Springwood

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Springwood is an ultra-realistic Cities: Skylines YouTube series created by Two Dollars Twenty. It was originally created with influence from New York and Los Angeles and has since left the New York influence. Twenty uses Google Earth to make Springwood feel like a real city.

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## History

The City of Springwood was founded by Carlton Kane in August of 1875. The city served as a major transport hub, with railways transporting cargo from the cities of Las Palmas and Tenbury to the people of the West Coast.

In February of 1902 construction began on the dock lands which, although now much more developed, are still in operation today. Regular shipping routes ran to the Gayen Peninsula and Osahara. At the time of construction, Springwood's Docklands were the second busiest in the world, only behind Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Major development of the city of Springwood began in 1904, as a means to increase the population of the town, which at the time stood at only 6000. Within a year, the population increased to well over 65,000. During this time, the city's services and choice of leisure activities drastically improved. The world famous (at the time) Sunflower Amusement Park was constructed in the district of Palmdale, a major attraction bringing in crowds from all over, the town looked to be on the economic rise.

In 1905, an earthquake measuring in at magnitude 8.2, rocked springwood, leveling downtown. Downtown wasn't small. The tallest buildings were around 300 feet, and completely collapsed. The city then imposed a 150-foot height limit on new buildings, with an exception being city hall.

The city was recovering quickly, however, when World War I began, it spelt disaster for the already crippled city. The trade routes which proved vital for Springwood's financial standing collapsed as a result of the global economy's suffering at the time. Over 15,000 of the city's population were drafted in for military service, of which only 3,200 returned.

After the end of the war, Springwood had to recover. They did this by establishing new trade routes to places such as New York, Perth and Rio De Janeiro. Springwood quickly became an economic giant.

1935 was an important year for Springwood. The city declared independence from the United States of America on May 25th of that year. This national holiday is still celebrated today. As an result of becoming independent, Springwood did not partake in World War II, and during this time developed its infrastructure heavily. In 1944 the Springwood tram system came into service. In 1950 Springwood International Airport began its construction, it was to be completed in 1963. And a massive renovation of the docklands occurred in 1953.

The 1950s were a very influential time for Springwood. Due to it being a city focused on mainly transport and trade, many large corporations established hubs there, including the airline Pan-AM, who still have a large office building in the downtown area to this day.

However, in 1965, during the early stages of a financial collapse, the city fell. The capital spent millions creating and improving the infrastructure and caused the independent nation to suffer huge financial losses and was unable to repay the debt. At one point the local government even considered rejoining the United States. But this matter was resolved after a large investment from Flux Inc. and Strictoaster Ltd. (both of these huge companies were founded in Springwood).

Due to this massive investment from both global corporations, Springwood began to re-stabilize, and grew exponentially.

In 1966, seismologists propose a new earthquake code to city officials. Older buildings were retrofitted, and all new builds were required by ordinance to follow the earthquake code. In 1967, voters approved lifting the height limit by a 3-to-one margin. This set off a downtown building boom. By 1969, city hall was no longer the tallest building in town, superseded several times by newer high-rises.

Today, downtown is the center of a polycentric metropolis, surrounded by a vast sea of suburbia, and connected by an increasingly large freeway network. This caused the city's population to skyrocket to around 530,000 (Fudged by 8x) in just ten years.

Over the next decade, SWX vastly expanded, and quickly grew to be the cities dominant transportation hub, and the city is growing exponentially, and will soon rival major cities like San Diego, and Philadelphia. In 1986, the Sunflower Amusement Park was closed, and is set to be demolished by 1989. In In mid 1987, after a major renovation, the domestic terminal of SWX was opened, further bolstering the area's image.