Starting a New England Port City in Cities Skylines 2

[@mitchellnagy6667]

Babe wake up, new Infrastructurist video just dropped

[@hexmc1000]

Overcharged egg 😉👍

[@matrinbbaass965]

5 more minits 😘🥱

[@joostwildenbeest7254]

Actually, as a civil engineer. For freight trains, the maximum slope is 1,7%. For passenger trains it is 4% :) love the vids! Always eager to watch every video!

[@cascito]

Yup , I always get cringed when they do too steep gradients...

[@dhruvmendpara4857]

I feel the same they should add restrictions based on different types of transportation...even highway are too steep

[@briannem.6787]

@@dhruvmendpara4857 IDK, I like building motorways less compliant with US-style regulations. I'm inspired by some older freeways, like the Sydney-newcastle freeway's oldest section, which have windy steep sections. Forcing people to comply with the 6%-10% standard would kill those sorta builds which might approach maybe 12%?

[@wtftolate3782]

@@dhruvmendpara4857 Try US 2 Highway in the U.P. of Michigan.

[@UnbelievableHotdog]

I think maybe there could be a warning like exceeding realistic slope or something ​@@briannem.6787

[@maartenvaness]

As someone who grew up in Massachusetts, I’m loving this series. The only thing killing me is how mountainous the map is. Massachusetts, especially the coastal area that you are taking inspiration from, is quite flat. Maine and New Hampshire are more mountainous but not near the coast

[@Infrastructurist]

Good point, thanks!

[@scottsfowler]

You can double click with the same road type to add a node instead of building a road then deleting, saves time and is very useful if there are buildings already zoned on that road

[@Infrastructurist]

Awesome tip, thanks!

[@TrippaMazing87]

Commenting for interaction to boost one of the greatest cities channels on KZbin! And as a Massachusetts resident this has to be the best city I’ve ever seen 🔥

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Check out New Windsor, a New England city built in CS1. It has Providence vibes

[@X_DD]

im a huge fan of CS series and man, your voice is just so soothing, I just sit back and relax while watching your videos

[@Infrastructurist]

Glad you enjoy my voice haha, can't change it!

[@Younglove_02]

As a new englander, you are doing a solid job building. Looks just like a cape coastal town 😊

[@VirtualMarines]

You’re on another level dude. Your zoning mechanics are unmatched. Just love your strategic approach to making cities and you’ve got a great sense of low key humor. Keep it up!

[@KPVallee]

I love the choice of music you made for this one! I prefer that style. Great video as always, thanks for the content!

[@MrGOakley]

He doesnt miss with the music. I need an ID track list so i can add these to my library. Can we get a track list used?

[@killiammusicandgaming]

16:00 - that roundabout is super dangerous, no visibility from those coming into because its underground and blocked by quay walls

[@RIP_Greedo]

Tbh this setting would fit better as an analogue the Maine coast. Lots of islands, more hills, towns with ports. Cape cod is all beach towns, very spread out, totally flat. Everything on the cape is 30 mins away it feels like. There is not a lot of industry there either. The biggest town is Hyannis, which is smaller than this city is already.

[@milesmoncur4276]

If you want this to be as realistic as possible, I would get rid of the super tall mountains because the area of Massachusetts is not mountainous.

[@Khotetsu]

Yeah, the only part of Massachusetts that has real mountains is the western end where the Appalachian Mountains run through.

[@drekfletch]

28 cuts through quite a few hillsides, and they're often left as cliffs, especially if only on one side. One of my favourite views when I get to be a passenger in the winter, is looking at all the runoff making icy cliffs, and the blue shading to blue.

[@drekfletch]

Also, nobody says the full state name, Massachusetts Route 28. It's either Route 28 or just "28." If you want to go for realism, route is pronounced root. And truss bridge is the same vowel as truck and up.

[@sergeantjones12]

suggestions for names and history: downtown can be named Ventura Bay- named in 1912 after the original name Ventura. founded in 1790 as a small trading post (industrial area). Eventually the small trading post expanded to become Ventura Bay, the small downtown city. during the late 1800s, the industrial area expanded and new housing was needed to meet the worker demand. developer Joseph Cambridge developed Cambridge Pass in 1871 (row housing development) to sustain the worker demand. this is all my brain can make, so if you want to use it that’s great but if not consider it

[@nyosis_tv]

New downtown looks really good ! I’m kinda sad people don’t like detailing. It’s the funniest part to me and makes all the difference between a good looking build and a great looking build, especially as you already come out with great ideas.

[@FerencCalderon]

There isn’t any detailing options other than trees but yet again it takes time for trees to grow

[@dalton-at-work]

@@FerencCalderon there is surfaces and props with Dev. Mode!

