The Copperdale World Discussion Thread

"AncientMuse;c-18140313" wrote:
For me, this world has a USA east coast feel to it (especially with the carnival pier). I'm thinking somewhere along the coast of the New England states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc). Either that or maybe it's further south like Maryland or Virginia?

Anyways, it looks beautiful. Especially that one lot in SimGuruAsh's tweet above... wow!

Now that you mention Virginia it does have that Mid-Atlantic feel. I was looking at it earlier and getting sort of Nova Scotia vibes, maybe. My memories of pictures and videos of that part of the world may be a bit hazy too.

"DaniRose2143;c-18140325" wrote:

"AncientMuse;c-18140313" wrote:
For me, this world has a USA east coast feel to it (especially with the carnival pier). I'm thinking somewhere along the coast of the New England states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc). Either that or maybe it's further south like Maryland or Virginia?

Anyways, it looks beautiful. Especially that one lot in SimGuruAsh's tweet above... wow!

Now that you mention Virginia it does have that Mid-Atlantic feel. I was looking at it earlier and getting sort of Nova Scotia vibes, maybe. My memories of pictures and videos of that part of the world may be a bit hazy too.

Except I don't think Canada has any kind of permanently setup open-air carnival piers on either of its coastlines (although I'm not 100% sure on that)? The seasonal weather seems far too drastic in the North Atlantic (-30 celsius temps in the winter, heavy snowfall, and crazy Nor'Easter blizzards/windstorms).

Yeah... I'm a bit of a geography nerd. :D

"AncientMuse;c-18140343" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18140325" wrote:

"AncientMuse;c-18140313" wrote:
For me, this world has a USA east coast feel to it (especially with the carnival pier). I'm thinking somewhere along the coast of the New England states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc). Either that or maybe it's further south like Maryland or Virginia?

Anyways, it looks beautiful. Especially that one lot in SimGuruAsh's tweet above... wow!

Now that you mention Virginia it does have that Mid-Atlantic feel. I was looking at it earlier and getting sort of Nova Scotia vibes, maybe. My memories of pictures and videos of that part of the world may be a bit hazy too.

Except I don't think Canada has any kind of permanently setup open-air carnival piers on either of its coastlines (although I'm not 100% sure on that)? The seasonal weather seems far too drastic in the North Atlantic (-30 celsius temps in the winter, heavy snowfall, and crazy Nor'Easter blizzards/windstorms).

Yeah... I'm a bit of a geography nerd. :D

You are right, they probably don't and I was thinking of the Canadian Maritimes earlier, before you mentioned Virginia. That helped me zero in on what I couldn't quite figure out. It reminded of a region but I couldn't for the life of me think of where.

ETA: It was your reference to the Appalachians that really sealed it for me.

I hope we can hang out on the bleachers


I love mountain/forest worlds! Remind me of my two favourite places: Canada and Scotland. So glad we’re getting more worlds like this lately :heart:

I’m actually getting major Stars Hollow vibes from this world - I can’t wait to see it in autumn!

"crocobaura;c-18139980" wrote:
I was sort of expecting a desert world too and I still think we might get one in the future because there's a poster in the trailer with a similar cacti and sun design.

I was hoping for one in this pack just because of the kit teaser, but at the same time I was having a hard time putting this pack and that world together. This didn't feel like the theme for introducing that kind of world.

I could go on but I don't want to derail this topic. There will be a thread eventually for the kits, which, unpopular opinion time, I'm excited for.

To get back on topic, the picture you posted fits into what @DaWaterRat and @AncientMuse were talking about and Copperdale having an Appalachian feel. That picture of the cabin and those pine trees remind me of the western parts of North Carolina and Virginia and they would still have four seasons in those areas too.

Since the content creators created 7 lots, there is always a few empty lots, and the high school looks clearly like an EA build I'm guessing there is about 10 or 11 lots spread across 2 neighbourhoods (3 if the school is in its own).

As such, a like that it mixed well with other American temperate worlds, it can fit with the NOLA worlds (Willow Creek, Magnolia Promenade, Newcrest), the PNW worlds (Evergreen Harbor, Glimmerbrook and Moonwood Mills), it could even fit with Brindleton Bay. Overall, it expands the number of lots in these worlds without creating a jarring alien cluster of a few lots that don't mesh with the other worlds like Tartosa and My Komerobi do. I like my community lots being in the "local area" of where my Sims live.

https://twitter.com/jackofallgames7/status/1542526484568342530?s=20&t=JH2WuRPwdwv6wszrL0G1Fg

@DaniRose2143 and others: I'm very familiar with the highlands of some of the Middle Atlantic/Appalachian mountain states; Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Copperdale looks a lot like the prettier towns of that area. Copper was mined in all three of those states at some point, so Copperdale would fit as the name of a town in that area.

Here's a view of State College, Pennsylvania, where the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is located.
https://i.imgur.com/ZogP6vR.jpg

Hopefully some of you might think of Charlottesville, Virginia as something other than the location of an ugly, violent white supremacist rally several years ago. The University of Virginia is located there.
https://i.imgur.com/IYFxWDd.jpg

Both these university towns have surrounding areas that are more rural and look a lot like the landscape surrounding Copperdale.

I guess this world is a mixture of all other "green" world because all teens will have to visit high school there. Sulani, Strangerville and Oasis Springs won't fit with it.