Incredible Realistic American Island Town in Cities Skylines!

[@Infrastructurist]

Enjoy the video? HIT THE LIKE BUTTON 🥰🥰🥰 and COMMENT what you think this Island and Town should be called! 😁🥳

[@junkforsale7703]

your a w mans 👍

[@mash288]

You need to make this a series like Coniferia

[@Infrastructurist]

... you think so? 🤔🤔 Hmm..

[@nathansantos9481]

oh yes why not

[@MrCalls1]

@@Infrastructuristmaybe. But I actually liked the separated little builds on different maps. When it’s just a little village On a road or rail or river junction you go super over the top in a good way with detail. But as soon as it becomes a bigger project you like everyone hold back with details. I think you should just keep doing little showcases, and if you use 2 spots on one map no harm. Or if you want make a dozen, then copy paste them with move it into one for a little finalé.

[@maciejszewczyk6650]

I just wanted to say the same thing!

[@genebickwick3746]

@@InfrastructuristA realistic American town in my opinion would do really well on yt in my opinion bc of the lack of needed American towns right now

[@lukasmesaros9431]

Right, I have never seen anyone put so much effort into one little island in this game, beautiful video!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you so much! 😊😊

[@PastLifeVillian]

You gotta add a lighthouse! Looks like a little Maine town, a lighthouse would be the perfect touch

[@grayone9sargent257]

Absolutely gorgeous - I've learned more in half an hour with you than about 100 videos I've watched before this one.

[@fermatachambersoloists]

I’m really enjoying this series! I love seeing non car centric American style urban planning! It’s truly special - if only we had more of it.

[@mephInc]

Usually, with lake/waterfront properties, there will be easements every so often for the people across the street and rescue to still have access to the water. It'll be every 3-4 houses across the street having access to one easement on the water side. The easement is effectively a dirt path with a tiny bit of beach and/or boat launch. Also, if you want to maintain an older look, you'll leave a few small cottages that haven't sold out amongst the McMansions.

[@Infrastructurist]

Ah, good input mephinc! I didn't even consider seperating some of the water-facing mansions with smaller dirt paths. Its a true elitist place I built huh 😂😂

[@Gtquartz]

I think a cool backstory for the islands wealth could be that the lumber industry was flourishing in the Dakota falls region and surrounding regions too, the owners of these wood industries started making furniture with their produce. This gained them widespread attraction and profit, since they were such high quality they all became millionaires and set out a plan to develop this island for their stately homes. They wanted it to be very green since they all loved the greenery of this region. A cool name could be Chestnut island :)

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you for the suggestion! ☺

[@Gtquartz]

@@Infrastructurist Only for my favourite cs KZbinr 🙌

[@airsheeps]

As soon as you started putting the houses down I felt hatred for the cims living there, so you've really nailed the American vibe, right down to the class warfare 💯

[@Infrastructurist]

Hahahahha 💯😎

[@benmcbride8419]

I absolutely need your forest brush list

[@joeyboli]

Best city skylines player by far, love the chill behind the videos!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you so much Joey! 😊

[@FredOwlman]

The private piers reminded me a bit of the series Ozark. Also a very good series!

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Or the actual Ozarks region itself

[@aziz8161]

I hope to see in the future huge projects with many hight details like these videos, such as universities or sports complexes.

[@danonck]

Catching up with your content after a brief vacation and hectic few days at work after return. I love to see the return of the Dakota Falls on your channel and what a gem this episode has been. Pleasing to the eye, and to the ear thanks to your music selection!

[@Miles-jx9tm]

33:30 This house has a garage on the right side of it that was forgotten about

[@michaelanderson2106]

Love the little island, looks fantastic! I think there should be a fountain or statue on the pier right by that main intersection. I feel like places lie that always have some sort of focal point.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Reminds me of certain parts of coastal New Jersey 😍

[@northeasturbanist]

Reminds me of a lot of Monmouth County, NJ

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Yeep

[@_hantyumi]

You should look into using Michigan turns where the bridge meets the highway. It'd be safer than the left turns on and off a divided highway.

[@ronathebear]

Your videos bring me so much happiness and joy. Thank you 🤍

[@Infrastructurist]

Then my goal has been achieved - thank you so much Rona ☺☺☺

[@MrCalls1]

48:00 how can we show class distinction more. (Watch murder she wrote, really shows the gradations of upper class wealth nicely). One key thing is segmented gardens. So you might have an open green patch at the back door for entertaining, and small 16 tree orchard, you might have a small ‘soccer’ pitch area, a tennis court, a circular patch for entertaining, a tiled area for kids, a flower garden, an area with a chciken coup, or a path down the side of the house to a stables. Or a set of 3 garages with a fancy old car. Imagine an activity that would be the wierd quirky thing for this rich person to have na interest in. Even just drop in an annex/shed at the end of the garden, maybe a glass one for showing paintings. Or a garden patch for organic vegetable for their cook to use. I actually imagine hypothetical characters a detective might run into in a murder mystery set in the town. They might find a rich farmer landowner, they might meet a pottering old lady who loves her vegetable patch, children who love the chickens, a small fishing area populated by the working class, who has a daughter that is a chef in one of the big houses.

