City Hall

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Parties in local government tend to represent, to some degree or other, local interest groups. Might seem obvious but is, I think, very important. If this game works well some form of party system is inevitable (even if it turns out very loose). Probably best to let things create themselves.

[Sam Spade]

You could always have forced non-partisan elections, like my hometown.

[Bacon King]

remaining city areas in white.

i'll work on my area's description and maybe even my own character's bio later tonight if i have the time.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

VIII - Is not following Dutch lines - but French.

It's named

"Moulin de Ville"

It's named after a mill built on the river bank the late 1400's by a Frenchman.

[Hash]

VIII is taken.

[Joe Republic]

VIII is taken.

It certainly is... by Polnut. 

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I'll claim Ward 9.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

My ward will be called Beekhoeve; more information to come.

[Хahar 🤔]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

[afleitch]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

[Хahar 🤔]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

I can help.

[War on Want]

I have decided to change ward 10's name to Swellendam.

[Хahar 🤔]

Andrew here's my list of potential names (under construction):

Roodheuvel (Redhill)
Visserensmarkt (Fishers' Market)

[afleitch]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

I can help.

I'm still trying to think where the hell it is I now have Belgium in my mind (there is a bias there). It's not replacing Brussels but instead seems to be an Antwerp sized city.

[Хahar 🤔]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

I can help.

I'm still trying to think where the hell it is I now have Belgium in my mind (there is a bias there). It's not replacing Brussels but instead seems to be an Antwerp sized city.

I was thinking southern Netherlands/northern Belgium. Don't know why. Just a feeling.

EDIT: You know what, can you draw the boundaries now and label them later?

[afleitch]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

I can help.

I'm still trying to think where the hell it is I now have Belgium in my mind (there is a bias there). It's not replacing Brussels but instead seems to be an Antwerp sized city.

I was thinking southern Netherlands/northern Belgium. Don't know why.

As was I. Slightly inland North Sea port much fought over.

[Хahar 🤔]

Andrew, would you mind creating a map based off the map of the city's environs, but with neighboring city and ward boundaries labeled?

I'll give it a shot. Means I have to get round to naming the area.

I can help.

I'm still trying to think where the hell it is I now have Belgium in my mind (there is a bias there). It's not replacing Brussels but instead seems to be an Antwerp sized city.

I was thinking southern Netherlands/northern Belgium. Don't know why.

As was I. Slightly inland North Sea port much fought over.

Perfect!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What are Dutch-Flemish place-names usually based around [qm]. Churches, geographical features, people [question mark]

[Хahar 🤔]

What are Dutch-Flemish place-names usually based around? Churches, geographical features, people?

A quick look at the list of municipalities suggests that they're based on geographical features for the most part.

[2952-0-0]

Ward 7: Slotervaart (lifted from a borough of Amsterdam with a funny name)

Its proximity to the ports and industrial areas of Niewedokken and Viegveld gives the area a blue-collar atmosphere. From the lat 19th centuries, thousands of immigrants from China, India, and the West Indies populated the northern half of the district. The southern third was populated by the white majority and was called Westerpark. During the early 20th century the immigrant communities were shunned by the mainstream society, with Chinatown becoming synonymous with opium dens, illegal casinos, Triads, and the like. The Indians and Caribbean communities were also shunned to a lesser degree.



Muntplein, the city's main intellectual district (like Sorbonne in Paris) is located by the waterfront, and this is the area where the nation's writers, philosophers, artists, and the like started their careers. Not surprisingly, it was also a hotbed of political activism. The country's Communist/Socialist movements had their intellectual hubs here (there should be an inner-city, arts-focused university here, if you look at other European cities, and the one in the suburbs could be the technical campus)


//yes, it's Paris, but please ignore it

All that changed in the 1970s with the decline of the industries. Most of Slotervaart (except the waterfront area) underwent a painful period of decay, and plans to build a freeway through Westerpark were cancelled literally at the last minute in 1972.



Things have been looking up for the area, with yuppies rapidly gentrifying Westerpark. In fact it has seen the highest property price increases in Europe outside of Spain, Ireland, or Britain.



Recent years have seen refugees from Africa and other low-income immigrants settling the housing projects in the northern fringe, and the problems in those areas are a persistent headache for civic leaders.

Gentrification is also starting to affect the long-declining Chinese/Indian/West Indian neighbourhoods, and some wealthier immigrants from those areas have settled here (though most have settled in the wealthy suburbs instead). So far those areas retain their gritty character, like Brixton in London. The area is at a crossroads for the future.

[afleitch]

What are Dutch-Flemish place-names usually based around? Churches, geographical features, people?

A quick look at the list of municipalities suggests that they're based on geographical features for the most part.

Given that much of Flanders, Netherlands is flat (but not featureless) things from a small hill, to a copse to a promintory seem to take on a significance. Sometimes therse were man made. Bruges for example stems from the Norse Bryggia meaning landing, port.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

An attempt to get a feel for the area. Also created a few "issues" (most of which revolve around distance, in more ways than one, from the rest of the city). Didn't add roads or anything because I'm sort of tired so...

[War on Want]

Swellendam
Swellendamn was largely build after World War Two as a major suburban inhabited by both the lower middle class in less high scale neighborhoods closer to the city and more upper class neighborhoods on more hilly areas of the borough.


After a high tech boom in the late 70's and early 80's Swellendam experience massive growth as many computer, and chemical research industries moved to the southern section of the borough, as well as the very prestigous Swellendam Academy of Science and Technology. After this the area has been known to be flush with Yuppies, and the area has a very high rate of younger inhabitants. The area is very liberal in most areas, with much of the area in favor of lax laws and radicalism in housing design is common. Also there is a siginificant Budhist and Islamic community is the southeastern area that emerged out of immigration from the Middle East, and the student acceptability of immigrants led to a thriving, lower middle class population of Pakistanis, Sikhs and Nepalse The area has been known as the future of [insert town name here] and has a very bright future ahead of it.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

XIV open?

[Colin]

XIV open?

Yes it is, as far as I can tell. One of the few left.