Everyone Hates McMansions, But You Should LOVE Them in Cities Skylines!

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@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

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@SpringLeafWolf 2 года назад

BTW, areas in the US that do have large amounts of McMansions do not have public transit, because it defeats the whole purpose of exclusivity. Being able to afford a home of that size means owning multiple vehicles. Add more parks to increase the land value, and a school bus route for the kiddos 😀

@kaltaron1284 2 года назад

He just unlocked the helicopter routes, didn't he. Would that be exclusive enough? He could disconnect the bus route from the hub and call it the local school bus, couldn't he?

@darkblood777 2 года назад

McMansion neighborhoods don't even use school buses anymore. They either drive their kids to school themselves or they have a personal driver. This is especially true if they live in a gated community.

@SpringLeafWolf 2 года назад

@@kaltaron1284 that was a police helicopter sevice he placed down, which more often than not is situated on a police compound, and not to be confused for medical helicopter services. In the US jails are centrally located both within high rise areas (downtown) and suburban-rural areas (where McMansions exsit), whereas prisons are more remote and almost wholly isolated. 1st responder helicopter services are slightly remote and often hidden away but close enough to important infrastructure they patrol. Since this is a realistic city build, and I hope Sir Biffa reads this, the police helicopter service needs its own area with a well built road and not a dirt road. No other vehicles should be using their roads besides them; placing it in the forest industry is not realistically suitable. Furthermore, public transit should be solely utilized for the inner city in Mississippitea,😏 "capitealism" is insidious & people whom can afford actual McMansions do not like public transit (poor ppl mode of movement) that's just how US rich folk think. What Biffa built in this video was a regular US urban sprawl. McMansions are often gated communities, surrounded by golf courses, don't have offices nearby, have exclusive access to waterfront properties, and have their own services which the inner cities have no access to. In the US, areas that have McMansions were purposely built to be as exclusive and isolated as possible whilst still remaining somewhat connected enough to their nearest major city...for voting purposes and taxes. Regarding school busses...McMansion dwellers don't play around. They don't like socialist programs outside of fire departments, police stations, parks, libraries, and their children's educations. A bus hub located within the city that dispatches school busses to the homes of McMansion dwellers is a no go. They require/demand their own services/connections and thus the land value ought to be the brightest green Skylines has on the scales.

@SpringLeafWolf 2 года назад

@@darkblood777 you are mostly correct, however, wealthy US people have their kids arrive to school via a private driver, but rich people don't. What people need to understand is that the term "McMansion" doesn't denote a family's living standards. Most of the people that live in those types of homes can't even afford them outright (meaning the homes aren't paid off in full). School busses are very much still part of the social frabic of McMansion neighborhoods. There's old money (trusts, family assests, LLCs etc) and then there's new money (grinders, hustlers and hedge funders). And somewhere in between there's...well...rich folks. "If a millionaire spends $1, they aren't a millionaire anymore." "If you can't afford to buy it twice, you can't afford it at all."

@kaltaron1284 2 года назад

@@SpringLeafWolf I know he hasn't placed any helicopter depots down but I think he has unlocked helicopter routes. But I agree that the placement of the police helicopters and prison is not realistic. Maybe near the tunnel he built this episode?

@christopherlevesque5203 2 года назад

Most of those houses are just typical American homes! But do love the level 1 under contraction it’s very fitting

@bubbawv2 2 года назад

I was just getting ready to say the same thing. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia (US) and that is the typical new neighborhood builds.

@wowdabug 2 года назад

@@bubbawv2 same

@BryanBear5050 2 года назад

I am not a fan of Va Beach neighborhoods. Either has a fence around the perimeter, compact condo complexes or just odd sized homes. I live in Richmond and we have far larger yards, obviously because we have more land. But I do love the ocean!

@drumguy1384 2 года назад

Agreed. These aren't really McMansions. However, there are lots of new developments going on around where I live and they always end up looking like this. Some houses are completely finished and occupied while others are in various states of construction all at the same time. While not all of these developments contain McMansions, many of them do, so I think this sort of patchwork look has been associated with that kind of construction even if the houses themselves don't exactly fit the definition.

@zamboughnuts 2 года назад

at 10:15 - To really get the feeling of a McMansion suburb, you could add in some tennis courts, outdoor pools, and have TONS of sports facilities next to the high school. Those are all things you would commonly see in McMansion suburbs.