[@nyosis_tv]

@@FerencCalderon You're right but I'm assuming we using mods. I would have quit long time ago if not for the line up tool

[@FigureInMind]

Thanks for the video.. good to see you back.

[@iea96]

“Anarchy fueled tree addiction” 😂 Love this series! Glad you’re back (:

[@AdamZugone]

I'm glad I only found his channel via C:S2 and didn't have to endure the 4 or 5 years he was gone and I can just look back at all the good older content :)

[@Morkeoth]

The return of the prodige ! That new port with Oil containers and a big ship remind me of the port of Port Douglas in Coniferia ! Speaking of Coniferia, you say that detailing is boring ; but it's actually a thing love when you detailing some important part of a city with a lot of tiny details and props. So so lovely ! PS : you forgot to create some parking stuff for the new Downtown.

[@honour9711]

I was looking around the names of towns/cities in Massachusetts and found a a city called Plymouth which is a coastal city on the southeastern coast of the UK, and scouting the area I found a massive headland which your city also has called Rame, on this headland there is a church called St.Germanus Rame church which I has a graveyard at the back too and you can use the cemetery to make it look like a old historical heritage site or to make it unique to your city it can also have a castle if or when you unlock that. 😊

[@TheBladedMarshmallow]

As someone from Plymouth (UK), this is such a great idea to incorporate a bit of history from my real life city and somewhat unknown part of the country! Fun fact, the first colony in the US was the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, as the first settlers sailed from Plymouth UK aboard the Mayflower. Would love to see this colonial history and English inspired place-names incorporated into the build!

[@JohnFromAccounting]

I agree with your approach. Devon and Cornwall were the inspiration for a lot of names in New England. The Brits were not the most creative folk when it came to naming.

[@PurelyAJD]

The build so far reminds me of the islands in the Narragansett bay which is perfect because its right near the area you're basing the build on. Well done!

[@S23K]

Great to have you back, another great build! One small point of realism: the new interchange added to rt 28 at the beginning of the video is way too close to the others and would not have been allowed. That’s three interchanges in about 1 km! (I’d argue it’s unnecessary as well😊)

[@gamerla-jiah1388]

Suggestion for name: I think the massachusetts city of New Bedford would be perfect to make this new city. New Bedford is in the area you’re modeling after. It has a rich history in whaling which made it the richest city in the world at one point. New Bedford also has had a textile factor and railway in its history; having its own time zone before universal time was established. It’s a very cool city and the downtown resembles what you have already. I think New Bedford is a perfect fit.

[@ballduster]

As someone from Massachusetts I’m absolutely loving this series. 2 suggestions for you. First as others have stated it doesn’t make sense to have huge mountains on the other islands as this part of MA is not mountainous at all. Second I think the new downtown area should be named after one of the countless Native American town names in costal MA (for example: Acushnet, Cohasset, Hyannis, Mashpee, Mattapan, Merrimac, Pocasset, Sagamore, Saugus and soso many more!!) Thank you so much for the consistently top notch CS2 content :)

[@JellyScrub]

You are the best cities skylines creator out there. I love your designs. So much more interesting than just fill bucket in mass zoning.

[@FHL433]

Gotta comment to promote this in the algorithm so more people can enjoy this great series

[@flamingoLake]

Love the video! I think you should add a path connecting maple lane to fairview lane in barlow springs. It seems like the people who live there would benefit from the increased pedestrian connectivity and it would discourage them from driving. Also I like the idea of naming the town something with "harbor" in the name. It reminds me of Bar Harbor, Maine.

[@tavosubaschet]

SUGESTION: Make a pedestrian promenade park between the shoreline and downtown. Also, love the series!

[@oscargottberg7283]

Since the region is so focused on the sea, archipelago and shipping/fishing it needs a small shipyard and a drydock. Hopefull that it is possible with the use of quaywalls, developermode with surfacepainter and place down a ship in the drydock like you did in this video. Great content as always!!

[@sergeantjones12]

great to see you back

[@rourke_ac]

It really is such a small thing to do, but is not even slightly enough in return for the content you put out for us and the work that goes into it.

[@leszerelek]

Some winery would be nice at the bottom of the volcano-ish mountain. Great soil and angle of incidence of the sunlight.

[@SkyIsThere.]

wow, i think this bay looks perfect to create hotels and an actual beach!

[@PurelyAJD]

Love this build so far! One thing that could make it seem even more realistic, as someone from that area, would be eliminating the tall mountains. In reality the tallest peaks in this area are no more than 250 feet (76m). That, and they are few and far between.

[@northeasturbanist]

Love that it's named Route 28, I live right next to the part of it that runs through Boston (obviously way less highway-y over here)

[@sallllos]

Holy cow thanks for the tip on the road elevation glitch after terraforming!

