SimCity

**Journal Entry Day 1:**
Today I started my city. I added in roads, industrial, business, and residential area's. I ran pipe lines through and added electricity and such. I also added in a few police stations, a hospital, and a school. Once I get more money, I'll be adding more, but this is just the start. I'm trying to figure out how to get the crime rate and pollution down. Hopefully my city goes as I plan it. I'm planning on extending it and having schools, libraries, a stadium, and whatever else.

3 Cities Following A Grid Pattern. - Milwaukee - Chicago - Los Angeles

3 Cities Not Following A Grid Pattern. - Boston - Paris - Johannesburg

**Journal Entry Day 2:**
I'm finding SimCity difficult. Maybe I just don't understand it, not clue. Today I had to add another power plant because my City almost blew up. I added more residential, and Industrial. I'm also trying to figure out how to keep buildings from getting abandoned and people moving out. I'd say that it's quite the challenge.


 * Grid** - A network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, by means of a system of coordinates.


 * Commerce** - An interchange of goods or commodities, on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country domestic commerce); trade; business.


 * Industry** - The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product. (Automobile, Steel Industries, etc.)


 * Residence** - A place or a house in which a person lives or resides. A dwelling place, home, apartment, etc.


 * Zoning** - (City planning) or pertaining to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses: zoning laws.


 * Property Tax** - A tax levied on real or personal property.


 * Recreation** - The act of creating anew (over and over).


 * Mayor** - The chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.


 * Alderman** - A member of a municipal legislative body (Of a municipal council.)


 * Common Council** - The local legislative body of a municipal government.

**Journal Entry Day 3:**
Well, uhm, I wasn't in school for Day 3, so I didn't really get to do anything with my city. When I get back Monday I'll be adding in more stuff and trying to save more money so I can add more fire departments, schools, and police, because the city is in need of that right now. I also need to add in more residential areas. & I'm still trying to figure out why my buildings are going black or getting abandoned. It's hard because I really don't understand this game much at all.

The district I live in is zoned for single-family dwellings with a traditional urban character. This district allows smaller lots, smaller set-backs, and a higher lot coverage then other single-family districts. The neighborhoods found in this district were developed in the late 1800's & early 1900's.

**Journal Entry Day 4:**
Today was day four, and i honestly didn't get a chance to work on my city because I got called out of the classroom..plus I was absent Friday, so I have some catching up to do. Hopefully I can make it up tomorrow. SimCity is confusing to me, and I don't really understand it anyway.

A Coal Fired Electric Power Plant works like this -

Coal is densely compressed ancient plant matter, and it is a solid fuel. The coal is mined and brought to a power plant in large quantities by trucks and trains. It is stacked up with large equipment, like bulldozers, and feed onto conveyor belts. The conveyor belt dump the coal chunks into a grinder, or crusher, which makes fairly uniform sized of coal powder. This powder is fed into a combustor where it is ignited and as the coal if fed into the combustor it's burning become self-sustaining. There is a lot of air being blown through the combustor and flow of this air is the oxygen for the burning of the coal and transfers the heat from the combustion to the boiler. The temperatures of this 'flue gas' is over 2000 degrees fahrenheit. In the boiler section of the power plant is water flowing through tubes. As the heat passes across the outer portion of the tubes it transfers heat to the water and the water boils. A continuous flow of water is fed through these tubes. Once the water is boiled to steam and a pressure of steam develops. The steam is directed, through piping, to a steam turbine. The steam turns the turbine. Connected to the turbine is an electric generator. As the turbine turns the generator electricity is produced and is directed to the power grid and eventually to your house and school.

(Normal Power Plant & How it works)

**Journal Entry Day 5:**
Today I sort of figured out SimCity. I learned how to save more money, and how to keep more control of my money so that when something goes wrong I have the money to replace it. I added in a stadium because It was demanded by the people in my city, and I'm slowly expanding. I figured out that I was expanding too fast, and so I was running out of money sooner. I added slightly more industrial, and some residential. I also put in a zoo, because that was also demanded by the people of my city.

Milwaukee's water is fed from Lake Michigan. The water is treated at two plants, passing the water through multiple treatment process barriers that keep illness-casuing microorganisms from our drinking water. The primary form of disinfection is ozonation, in which ozone gas is bubbled through the water. The highly reactive gas destroys illness-causing microorganisms, controls taste and odor, and reduces chlorinated disinfection byproducts. Following inactivation of microorganisms, the processes of coagulation, settling, and filtration remove additional particles. Once water is treated, it is sent through the pipes and goes straight to homes, parks, schools, etc.

**Journal Entry Day 6:**
At this point my city is doing very well. I've been figuring it out more and more as I go along, and I've had some help with it, but now I'm starting to understand it. A lot of my buildings are doing fine now, and I have expanded my city greatly. I added in more wind mills, and solar power. I also added in an airport, and tons more of hospitals, fire stations, and police. My next goal is to add in more schools. I also have more money now, so I think I'm doing pretty well. I'm trying not to use so much coal power now because I'm trying to lower my pollution in my city. Anyways, tomorrow I'll be expanding and adding in more schools, police, fire stations, and maybe another park or zoo or something. I'll figure more out tomorrow.

20 Major American Cities & Professional Sports Teams:

Milwaukee - Packers Chicago - Bears Phoenix - Cardinals Pittsburgh - Steelers Seattle - Seahawks Atlanta - Falcons Dallas - Cowboys Washington D.C - Redskins Kansas City - Chiefs Detroit - Lions Indianapolis - Colts Miami - Dolphins Oakland - Raiders Cleveland - Browns Houston - Texans Jacksonville - Jaguars San Diego - Chargers Minnesota - Vikings Carolina - Panthers Tennessee - Titans

**Journal Entry Day 7:**
To finish off my city, I added in tons more residential, industrial, and commercial. I added more police & fire departments, and hospitals. I also added in an airport, and I connected my city to other cities. I was going to add in a freeway, but I didn't exactly have time to do so. I also built bridges to connect to the other side of the river.

Compare&Contrast:
 * || **Milwaukee** || **My SimCity** ||
 * Water || City is built next to the river. || Has a river in between. ||
 * Population || Population- 602,191 || 38,000 ||
 * Transportation || Railroad, Airport, Bus Depots, Cars, highways, freeways, and Shuttles || Cars, Shuttles, Bus Depots, ||
 * Departments || Police Stations- 7 Fire Engines- 39 || 8 Fire Departments; 8 Police Stations ||
 * Power Plants || 3-5. || Four coal power plants, one fusion plant, wind and solar power. ||
 * Stadiums/Arenas(Major) || Bradley Center, U.S. Cellular, Brewer Stadium. (Three) || One. ||
 * Schools || 210 Public Schools || 12 Schools; 5 Colleges ||
 * Zoo's || One. || Two. ||
 * Airports || One. || One. ||
 * Mayor || Has a mayor. || Has a mayor. ||

