the farms, ive always disliked how small the farms are with so many workers in vanilla, i come from a rural city with alot of farming just outside and the vanilla farms irritate me so much lol

[@catinthehat6719]

I was a bit curious about "Sunshine Plantation" last video. Glad to see the change

[@hajduk8172]

A Dollar General would be a perfect fit for a small town/city like this

[@naterosen9786]

You mean a Dollar Tree right?

[@hajduk8172]

@@naterosen9786 They are separate dollar store chains

[@andrewm4681]

Just started my training with UPS Monday. They sent me to a HUB a couple hrs away from for training so they got me a hotel. I didn’t bring my PlayStation or computer because it’d be a pain in the butt to hookup so I’ve been watching this series since episode 1. Can’t wait to get back home and play! You’ve given me a lot of good ideas and taught me a lot using the different mods!

[@Bogfrog1]

Maybe not in Ashlyn, but in the mountainous areas, you should add hiking trails!!

[@was6298]

I couldn't wait for this! I had a great day today, my son was born healthy and now I get to relax before bed and watch your awesome videos!

[@AdInfinitumAstra]

A fun idea to try out might be a truck stop by Walmart? something like Loves, or speedway?

[@portaltaker]

Omg when the people started using the path you put into the high school door you thought wouldn’t work! I was like wow! Loving this series

[@SaltyPO]

Thats the "model home" of Walmarts, I've never seen one with any landscaping at all. Ever.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

All big boxes have landscaping... the degree of landscaping is largely determined by the requirements of communities. Same with the design quality.

[@ashleyn.9166]

I live near one of the only Walmarts in the Portland Metro Area. A lot of the community didn't want Walmart. It was required to do A LOT of landscaping.

[@SaltyPO]

That's funny, ours have no landscaping at all

[@hustledude]

Usually I see the parking aisles lined up the other way in front of Walmart, but nice work! I’m loving this whole series so far!

[@tom9067]

CPP coming in with the goods, Great video as always can't wait for more Clearwater!!

[@Birddeh2165]

The commentary about the fictional Walmart was truly a highlight! Absolutely love this series!!!

[@Nicks949]

Love the modded series!! Feels like you can make your city vision happen better, like a real city planner!👍🏻

[@mpewarren2]

Instead of bushes confront of the Walmart. You could make a large rain gutter thing. My town has this. Also the right of the store can be for pickup (you spoke about pickup services changing things last episode) and grocery baskets. The back left could be an employee break and lunch area!

[@AdoredNugget]

I wake up at 3:00 am and this appears, thank you I was bored out of my mind

[@visicircle]

I'm loving the design for this series. I deal with gps data, and the cleanliness and orderliness of mid-western family farms have always impressed me. You reflect that aesthetic well in Clearwater.

[@kalzys]

FINALLY bro u is slept on ong love tha vids 💯

[@baconpearls9190]

Lol wut

[@baconpearls9190]

Jk. Also I do be love da vid yos

[@adly.prastya]

do u have a small finger

[@kalzys]

@@adly.prastya yea i got really small fingers lol sorry

[@EvanC881]

Roads took a bit to get used to, but they look good and make sense! I think others will get used to them in time. I love the new elementary! Reminds me of the last school I worked at! Thank you for putting a playground with your school - it's essential for any elementary school!

[@patshackley367]

Yessss, love these videos. Keep em coming!!!

[@michaelc.4670]

I vote to do a mulligan and relocate the water pumping station to the high school grounds or making that corner a low density commercial area. I would hate to have my morning coffee next to a loud pumping station. Great series. Gives me a lot of ideas for my own city.

[@stephensipes8656]

“Oh, that’s nice” City Planner Me: “Agreed”

[@ivanbreytenbach123]

"An empty lot?" "Let's not allow perfect to be the enemy of good." *Sweats profusely in landscaping*

[@willysfesh1248]

Let go I didnt think you were going to release a third one I love this series so far please please keep it going

[@dailey710]

I love these videos and how attached you are to these cities as you build them. Hearing your ideas for backstories as you create the city and the AI like Carol Finch who walks through the school as a cut through to some other neighborhood. Your videos are what enticed me to buy this game. Thank you and keep the videos coming.