[@thefigman]

For Sunnyside Downs.... Maybe The Cannery? When the town first was founded and fishing was the main product that drove the town growth, a cannery was founded up on the hill by the bridge. It has since ceased to be, the but industry that is there was redeveloped from the old canning factory.

[@What-j5c]

One of the best cities skylines content creator ITW❤

[@AaronL0905]

Man your city looks amazing so far

[@acespiano]

Love this episode. Great job man!

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Hey, loving the videos! If I might make a suggestion, as someone who's from Massachusetts, I'd call the main street through Chowder Bay running parallel to 28 (Here we just call state routes by their number, such as 28, 88, 195, etc, unless it's a single digit number in which case it's Route 6 for example) Broadway, as that was probably the original alignment of 28 before it got upgraded to a grade separated highway, and 28 carries the name "Broadway" through several towns in Massachusetts along its route.

[@all_the_moga]

Welcome back, champ. Hope everything is up and running again ;)

[@gabrielmota4968]

Eu estava aguardando ansiosamente esse vídeo!❤

[@TonyEsposito-It]

Your videos give me so much inspiration! THANK YOU!

[@richoombie]

Dude I live off of 28 in Mass! I love it haha. Albeit just north of Boston not quite the cape I love the reccomendation of Route 28

[@TheDarkstranger101]

Another fantastic video, thank you, I think the mountain next to the new town could do with a hiking trail going up to the top, I'd hike it, again thank you 🤠👍

[@iftheshroudfits1148]

super cool series, especially since i grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts. The islands makes it feel like the bay in Rhode Island. Something to think about with MA highways is they will actually have those steep cliffs on either side cause they usually blast to put them in right through the hilly areas, and then when they go through the cities they usually set the highways down so the surface roads can overpass above it. Like Route 95 in Providence, Rhode Island. Over even Tunnels like the Big Dig in Boston. The series is great, cant wait to see more

[@HarbourmasterJay]

always enjoying your content, good mix of speed builds and very informative building commentary, so its good to learn some best practices and mod usage from you, even though car-centric cities arent really my cup of tea. I thought this was the first episode of this city, so i havent seen it yet and i am not sure but i think you planted lots of trees with anarchy on and in some places, it actually looks a bit too dense for me now, for example where you did the first highway connection from the bridge. Watching the video while writing this comment, i think what makes it look a bit unnatural to me might be the fact that its still all grass below it but with such a dense canopy, i wouldnt expect any of it to grow there due to lack of sunlight and rather expect some brown-greenish undergrowth. Gonna check tonight, if making the surface below such a dense anarchy forest actually looks better. one tip for a bit more realism when designing port areas is to check the water current and from where the water actually flows to actually determine where and into what direction a long mole or quay leading into the sea should be placed.

[@alec3107]

Im from this part of MA. Pretty cool to see you building it.

[@belish5665]

The new city's coastline looks like a hammerhead shark. So the city of "Hammerhead Bay" or or, my other idea is that it also looks like a flatiron. So it could be the town or Flatiron. Maybe you develop some mining from the mountain. Thanks for the show!

[@dylape4292]

Hey man my favorite part of your vids is when you are detailing, please bring back details!!!!!

[@rothebear]

Your builds are insane. So beautiful 😍

[@mr-sad-vlad]

Your channel is so underrated

[@adriandrakes8343]

I find it interesting living in mass and watching this like I've driven down 28.

[@mitsubisci]

Because the branch of the highway going through Easthaven would be a spur, naming convention in Massachusetts would have it named 28A, like how 6A is a smaller local road compared to US-6 running parallel to 28 on Cape Cod.

[@mygrandpapengu]

Pls make a beach infront of the downtown to make it a bit more interesting Also I love your videos keep it going

[@RandyJGJ]

I love it. Every town doesn’t need a port though. 😅

[@jacobc.5557]

you could name it clam junction! clam in reference to chowder, and junction in reference to the highway and train lines all being close together. you could potentially have some additional transport services and accessibility in that area to lean into the junction theme

[@Musa_ahidjo]

Welcome back brother🎉

[@bertlichten1678]

your "sorta ok - highway intersection" looks better than all of my builds ever ...-.-

[@TylerBonenfant]

oh cool, I live in fall river so this is kinda perfect for me lol

[@mallysh1998]

Hi Infra, beautiful stuff as always, glad to see you are back, but always take whatever time needed😊 and for the name, why don’t we go with Lincoln?😅

[@mausebiker123]

Love this serie

[@stevengalloway8052]

That's pretty cool how you got the bridge to rise over the shipping lane like that... 😳

[@edwardmiessner6502]

I think the national road mentioned at about 39:20 should be another numbered state highway with a name also, like "Massachusetts Route 144 / Governor Endicott Peabody Highway".