@wohlhabendermanager 2 года назад

And most importantly: Make it 100% car dependant.

@basedtortellini 2 года назад

@@wohlhabendermanager hahahah true

@humptusdumptus4123 2 года назад

@@wohlhabendermanager good ol American suburban hellscape

@zamboughnuts 2 года назад

@@wohlhabendermanager Sadly he did put buses in, I feel like the ticket prices should be like, $20 so nobody uses it. Though to be fair they were school buses, and the McMansion crowd loves them some school buses.

@Minotaur1975 2 года назад

Is there a mod to make SUV's the mandatory vehicle?

@mattcelder 2 года назад

Biffa: shows a legit mcmansion and why they're goofy Biffa 30 seconds later: absolutely roasting an average middle class American home in suburbia that looks nothing like the mcmansion

@raymaa1223 2 года назад

These kind of suburbs make me think of Wisteria Lane in the series Desperate Housewives, so you could name it Wistearia Lane or something like that haha

@wilkoufert8758 2 года назад

Teabags End is probably too British

@DukersDooRox 2 года назад

Too add an idea the biggest Wisteria vine is located in Sierra Madre, California and weighs over 120 tons. I’ll add Sierra Matte in the mix. TONS of McMansions in the area too

@cleep4345 2 года назад

Hi Biffa, you accidentally placed two high schools in the new area and no elementary school. I think that's the reason why it isn't growing fast. Love your work.

@MirzaMughal86 2 года назад

Oh dear

@no_idea2224 2 года назад

Biffa you should try adding trolleybusses into your city because Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Dayton use trolleybusses

@edwardmiessner6502 2 года назад

Definitely! We call them trackless trolleys in Boston and Philly but I don't know about Dayton

@dandiehm8414 2 года назад

Hi Biffa - As an American I have a few comments. First - the "McMansions" look like regular normal houses. Nobody would call those "mansions" over here. Secondly, if you are going for a "mansion" look, there would not be 4 lane roads or traffic lights in the residential areas. There wouldn't even be road lines. There would be NO mass transit either. These Mansions are usually exclusive, very large, single family homes in a private pastoral type setting. Lots of space for lawns and gardens, lots of trees, and no shops. The owners of these properties don't want a lot of strangers coming into their areas. These types of locations are often gated communities. There may be a central "clubhouse" with a pool, but other than that, they are very private.

@baconwizard 2 года назад

The houses in the pack aren’t really McMansions, all their features match each other and those pillars actually have a use for holding up the patio roof. The one in the thumbnail though shares a lot of common problems: none of the windows being a standard size, no wood is the same type/colour, the roof is far too tall whilst having both tile and metal roofing and there’s railings protecting a non-existent balcony.

@THEJPR 2 года назад

And the famous turrets.

@johnrobinson523 2 года назад

agreed; these houses can sell for 250K-500K A McMansion would be millions.

@amandab2276 2 года назад

Agreed. These homes are “Little Boxes”.

@eden20111 2 года назад

Agreed. They look like an ordinary home in a suburban neighborhood. These are the kind of homes that are lived in by a middle class family. McMansions are homes relatively lived in by “new money” families

@hellsop 2 года назад

part of the trouble is that the residential zoning just isn't big enough to do a McMansion justice. Even my suburban midcentury ranch house is plotted on what amounts to a 3 cell wide by 4 deep lot, and 4x4 is as big as they come in game. Actual McMansions would be on lots closer to 7x7 or 8x8 (or even bigger; lots are often upwards of 60m wide by 100m deep) and the game just doesn't support that. I mean, that much architectural extravagance needs ROOM for 5-car garages.

@Jackscrj 2 года назад

Biffa biffed this one. In trying to develop a McMansion neighborhood he undershot and made a standard American subdivision. Lol. Also nubs are the little horizontal pieces just under the roof.

@smellyfis 2 года назад

Neighborhoods that have McMansions in them generally take the format " " like Pecan Medows, CottonWood Ranch, But My Suggestion is "Earl Grey Estates"

@jaredwilliams8621 2 года назад

Usually it is named after whatever they ripped up to build the neighborhood (with some artistic license)

@AbdicateDotNet 2 года назад

Biffa: "There are gaps between the houses." Me: I don't want my neighbor to hear me sneeze. 😂😂

@DarinPirkey 2 года назад

Those "mcmansions" are pretty typical homes here in the US. When I think of McMansion I think of homes that have theatres, a bowling alley and stuff like that. Thinks you don't really need in a house but you have it because, well, you can.