[@Limoras]

I love the mansions!! Absolutely beautiful. This island is one of the best things I ever saw in Cities Skylines!!

[@Infrastructurist]

Wow, thanks a lot! 😊

[@nikoladubica]

This feels so good to watch, the aesthetics are beyond amazing. Your voice too, so soothing. As for the build, I love these close-up first person kind of shots at the end, where I get the feeling I already know the place, and I want to go back there again. Strange feeling to have about a video game, but you make it so real.

[@Infrastructurist]

I am so glad to hear that Nikola. I never knew how people would react to my voice when I started involving it in my builds (I made over 100 videos in 2017-2018 with no voiceover what-so-ever), so to hear some people find it soothing it perfect! ☺ I will try to include more of the type of shots you mention, I agree they are nice! I have a tendency to forget them 😂

[@fingerdrop]

lovely details on the Marina

[@mpcamposz]

Your "hit the like button" at the beginning has a familiar intonation :D

[@Infrastructurist]

🌃🌇

[@JakeDiMare]

Nice work! As someone who has spent a lot of time in New England Yacht Clubs, Marinas, and coastal villages: You don't have nearly enough parking but, alas, that detail is very authentic.

[@keutou1]

Nice work, love your content!! For the name, personally I would imagine this place to be in the Northeastern US, something like Maine/Connecticut/... A lot of the town names over there ended up just being carried over from Europe, so I looked for rich small towns in the UK, and found Marlow. ~35 miles west of London along the Thames, rich and cute little river community, so it all seems to fit. Hence my suggestion Marlow Landing.

[@H3LPS1DE]

Literally cannot wait to see what you can do in CS2

[@Infrastructurist]

🥰

[@foreverAGandmore]

I've noticed not having paved paths is common in many wooded rich neighborhoods. I'm pretty sure they do it as a way to deter non-residents from walking around the area - a sort of elitest thing.

[@mephInc]

Not even an elitist thing. Anyone who owns waterfront property has it as a getaway from everyone else. It also deters the criminal element as most places like these are summer homes so they stay vacant half the year and you don't want easy access to random people.

[@cooldude_nextdoor]

I love it, looks just like New England especially Rhode Island

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you!

[@bralilite21]

Just an idea... I think the restaurant should have a little pier behind it so residents can pull up in their boats for lunch

[@boki1693]

Yes, that is very common on Long Island.

[@bralilite21]

@@boki1693 in the bahamas as well where I'm from

[@lucasn1683]

Somebody commented that the restaurant should have a little pier behind it, I agree, but it could also have a smallish private vineyard and vegetable/fruit patch as they could also make their own products?

[@Infrastructurist]

Lucas - you're starting to describe paradise! Thanks for the feedback! ☺

[@llamadrama8917]

Root canal island (shaped like a tooth!) Enjoyed this build and length of episode 10/10

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks a lot, glad you like the long content! ☺☺☺ And thank you for the suggestion!

[@leahajkova4753]

Your cities are insanely good. Also love the vibrant colours of the map theme!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you Lea! ☺

[@Maver1ck06]

Beautifully done! That marina is so so beautiful!!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you Maver1ck!!

[@duszhduszh]

3:48 this gets me every damn time lol

[@Infrastructurist]

Hahahahah 😁😁😁😁💪

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you so much Duszh for the support 🥰!!

[@maonzedong7931]

That is some strictoaster level of detailing. Guess you took over since he left the building. xD

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you for the kind compliment ☺

[@gae_channel_1]

Can't wait to see your talents at work on Cities Skylines 2 🤗

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks! Can't wait to get to play it! :-)

[@boki1693]

I love stuff like this. Wish I had the skill and patience for it. What you made here is similar to the north shore and eastern part of Long Island around the Hamptons. Except the Hampton rich houses are more likely to have private beaches than piers. The north shore water front areas are more like this because of the trees, and the small towns up there are like this but bigger piers for the yachts in the shpping area. Hampton towns are like this, too, with fewer trees and piers and more beaches. You did a very good job!

[@MrCalls1]

Very much enjoying the build. But you didn’t take it in the direction I expected. I was thinking New England old money with class. Like Jessica Fletcher in ‘Murder she wrote’. I feel like the swimming pools were a little misplaced.