[@BenitoPellencin]

Damn! Such a great week of CPP content! Keep up the amazing work 🔥🔥

[@strevtell1931]

1:12:17 random GameStop in old DT area, lol. Also, there should be a cargo rail line going along the state road, even if it doesn’t (yet) connect to Ashland. (Later, you could implement a separate, high speed passenger train line to connect the cities in Clearwater County.)

[@strevtell1931]

So exited for this series... Let’s go CPP!!

[@strevtell1931]

Also add more churches!!

[@royeveraers]

Oof, that dreaded modded C:SL lag already setting in on episode 3.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Not lag actually, problem with OBS. I may be heading back to bandicam

[@ChristopherGoetting]

@@CityPlannerPlays with OBS keep the encoding quality on like Very Fast or maybe Faster and just bump that bitrate up for recordings (I like ~18000 kbps for 1080p but more wouldn't be unreasonable - only streamers need to keep it low). You can always reencode to a lower bitrate if you need the space for archival reasons.

[@atherasybil4353]

i really loved the walmart part! it really feels like we are with you there designing a real city

[@ryanweidenaar4076]

Been waiting for these episodes can’t get enough!

[@geministargal]

I love the fact this is planned like an actual city and the whole conversation about walmart having very specific requirements is really... sounds super accurate, even as a someone from across the world. guess big companies are the same everywhere

[@jazzukas]

20:28 I do think salt water is a great solution, all you need is an IV drip...

[@dissonantdreams]

gotta keep those electrolytes up 😆

[@benjaminburt8725]

I don’t know if it’d make a good fit for Ashland, but maybe some point down the road you could add a tourist railroad. There are plenty of tiny railroads that will take people from an old station downtown out to a pumpkin or apple orchard using old locomotives and cars. They make for a nice tourist attraction for small towns and I think would be perfect in Clearwater County. Keep up the great work!

[@jayhawkershadly]

Should put in a large gas station across the street from walmart with a hotel!

[@belgrifex]

definitely agreed, also a sams club

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

I know I'm late by a little bit, but some reasonable numbers for small american schools, provided by the one I myself go to: It's a charter school, so a bit nontraditional in some ways, what with the full K-12 on one campus, and a semi-unique open design. Foremost to the staff parking lot and main entrance/exit roadways, there's the main office/library/cafeteria building. Behind that, the others ring a massive courtyard, with on the right a set of two connected gyms built as the same building but two effectively separate structures, and a few various required supporting rooms for them like spare classrooms, coach offices, equipment storage, locker rooms, etc. Those double as basketball courts, and volleyball courts, though there is one officially unused basketball court outside in the courtyard area for the students to use for fun. On the side of the gyms opposite to the courtyard is the high school parking lot and utility area, where there's two buildings collectively containing outdoor storage, indoor storage, a weight room, a small workshop, and some other random bits, as well as the parking area for the school's busses and a service road leading all the way down to the twin lacrosse and soccer fields and their stands. Back to the courtyard, opposite to the gyms (the section opposite the main administrative building is open to view the game fields), there's the three major school buildings: The sprawling 3-story 'Learning Center' for every single grade from Kinder to 8th grade; next to that is the set of 2 stacked hallways making up the majority of the high school section, specifically grades 10-12; and then there's what is jokingly referred to as 'freshman containment', which is a smaller dedicated building for 9th grade since they number at nearly 200 whereas seniors number around 80. Past the classroom buildings is the parking lot for parents and largest drop off zone on the campus, used for the learning center, since the high schoolers are officially considered responsible enough to walk across campus to the opposite parking area. So: One small external basketball court, unofficially used, with two gyms each able to become two small or one large basketball court (each has a central partition that can lower and 6 retractable hoops) as well as each being able to be a full-sized volleyball court. A track around one field and a slightly larger field lacking the track, the former of grass and the latter of turf, used in both lacrosse and soccer (we don't have football). And one main building for administrative and school-wide services, as well as two smaller supporting utility buildings with outdoor storage, and 2 small parking lots (one driving row with spaces on either side) and 1 medium parking lot (3 double sets of parking spaces, supported by another small parking lot we don't really use, this one's for the sports access as well). Finally, a very large central courtyard area with a walkway network, central fountain, and covered walkways at the edges, and this is for roughly 1200 students, give or take 200-300 at most (different years bring different student counts). The school is slated to continue to expand and was originally built over a ~14 year period starting only with portable buildings and the administrative one, subsequently building the auxiliary gym, then the then all-of-high-school building, then the courtyard and the second field (and bigger stands for both fields), then both the larger learning center and the main gym and most supporting rooms (doubling the size of the gym building, previously it was locker rooms and an office and the gym and nothing else and now it's a massive central hallway/eatery, both gyms, classrooms, internal storage, and a small belowground utility area), and then the freshmen building. It's in the middle of an expanding low-density residential area as the city sprawls past it and no less than 5 companies build well over a thousand houses each and offer tens of millions of dollars to people who own ranch fields in the area so they can keep building more medium suburbian houses. Massive amount of landscaping done with strange walkway angles, trees, and planters in the campus itself, and next to nothing in the parking areas.

