What do you have in your neighbourhood?
starrling:
I use this set of community and university buildings I made on a small terrain in one hood.
In others I set up a lot of small homes in one section and the larger homes in another, then in between the two I created a village with a grocer, city hall-type thing, restaurant, shopping center, recreation center, park, graveyard and bowling alley.
In yet another hood I've recreated a little of the London area including Buckingham Palace, Sloane Square-type area, Hyde Park and St. James Park, then a little ways away I set up a row of council houses and then a farming area. That was fun, but a LOT of work.
pixiejuice:
Great thread idea. I could use some new inspiration too.
My main hood, Lakeside Heights, is an upscale suburban town. Almost all of these I've built from scratch over the years. There is a shopping mall, library, several themed restaurants including a jazz club, waterfront bistro, sports/billiards type restaurant/pub, coffee shop, movie theater, art gallery (showcasing art from one of my local sims), owned custom portrait shop, owned flower shop, ice rink/lodge, roller rink/club/bar, shopping plaza, metropark, public beach, public pool, public high school, cemetery, retirement village for the elders, sleazy by-the-hour motel, remodeled arcade from OFB, owned takeout and juice bar, owned clothing store/salon, owned fitness club, and owned wedding hall/resort.
My downtown is the default downtown, renamed Lake City. It is heavily remodeled, but still has some of the original restaurants and clubs. There are a lot of downloaded lots, mostly restaurants, clubs, and bars. A lot of the urban-themed stuff you'll find on MTS2, like little diners, parks, and kiosks. I've made a community college area (thanks to "upgrade pre-uni sim" on the lot debugger where my poor and academically-challenged sims can earn their degrees. There is a residence hall, parking lot, bookstore, and main hall. My real estate mogul sim has his company headquarters downtown, but aside from that, most of the community lots are unowned.
My uni is Sim State University, also heavily remodeled. I ditched the shops since they were too bulky and inefficient, and made my own smaller shops. There is a pub, and a nightclub/restaurant.
My Bluewater Village is a rural farming town. There is a church, grocery store, owned farm and fresh fish shop, and very few leftover OFB community lots. Mostly just small-town houses with lots of land.
I have a lot more than I even realized until typing it all up, and I'm sure I've left some stuff out. (I've been at this neighborhood for almost two years now.) I've also started remodeling all of the vacation 'hoods too. I just can't leave anything alone ;)
Nepheris:
Great input in this thread! Got lots of ideas now, thanks :-*
Notovny, I love the names you give your lots. ;D
Kutto, that's one awesome river. I'm duly impressed (and motivated to prettify my own hood).
millahnna:
I suck at neighborhood building because my machine is getting more than a bit dated and the load times kill me (and also I lack imagination). So I always make one "mall lot" for my sole community lot; has a little bit of everything in terms of stores (no grocery) and things to do. That way I only have to go to one place. Due to reinstall issues, I haven't had a chance to play with the options opened in any EP past Uni, yet.
trudy:
wow, anything available for download? I just suck at building...
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