Dragonwyck Military Base Housing (November 13th)

After doing more brainstorming and allowing logic to take hold, I ended up putting actual roads on my military base. Originally I wanted it to be all sidewalks beyond the main gate, but then my brain asked silly questions like, "How do they restock the grocery store?", "How are they going to bring in equipment?", and of course, "How will moving vans get to houses?".  No, none of these actually happen in game, but growing up a military dependent, I did see that stuff all of the time.  Though the Sims military seems to be some sort of Air Force, I'm designing the base to be more of a Navy.  The Navy flies planes too, after all!  So, I trashed the old base set up entirely and I've got an entirely new layout.  There are quite a few lots planned, enough that you could play for quite a while without ever crossing a bridge to another island!

Like the farming island, there will be vignettes of interest. One I've planned so far is a lookout cliff with nothing in the distance but the open sea. Perhaps this is where the spouses go to watch for their loved ones to return. Another is the flagpole just beyond the main gate.  You can almost picture the color guard raising the flag each morning.  I really hope the base rabbit hole does play the music, even if it just the rug version!  It would really add to the atmosphere of the area.

Although the original sidewalk plan was scrapped, I am including sidewalks around the island since jogging is something you'll commonly see on a military base.  I look forward to making a small army of Sims with outfits planned around being in the military career.  There are 17 residential lots on base.  The first 11 are for enlisted personnel families, 2 for officer families, and 4 apartment buildings for single sims who've enlisted.  One or two of those may be 8 sim "townie" households to help the area feel more filled out.  In addition, I've planned a daycare lot, though it can be just a regular family plot if people don't want to play that household.

Here's a few pictures from in EIG, but keep in mind this is still really very rough as I haven't even really done the coastline yet. I'm debating if I want to add the cemetery to this region or not.  I may put a small on here, and another near the big town area.  Still deciding.

Planned lots for this area are:
Military Base (rabbit hole)
Hospital (rabbit hole)
Gym
Playground
Laundromat
Coffee Shop
Gatehouse
Grocery (rabbit hole)
Restaurant (rabbit hole or store items)
Daycare Center
School
4x Apartment
13x Residential lots
Science Facility (rabbit hole)
Business (rabbit hole)
Fire Station
Arcade/Comic Shop
Docks
Park

 I hope you like the pictures so far. Please leave a comment below to let me know what you think.  Have a great day, and Happy Simming!