@rachelgilbert3164 2 года назад

Yeah they seem like pretty standard upper-middle class suburban homes, but not really McMansions

@francis2939 2 года назад

Agreed those are not McMansions they are too small for that.

@the_andrewgrech 2 года назад

Love that funky interchange. It's refreshing to see something more organic than the usual "perfect" interchanges - those are cool too, but tend to become a bit repetitive.

@heygek2769 2 года назад

Very fitting for the mountainous area, I'd bet you can find a similar one in the Alps or Japan.

@jase_allen 2 года назад

I wouldn't really call the houses used in this episode McMansions. They're more like large ranch revival style houses popular in newer tract housing.

@MrMartinSchou 2 года назад

19:25 - "One thing that is missing, of course, is some mass transit!" Well, you DID say it was supposed to be a US city.

@bobblebardsley 2 года назад

I love the trumpet, it looks very professional! It would be cute to make some of those more rural river crossings into covered bridges or those criss-cross iron-sided bridges you see in America (at least in the movies). Just to vary it up a bit from those basic hump-back bridges the game put in there. Great expansion though, it's looking fantastic!

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

Thank you Bobble Bardsley :-)

@mgunter 2 года назад

In America that would be called an Interstate. They are different from U.S. Hwys in that they don't have traffic lights, just on/off ramps. They also require a straight run for landing military aircraft in wartime.

@Jazzpah 2 года назад

Both schools in the New district are high schools. You need an elementary school! (sorry for the bad english, im from Germany)

@nolacstackst6834 2 года назад

What bad English?? It's better than most of us Americans lol...

@AbsalomIndustries 2 года назад

I was looking for this comment!

@memorimusic420 2 года назад

You could have the prison in a remote location and not just plopped down somewhere. Would be cool if you build a prison complex

@SpringLeafWolf 2 года назад

Yes! Jails in the US are more centrally located whereas prisons are remote.

@Ronald9540 2 года назад

You can add multiple themes to a district. So instead of making a separate district for shops, you could just add a theme with shops to the existing district

@otizings 2 года назад

The mechanics of having the theme start as a construction site before the houses level up is such a nice touch, massive props to the person who made those assets

@austinmattheisen5436 2 года назад

Stumbled across your videos randomly one day. Never missed an upload sense. And I don’t even play the game 😂 hats off to you!!

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

Fantastic to hear, thank you :-)

@austinmattheisen5436 2 года назад

If a man can get a shout for being a fan that would be sweeeet ❤️❤️

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

Nice idea, but 600,000 shoutouts later and I would be 42,000 yars old! :-)

@joshuadrew5223 2 года назад

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I saw you in the Skylines Competition and you were my favorite so immediately subscribed after. Just recently subscribed to City Planner Plays and he always does a shout-out to you anytime he talks about keeping/removing rocks lol.

@sebione3576 2 года назад

Some random neighborhood name suggestions: McNuggetea Meadows, Happymeal Heights, BigMacTea Hills (like Beverly hills, but cheesier).

@CrusherUK2013 2 года назад

Hi Biff, great McVideos. FYI: The new McArea has 4-way junctions that are left and right turn only.

@HairyAl1969 2 года назад

Yeah, the traffic has no choice but to turn into the new suburbs. It can't carry straight on

@THEJPR 2 года назад

My favourite site has always been McMansion Hell. Seeing how badly someone can build a 3000sqft+ house is hilarious.

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

I've been looking at that and wow! :-)

@edwardmiessner6502 2 года назад

I have a name for the Underhill District! In December of 1773 we had a little "tea party" in Boston Harbor because we refused to pay the twopence British East India Tea Company tea tax. So I think *Bostean Farms* would be fine considering that tea grows on plantations which are a type of farm. Edit: don't be afraid of roundabouts, Biffa. Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis here in the US has something like 100 of them, which is absolute roundabout heaven! And if you landscape them they fit right in with posh neighborhoods.