[@TruEviLuKki]

therapist in that town probably making loads of money off the citizens having nightmares about the shining walmart sign that oversee the whole town like the eye of sauron

[@yamz3087]

2:55 loads of respect here. I already loved you, but this made me pause my game just to type this comment, which I never do. You're the man.

[@kasnickijakub]

Can we all appreciate the upgrade of the thumbnails of these videos. They look much, more unique and stand-out better, which is what you want in thumbnails.

[@tophatvideosinc.5858]

idk about just plopping a pump right in the neighborhood like that. what i see most commonly in rural towns, outside of well water per household and water towers, is pumps and water transfer stations disguised as sheds in and around public parks. or rather, a small scale public works station disguised as a park. sneaky sneaky. i know that as a city planner you dont work at ground level often and that detailed work is generally left for more specialized people like architects or public works planners, whatever theyre called. but i think it should always be best kept in mind a few things: 1: is it visible (if no, good, if yes refer to step 2) 2: is it something id personally want next door/ does it make sense to be here/ have i seen it utilized over 5 times off print (if yes, place it. if no, refer to 3) 3: can it be moved away from people or hidden (if it can be moved, do so. if not, hide it.) it usually loops back to #1, hide it. this is the formula i use when planning cities in the game. i have the same habit of not looking at ground level often so i came up with that planner helper formula for us who specialize in helicopter planning.

[@benpeck5613]

There is a mod called parkify which will allow you to place any buildings along paths instead of roads

[@ethanr9423]

I like that when you are building these cities, you are also telling a story. It's so intriguing.

[@nothinganother1269]

I clicked as soon as I saw the notification

[@esposito8260]

Me too my man

[@oldstone7592]

Same

[@tatharamandil]

Man, you just casually dropped a bit of wisdom that floored me at 10pm on a Monday: "We will not let 'Perfect' become the enemy of 'Good.'"

[@dogsome9224]

You should really also add lighting for the football field and parking lots.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

💯

[@katherineelizabeth3608]

I love the idea of the fictional Ashland Family. The town I grew up in was a mill town owned by one family and to this day there are old "mansions" (realistically just bigger than average houses) outside of the town where the factory owners and managers all lived. :)

[@TadeuszLysiak]

Great episode! Somehow I don’t like the look of these fields, they lack depth, especially the white ones

[@Phineas_Freak]

I just can't get enough of this american small town. But as a railfan I hope that once you get to rail transport you build a authentic network of stations, yards and rural spurs to places like Ashland. Maybe with some nice american trains from the workshop too.

[@strevtell1931]

Yes! There should definitely be a cargo rail line going along the state road