[@FPSfinland]

It would be awesome to see a big beach, like Florida style long sand beach with activities and some hotels :)

[@all_the_moga]

That freight line looks like a derail waiting to happen. Looks like a very sharp turn to me.

[@rourke_ac]

Because it’s got a very prominent port and it could be one of the Boston Harbor Islands, Deer Island is quite industrial so going with an animal related name could be an idea, Port Lobster or Lobster Island, could be in the same family as Chowder Bay.

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

As for the new town, maybe you could name it Mishonett. It means something along the lines of "canoe place" in Wampanoag. Maybe the native people would launch their canoes from that cove?

[@JohnFromAccounting]

To fit with the New England style, the city could be renamed to something from the south of England. I think something from Devon like "Seaton" would feel right. Like with a lot of settlements in New England and in other British colonies, towns were often named after the hometown of an important settler. The real life Seaton is just around the corner from Lyme Regis, and is a historic fishing village turned into a holiday destination.

[@kiddo8597]

i think cinematic from the ground would be amazing

[@TRichardsBlades]

It would be good for them to add 1 unit with mixed use assets so that you could have row houses with commercial on the main floor for a proper small town downtown feel

[@kiewies]

There's literally no way this map is Massachusetts but I'm suspending my disbelief so I can have fun.

[@Infrastructurist]

😂😂😂🎉

[@gp5313]

Beautiful

[@antonwulp]

Damn, this looks good (as always). Still waiting to buy the game, even though there are some mods now. The amount of different (and nice) buildings is something I'm still missing to really enjoy it. Plus I prefer to build a Dutch style city (Dutch guy here), but yeah, then I also need bikes ;)

[@SilasGebbesen]

Nice!

[@Ayoits_jayden]

The new town looks straight out of a horror movie 😂 looks beautiful btw

[@garretthoie6542]

Hell yeah

[@sebastientumahai9560]

The goat is back

[@all_the_moga]

how about some more parking facilities in the new down town?

[@immortalking5263]

Would be cool if you had a ferry service between all of your islands.

[@GeorgeCawhern]

Didn't notice schools or services but awesome work though, A good name ( Vermillion Bay) sadly no back story thought it was a cool name.

[@TigonOlogdring]

For a name something like Penryn (or another Cornish fishing village/town) might be appropriate for a New England build.

[@vatueugen]

how do i change the course of the road on CS2 , i was trying to click right on the road but is not working , there is other key pad or something is missing ?

[@AaRon-yv8qu]

song at the end of the video is Ooyy - Dreaming of Lhotse

[@Diprak-f9l]

dunno if he study maps or something, his cities design is next level

[@lofdan]

Finally

[@thomas4223]

I would really like to see a beach and beach side houses at some point

[@timdavidmusic]

can we get a mod list of yours?

[@AdamZugone]

Hey Infra, maybe you want to get the Legacy Flavour mod to get rid of the white flashbang on every info screen? In your zoning montage I noticed you constantly closing the info panel to get rid of the white overlay while switching between zoning types. I also really like it because you can the opacity of zoned and unzoned tiles and it makes it easier to see what's going on under all those zones. Idk, maybe you already know about it and have a reason to not use it but I figured I mentioned it just in case you may find it useful :)

[@ralphlangdon3532]

Why is there a rotary in a walled ditch at 15:51 ?

[@NithinJune]

can you post a mod list? how are you converting them to grounded or quay or stuff.

[@mariakiss_]

Hey Waiting for you to build a super luxury complex near a lake with beautiful view, park zones, private school and lots of parking lots 🤩

[@Sherik726]

You got a mod list, please?

[@rourke_ac]

1:30 - As CityPlanner says “For the sake of engagement” 😂😊

[@dhruvmendpara4857]

Are you using any mods for different features...because I just saw you connect pedestrian road with park which i cant do it yet

[@nilhock2072]

This could be New Brighton, as english settlers started this town. It would be amazing if u would add also a sort of like pier.

[@mpcamposz]

Since you mentioned that with Anarchy, the tile-buying process doesn't really matter, why not add 529 tiles mod once and for all?

[@sebastianbarth3455]

How is the song called, starting arounf 43:30 min?

[@Billabong2061]

Stay, by Victoriya

[@gusn4652]

something that would help is getting rid of all the mountains as the area has nothing like that irl

[@the_anomonyousTsar]

Idea for the next episode pls read After recent success in riverview two best freinds 1 an Italian American called leonardo dinozzo and a English man theo Augustus Smith decided to have a look at a new area of interest called easthaven County they build a port with a railway connection and try to set up a mine more and more people were attracted to the island eventually forming syracuse and Easthampton

[@Jhyles83]

Bayside hills might make a good name for that town 🤔