@eyespyyourspy1328 Год назад

The wonky spaces between buildings used to bug me. Now I beautify it with trees or use it for sidewalks. It has helped tremendously as people really enjoy walking safely between their houses and businesses together where they want faster.

@trekstar489 2 года назад

So happy when a new video drops

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 2 года назад

Enjoy :-)

@andersnilsson4233 2 года назад

There is a regional airport in New Yersey, called ”Teterboro”. So when you build your airport you can arrange it with a theater district close to the airport and call it all: Theaterboro.

@joshshaps8880 2 года назад

For most medium density roads (at least in California) there usually isn’t a dedicated RIGHT turn lane, and unless in is a major junction will generally have 1-2 left turn lanes. - (while major intersections have way more left turn lanes)

@ElwoodGaming 2 года назад

Hey Biffa! I saw the location where you were trying to put the interchange off the cliff side. We travel through the Appalachian Mountains a lot and there are a ton of interchanges like that. We use a lot of diamond interchanges here but with modify them a little bit. The cut into the hill under the freeway to make room for a road to go underneath. A lot of times the on/off ramp on one side is up against a cliff wall and the other goes off into the local area. If you look at 36°37'25°N 82°10'52° and then just follow interstate 81 east you should see some good examples!🤓

@KreppelSeppel 2 года назад

Great job Biffa! You went with the terrain at the new trumpet interchange ;) Maybe you can smoothify the land a little bit and add some trees, so it looks even better i think :) Also you shoulp add some walking paths in the new area at the dead ends for better walkability...

@coyohti 2 года назад

In my area (Redmond, WA) a lot of those houses would be considered normal looking, somewhat older homes. The McMansions usually have those two story brick arches on the front and other ridiculous and utterly useless bits along the same lines.

@Sartorialdog 2 года назад

Loving your work! Would be nice to see a Drive-In Cinema somewhere in this map at some stage. Not sure if there are any available in the game. I only have it on PS4 and the mods are seriously lacking on that platform.

@esseil 2 года назад

I came up with "McTeague Estates" for the new housing area. In the US the term "estate" is not a generic term applying to a zone (we don't have commercial estates, industrial estates, etc.) but it does imply wealth and perhaps snobbery. Location names with a hint of Scots can do the same (think Inverness, Illinois -- but not Glasgow, Montana). I also agree with the comments that I wouldn't consider these homes McMansions, although that has nothing to do with anything. It does, indeed, depend on your persepective (I'm in the Seattle suburbs). A new monstrosity just got built across the street, blocking half our view of Puget Sound, and it overpowers the neighborhood. It has no soul, like most new construction in these parts; it looks like a lot of cubes thrown together into a building. There are five houses about a mile up the road that are built to resemble Mediterranean villas, but they all look alike. To me, those are "McMansions" as opposed to plain old "mansions" because they're a cookie-cutter style. Neither are they on large plots; land around here is worth five times the same square footage of building.

@brutalwookie 2 года назад

Loved the trumpet interchange under the cliffs. Noticed that the cars go to the wrong side of the road after they cross the bridge! Nice work on this one:)

@FrankErdman 2 года назад

Mcmansion district: Narcissus estates. Named after Vintage Narcissus, one of the world's most expensive oolong teas. And it sounds like narcissism, which tends to have an association with these types of areas.

@JavaMuko 2 года назад

Did not recognize the thumbnail as a Biffa video at first and scrolled passed it the first few times because I thought it was random content RU-vid was trying to push. Glad to be here

@Galerak1 2 года назад

0:55 - Here we see the dramatization of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta, Goodfellas) noticing the helicopter following him around town and heading for the treeline 🤣

@landonsandor591 2 года назад

RIP Ray Liotta, don't forget to stir the sauce so it doesnt stick

@SiqueScarface 2 года назад

I propose the name "McMansion Hill" to the new neighborhood, as a nod to McMansion Hell, the website of Kate Wagner.

@rodgerball6149 2 года назад

Funny, I'm currently in the middle of building out a McMansion gated estate in my city. Perfect timing Biffa! I used the Paradise Homes pack for my zoned homes with additional mansions from the Luxury Mansion pack as showcase homes. The estate is on the bluffs overlooking the ocean. Used Google Earth views of Santa Barbara, CA hills as my inspiration. Lots of organic roads following the hillside terrain.