[@Infrastructurist]

You think they wouldn't have swimming pools - or just the placement on the lots? Maybe the lots are also a bit too small tbh :D

[@MrCalls1]

@@Infrastructurist swimming pools are more ‘new rich’, people that are recently wealthy rather than inherited money, since the houses are old and the area leafy and clearly old in general I think this is a place with old money, and thus would dislike the classlessness of having pools. Rather than going to the sea in a hotter region, or being a proper old money aristocrat and wild swimming in the river. The people who would build a secluded village like this are very snobby they look down upon people who aren’t like them, and really enforce their arbitrary social standards. It also doesn’t really match the climate, this area is clearly temperate like Britain / New England sort of weather. You ‘can’ have pools and people do, but it’s exceptionally rare. One thing I could say is as a few Markquees (you know the big tent with open sides) in some garden and lay it out like they’re having a a garden party/gathering. Rich people who inherit their wealth love hosting gatherings for other rich people to gossip. Also, ponds aren’t low class. Also it wouldn’t be so odd to see a small 3 hole gold course in a a shared by 2 people back yard. And tbh one of the peninsulas probably should’ve been reserved for a golf course and country club (where they host parties and drink wine with other rich people again). Again I love the build as a painting. I just think there’s some class / social dynamics you didn’t quite hit perfectly. Which is understandable and really doesn’t make the island look any less pretty. Just less “accurate” or “realistic? Or whatever.

[@NeoDK911]

Thanks for another refreshing video. 😎

[@dalton-at-work]

very much like "edenton, NC" on the East Coast USA

[@aziz8161]

Man! I like this for the type of videos you have

[@julianbell7258]

Honestly your videos are such a vibe man! Love watching them! Keep up the good work!

[@Infrastructurist]

Much appreciated! 😊

[@rossdocherty163]

Beautiful detailing. Missed a trick though. A little boating storage and or some tennis courts/ a dog or walking park would've added that touch of class. Either way incredible detailing.

[@sykewtf9820]

its always a good day when infrastructurist releases a new vid😩can you make an African inspired series as well?

[@lukeb1861]

Yeah that would be cool

[@Infrastructurist]

I am so glad to hear you feel that way! ☺ Oh, an African inspired series would be very interesting - who knows what the future holds!

[@SupeMima]

Nice detailing! But, where is the closest school? :) I think a "region" like this, needs some services, police, fireman.. As a resident on a place like this, I demand it! Keep the good work Its a beautiful place!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you! The nearest services are up in Rivers Edge, so you are right - we need more coverage! 😊

[@Qtopian]

Reminds me of mackinac island or marthas vineyard block island area

[@noahguerra8847]

The grass instead of sidewalks is not at all unrealistic. I live in a middle class suburb developed in the 1940s and there are no sidewalks just road…

[@mephInc]

Find any small farm town and you won't see sidewalks.

[@MrCalls1]

I think the houses opposite the marina could’ve been different, I feel like it’s one of the least desirable bits of the island, with the bustle of the shops opposite, it might’ve been a good place to put the only or former working class fisherman’s housing. No need to make it deprived, but long established comfortable houses thatve been settled first on the island, and probably because they owned some land or something became mildly wealthy but still fish on the water to sell to the high end restaurant son the isle and send a daily van down to New York City or something.

[@AussieBronco]

Stripes on lawns need to be added to luxury homes

[@londonwebster5176]

This reminds me of Nantucket Island where all those houses average price is 2 million 😊

[@Infrastructurist]

Oooof, expensive! ☺

[@rodwellcort7503]

I was so disappointed when you got rid of the sidewalks. I was screaming at my computer "Nooooooooo". It made the island very car-centric

[@maliat9204]

This looks absolutely amazing, you’re very talented!

[@jalapeno47]

21:27 got me dying 😂

[@Kindo_boi_2024]

Why this exist 💀❔

[@shyjester4you461]

Very happy I found your KZbin! Been enjoying the Dakota episodes.

[@1Autoxspeed]

You should name it Amity! Its a super beautiful name that means friendship 😊

[@senna143]

Masterpiece

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you 🥰

[@shimky301]

I've just watched Infrastructurist's CS1 videos Realistic European Village, Realistic American Town and Realistic American Island Town. It's the first CS1 content I've watched since CS2 was released and I've been blown away by how good CS1 looks compared to the current state of CS2. The upgrade to CS1's aesthetics after all those years of modding and asset building is incredible. How good is CS2 going to look like in a few years? It's going to be amazing!

[@shimky301]

Seeing all that beauty made me think of the opposite: what about trying to build slums? It would be an interesting project but I imagine there must be very few assets along those lines?

