The Copperdale World Discussion Thread

"alanmichael1;c-18141206" wrote:
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.

Hopefully we can put schools in any world eg Willow creek is where Cassandra Goth goes to.

"MoonlightGraham;c-18141182" wrote:
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.

Also looks like Eastern Kentucky. Not the Bluegrass region, but the Eastern Kentucky coalfields. No copper mines, but plenty of coal, lumber, natural gas and other natural resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield

God I love you geology and city nerds! <3

@cyncie You're right about the hills of eastern Kentucky. Western Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and much of West Virginia have a similar landscape. I've driven through those areas, but I don't know them well. I think there are hills north of Atlanta, Georgia, too.

@Handel I'd be honored to be considered a "geology and city nerd." I've always enjoyed paying attention to my surroundings.

I'm thinking about turning my Copperdale into a more timeless community, rather than one that's obviously placed in the present day. I'm thinking a town with a boba tea shop next door to a diner, or a thrift shop with the vibe of a downtown department store...on a main street like this one.
https://i.imgur.com/xLbVPBS.jpg

@MoonlightGraham The mountains in Northern Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina, up into the Virginias are the Blue Ridge Mountains, but they are a part of the Appalachian chain. Actually I'm not sure if the Virginias are the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Appalachians themselves. Either way the Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the larger Appalachian Mountain range.

I can't wait to see this world at night.

@DaniRose2143 Yep. The mountains in Virginia are almost always called the Blue Ridge. I think that name is used all the way into southeastern Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Mountains are farther west, in West Virginia and up into western Pennsylvania.

I never thought about the Blue Ridge Mts. running as far south as Georgia. I'm from farther north than that, so I know the Middle Atlantic region much better.

@MoonlightGraham They only occupy a very small part of Georgia so it would be easy to forget. I had to look it up to be 100% sure I wasn't completely mistaken.

I like the world but it looks like a lot of other worlds we already have. I bought some packs especially for the new world. But in this case it is no selling point for me. America is such a huge country. Aren't there any other regions we don't have in the game?

Like a lot of you, I like the new world but am concerned about the immersion-breaking nature of sending ALL teens from worlds that obviously don't fit with this to just the one high school in Copperdale. Or, are other teens from other worlds not enrolled in Copperdale High? In which case, you'd have to move to Copperdale in order to get the interactive high school experience, which also doesn't seem great to me. Or can we, as some of you have suggested, build high schools in other worlds--in which case, can we manually select which HS to send our sims to, or do they just default to the one in their world? And if so, what happens to teens whose world has no high school? I have so many questions about how enrollment works!