@jacobwagganer1953 2 года назад

Make sure also, to make it a true American road network, to add right hand turn lanes. So you can have one lane designated as a left turn, 2 lanes only for a straightaway through the intersection, and 1 designated right hand turn

@dippenaareurika0 2 года назад

How about Oolong Hill. Sounds fancy and is a tea. And if you add a park it could be Matcha Park.

@chris18t 2 года назад

Lipton is a very popular American tea brand so maybe call it Lipton Heights? Lipton Manors? Arizona Ice Tea Hills?

@russellmaidlow1177 2 года назад

Thomas Garway, a tobacconist and coffee house owner, was the first person in England to sell tea as a leaf and beverage at his London coffeehouse in Exchange Alley in 1657. Garway Estates. It would be named for someone that really has nothing to do with the area. But is on theme. Also as the "home builder" there should be at least a Biffa Lane, or Biffa Drive. They love doing that. Gotta make people remember who built these mcmansions for the entirety. Name a street after yourself.

@toddholiman26 2 года назад

8:42 I have your district name = Sweet Tea Plantation. I live in the South of USA, and you can't throw a rock around here without hitting a development like this.

@Francois424 2 года назад

Really love that mountain interchange. Also if you want to increase land value of a specific district really quickly, just add the smart homes policy (or is it called High-tech housing?). cost a bit of money, but you are rich now :)

@SpringLeafWolf 2 года назад

Imho, any home which has less than 7 bedrooms is considered a normal sized house in the US. To be considered a "McMansion" the homes would also need a dedicated office space, a theater room, a game room, a breakfast room, a dinning room and a formal living room that's never used bc the furniture is expensive.

@hamasathecold7842 2 года назад

I think another thing to think about, is in the suburbs often houses in the states will have more space in the lots, particularly higher valued houses. People like their space in the states. That also seems like prime gated community vibes

@tigonologdring9189 2 года назад

McMansion area name, maybe a pseudo-tribute to the river... Port De Leau but now Anglicised to Porterlew. Think there might be two high schools and no primary schools in the estate, which might be why some of the housing was sluggish when it came to levelling up. Cracking expansion all round mate! Love the cornet interchange.

@EdwardClayMeow 2 года назад

The trumpet reminds me of some roads I have been on when going through Utah and Idaho. I really like it. Also, I think some sort of large mall near the Underhill district would make sense. Maybe a shopping plaza with a giant movie theater could look nice.

@joshshaps8880 2 года назад

Do Europeans think that those are what mansions look like in the US? Lol - those are normal suburban homes in newly built areas, plus mansions (at least the area that I live) are in gated community’s with huge lawns and are in more secluded areas. (Side note: those pillars that you are talking about do actually have a purpose- that being holding up the roof that over hangs the porch.)

@AdityaRamesh 2 года назад

At 34:36, check the road just before the bridge over the river, the cars are doing winky wonky stuff

@42meep13 2 года назад

33:00 feel like maybe a few bridge pieces mixed into that long elevated section, maybe over the rail spiral would look wonderful. Assuming the roads have good bridge pieces.

@srm20320 2 года назад

Biffa: Let's build McMansions! Americans: Suburbs, your building a suburb.

@LoneWolf0648 2 года назад

those are middle class homes in the US. the pillars are supporting the porch roof and are in the $200k-$500k range... those are not mansions. i do like the construction stage bit but those homes are like 2-3 bedroom homes.

@wisteriatheclerizard 2 года назад

To be fair, in the US if a window has shutters, they most likely do not work and are purely for show.

@Bambi298_LP 2 года назад

The new highway intersection looks really cool👍🏻 I'm loving this series...very inspiring and chill 😄