[@barkebille2471]

Great content. Like your style and skills.. have you begun planning ahead for CS2? I would suggest making a Danmark 🇩🇰 series… placing larger and smaller city centers around… lots of wheat and potato fields, artificial canals, charming small towns etc etc. build what you know if I’m right… 🧐🧐😜

[@mrmarmellow555]

🎉HYPE✌️🕺🇩🇰🇮🇲

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks a lot, much appreciated! ☺ Rød Glød med Fløde - The Series

[@BestGaming-uh3lz]

Add a bus line going out to the suburbs 🎉

[@Infrastructurist]

Great suggestion, thanks! ☺

[@BestGaming-uh3lz]

@@Infrastructurist of course!

[@81llycd97]

Island name should have something to do with a Shark Tooth as it resembles one

[@Infrastructurist]

Hi 👾

[@linusmaximilian]

Hello :)

[@Infrastructurist]

@@linusmaximilian mjello!

[@theamericandiary]

@@Infrastructurist Ello!

[@jalapeno47]

Hello

[@duszhduszh]

hey :3

[@linusmaximilian]

I freak out :D 7min ago Best day!

[@andres.5589]

the interchange to come on the island seems very deadly

[@andres.5589]

intersection*

[@Infrastructurist]

You're right -it's lethal!

[@mephInc]

@@Infrastructurist Intersections like you made are quite common on expressways that pass through tiny(very small) towns and when the traffic on said expressway(highway) has died down significantly as you are away from larger areas. I use one just like it fairly regularly.

[@tillmannsinger9016]

Love it 🫶🏻

[@thientamvu9681]

It looks like the East coast, New England area

[@ziggelito]

backlots need a mechanic/boat shop, every marina has a mechanic

[@ilcicci1983]

Really love this build...the nature detail...the underwater detail. Like in coniferia you manage to have a perfect looking water,, i can't get the same result, it always reflect lot of white clouds, what s your "lighting secret" ? Are you using a night cubemap"?

[@annaoop8336]

it would be amazing to unleash a tsunami here

[@Infrastructurist]

Absolutely savage 😂😂😂😂

[@victorayala4847]

Riverside Colony for the name of the Area

[@robitm13]

bro got the tuborg umbrellas

[@Infrastructurist]

🍻

[@robitm13]

@@Infrastructurist you are definitely a romanian for this one 🍻

[@7aerys]

the like button lit up when you said hit the like button lol

[@sandrabollocks2535]

HORSESHOE COVE

[@grunge0023]

This island looks like a crab's claw, you could call it Crab's Claw Island.

[@Lellela]

For an area like this in the US, not having sidewalks by the houses isn't that uncommon. Also, since it's isolated residential, there's not a lot of traffic, and people will just walk on the road itself, moving onto the shoulder if there is traffic. Lastly, pedestrian walkability and public transportation in general are just not a huge concern in small town USA.

[@EvanSutton2015]

I’ve been hooked on CS1 do you have a workshop link that you have for all your asset you are using?

[@alexanderwilliams799]

Ok so hear me out... no houses by the fancy restaurant. Build a small farm, make it like farm to table, or if there is a winery asset it can have its own winery.

[@chrisagee4893]

Its name should be gatorade

[@LTDanBuildsCities]

The build looks beautiful- not very Colorado since there aren’t any rivers big enough to put a marina on it in the state 😅 That at-grade crossing would never happen- super, super dangerous especially since the southbound traffic has no light (?) and left turning traffic from the island would be turning directly onto a freeway. Probably a simple diamond would be more realistic - those are all over the place in the mountains in colorado

[@Infrastructurist]

Living life dangerously 😎😎😎☕

[@LTDanBuildsCities]

@@Infrastructurist maybe put one of those “drive safely in memory of whoever” signs that pop up where accidents happen a lot 👀☠️

[@Infrastructurist]

@@LTDanBuildsCities Savage 😂💪

[@TheSkyGuy77]

That kind of intersection exists right down the road from me In rural Missouri

[@LTDanBuildsCities]

@@TheSkyGuy77 certainly not in Colorado, and absolutely not on a freeway. Mayyyybe a split highway with other lights, but def not an interstate-like freeway

[@tylertroutman3891]

Walters Wharf

[@thejustinfam666]

Is this cities skylines 2

[@OscarHFajardo]

Ferries ⛴️ maybe 🤔?

[@michaelmitten2977]

Way too many hedges and trees. They take away so many great views and sitting on porches and saying hi to neighbors as they walk by.

[@Infrastructurist]

True true - they do make things a little more private! ☺

[@grunge0023]

21:22 Peaches & Cream 😄. In case you get romantic at the pier and want some action and excitement.

[@mergat2970]

Peaches and cream 💀

[@tootifrooti7297]

It looks like a wisdom tooth so maybe Dumb Island

[@Infrastructurist]

Rofl 😂

[@doublea06]

🤩✴✴✴✴

[@doublea06]

3:56 (Please stop doing this.)