@snagletoothscott3729 2 года назад

McMansions. Upper middle class cookie cutter homes that were slapped together with prefabbed components like a Whopper but sold at the value of a custom gourmet burger with fresh NGO products...largely because of the neighborhood. A lot of wasted space to make it bigger then it needs to be. Oh and for American style roads. One we don't use divided roads that much. They are just to expensive to build and maintain. They are usually only put in places with higher speeds and/or there is a need to keep people from left turning in the middle of the block into oncoming heavy traffic. Most of medians are concrete, with maybe some areas having the wider section being grass or trees (but the smaller turn road section always is concrete). Unfortunately the only mod that has a sizable collection of American style concrete divided roads hasn't been maintained in quite a while. Hopefully BIG Roads will eventually get some more concrete divides. Dividers aren't common. Grassy/tree divides even rarer. Also a 2 lane at intersection will usually be 3 lanes for dedicated left turn, however... we can turn on red unless otherwise marked not to. As such the farthest right lane is either both straight and right turn, or a 4th lane is added for a dedicated right turn. they don't run a 2 lane road then force everyone going straight into 1 lane at every intersection. It's two lanes through the entire road. It's only certain high traffic areas that get a separate dedicated turn lane (ei, 4 lanes from 2) because we can turn right on red, so cars dont block through traffic. TMPE has an option in settings for right turn on red. And as other's have mentioned, most residential roads don't have markings. Those are usually done on any street considered a through/collector, or a commercial area (pretty much any kind of high traffic area). So you maybe have one or two roads running through the middle of a residential area that's marked up, because it's either a collector or a through road, but the side streets don't.

@delroyclarke1989 2 года назад

Love the episode, keep up with the good work. The trumpet interchange you made definately looks realistic. I personally think that it should be bridged in that area, would definately play the part with a few trees :)

@StarShadowPrimal 2 года назад

As someone who deals with US housing descriptions professionally, I've always felt that the "eclectic" description for design styles is a bit overused, however it is probably a more likely name here than McMansions. Turns out that most of the nouveau riche don't like to be informed that they bought something that others describe as a joke.

@heygek2769 2 года назад

Eclectic: composed of elements drawn from various sources. I think it's a fitting description, since these houses mix elements from mediterranean and more northern styles. Resulting in an indistinct mishmash architecture. Eclectic.

@mgunter 2 года назад

Prison should of been in the train triangle to give extra escape protection.

@Flame-Fire-Original 2 года назад

I would suggest to call the suburb "ceylon riverside". I would call it like that, since its right by the river. And ceylon tea is a tea sort. So its tea related and fits to the location of the suburb...

@garryvanworth9883 2 года назад

Just above the new area of Underhill, all the islands in the river looks like an all natural golf course... might be a cool idea to put one in there. Big house are always neer a golf course.

@turtleofthemoon 2 года назад

That interchange might be the most American thing in this city yet. Highway exits in the middle of nowhere with the vague hint of a town somewhere nearby are a staple of U.S. road trips! Nothing like getting off the highway because it says there's a gas station and then driving 30 minutes through nothing before you find it. 😂

@Liamshavingfun 2 года назад

Level 1 with a mobile office on each site is a little too much and all the portapotties omg! Love it tho. Nice hood

@Merecir 2 года назад

That McMansion area is screaming out for a proper mega mall. (for maximum realism only accessible by car, of course) And a name suggestion: Silver Spoon Estates.

@litlclutch 2 года назад

Instead of just disabling the zoning on the main road you could try having it set to prioritize the side streets to still have zones on the main road while. Also wanted to mention there is a mod that lets you reach beyond borders, allowing the modification & building of roads & trains outside the squares you own. I like it as allows connecting to highways that are just out of reach. Or connecting to train tracks the early squares might not have.

@L-Quebecois 2 года назад

Now You are only missing the big interstate highway in the middle of the city! That’s what’s throwing me off

@themadgroper 2 года назад

The “McMansion” area should be named Earl Grey Village or maybe Darjeeling Lane? Love your work!! Just wish I could get the mods to work myself! 🤣

@josephbuell5192 2 года назад

Since this is Mississippitea, can we have a native preserve with redwood forests? We are losing them bad so I think it'd be nice to honor them. Upvote if you agree

@PristineTX 2 года назад

If you want the McMansion district done properly, you need a nearby golf course. But not necessarily a great golf course, to make it more realistic. If your McMansion district was Texas-themed, the neighborhood high school would have multi-million dollar football facilities that would rival many many mid-sized colleges in other areas of the country.

@YorkshireYoda77 2 года назад

I like the new additions, but you need to check the new junctions you've built in this episode as I noticed more than one of them had left and right turns only, no option to go straight on.

@KrazyMook 2 года назад

These McMansions need a country club/golf course.

@thedoctor4637 2 года назад

At 6:46, I wanted you to leave that bump in the bridge. I could’ve gotten “mad air” over it. Looks great!

@lolman533 2 года назад

I'd love to see a No Problem Atoll merch :)

@paulrichards2493 2 года назад

Love the trumpet junction you created with the limited space available

@getawaydriver6851 2 года назад

He literally put a toll for the cops and anyone wanting to visit their loved ones in jail. Legendary

@bschmu 2 года назад

I love watching your videos. Just down the hill and across the river from the new trumpet interchange something weird is happening and cars are jumping to the other side of the road then jumping back.

@GraysonBWest 2 года назад

I think right next to the ore/industry area would be a great spot for the prison complex. All the worker barracks in Forestry kinda got boned and lost that tucked away feel. Also the police helicopter literally went straight for that area, as though telling you it was the perfect spot. Just a thought

@medicallyunexplainedsymptoms 2 года назад

How about renaming Underhill to Sugarhill? Some people put sugar in tea, and it's a nod to American rap pioneers The Sugarhill Gang.

@tj4263 2 года назад

A police hq near farmer barracks not the greatest idea. Maybe placing it away from everything along an industry road would be better.

@mgunter 2 года назад

Does the underground junction of the trumpet have Hugo There? They'll pull a u-turn if you don't.

@briankito1655 2 года назад

I've tried the McMansion theme like this. I found some houses took forever to level up past 3 to become actual houses. I'd have level 5 with a level 2 next door that just wouldn't level up. I think the theme would be perfect if only the first level was construction site.

@heygek2769 2 года назад

You can quite easily change this in the district management i think

@antxi4624 2 года назад

Hi Biffa, you could make a new district Called "HollyTea" and use the "Hollywood alphabet pack" of the steam workshop to build a sign saying "HollyTea" in that district

@Bystander333 2 года назад

In the real world I've never been convinced 3 lanes down to 2 is better or safer than just a slip lane. It tends to be a moment of panic for people who weren't paying attention or who prefer to just drive in the slow lane. Plenty of last minute swerving and running into the chevrons.

@onemerlin Год назад

As someone living in McMansion land, the real key to McMansions is not the architectural value - that's just generalized smear. The main key is a big house on a tiny little plot of land. Real mansions have a big house on big grounds, McMansions are generally in tight spacing with minimal side lawns and sometimes minimal back as well.

@gp5313 2 года назад

I love it when you do things like this!

@greenfrog8871 2 года назад

21:00 'real' Mcmansion neighbourhoods would not have bus routes, in fact a gated community would be more likely and a country club for all the members

@benjamimg.s216 2 года назад

You should check the velocity of the road after the trumpet interchange and for the district Mcbevertea. Mc + beverly + tea, simple but worthy for a district.

@Panzerairlines 2 года назад

As location name: Hill Valley (And yes it is a Back to the Future reference, but also a Tea supplier in India (Hill Valley Tea) and you have also a Team company called Tea Hill. And do not forget to create a Lone Pine/Twin Pine Mall ;)

@bow-tiedengineer4453 2 года назад

for the tunnel, I think it would look better if you switched one more section to not be tunneled, and push the tunnel entrance back into the mountain a bit. That first little bit is shallow enough that it would just be a cutting.

@waynedavis3956 2 года назад

G'Day Biffa, "I was just thinkin' "you could call this new McMansion area "Uppitea Downs", or Hoitea Toitea Hollow".

@Double_A-Ron 2 года назад

I use the term McMansion when a modest size house was razed then a house twice if not three times the original size is squeezed into the existing property. Say goodbye to your yard. Sorry Biffa, I meant "garden". lol peace. love your videos!

@pyrex2177 2 года назад

That new connecting highway (between the trumpet and the city) seems like it has a lot of "winkies and wonkies" as CPP would say. You might want to try and use the sloping tool and "straighten curve" tool from network multitool alot more there. For example sloping the whole tunnel instead of having the tunnel go on level ground and then suddently have a steep incline between the last two nodes. Also starting the curve towards the trumpet right when they exit the tunnel instead of first crossing the rail tracks on a straight bridge before then having a very minor s-curve before the actual curve towards the trumpet. And overall that section is complete rollercoaster... go even inside the tunnel, steep slope up inside the tunnel, slope down towards crossing the river and then steep slope up again towards the trumpet. why not just keep it briged at even level between the tunnel and trumpet - then you might have a lot less sloping towards the existing higway.