Thread:Bassmech20608/@comment-189.166.44.237-20141027052735/@comment-25021853-20141029024659

I really like some of the things you've done with your Springfield. One of the things I love about having neighbors is checking out how they've done things and borrowing some of  the better ideas for my Town. I just did a major redesign of my Springfield, previously it had just sort of grew organically out from the original hub of Evergreen Terrace with the Simpson House not far from where it had started, but I started over almost from scratch and built around a town square in the center. I have some screenshots from before and some from now, once I feel better and have some time (I've been sick with a nasty cold/Rinovirus for the past couple weeks), probably after Halloween, I'm thinking of doing a Blog post about my redesign.

Beauty is a subjective thing, but I think you've done a great job so far with your Springfield. With new content coming out all the time, how we lay out and decorate our Springfield is a continual work in progress. I see that you have some room to grow, with plenty of plots to expand into. I would recommend waiting to finalize any Town Square plans till you've finished buying all the current Land Expansions, as where the game loads up will move as you by up more of the plots. One thing that helps with getting the Cash needed for expansion and buying all the new buildings available as you level up is building a House Farm. It doesn't have to be big, but a dozen or so Brown Houses will help with having plenty of properties for your neighbors to tap on when they visit, and a few dozen Blue Houses to help with getting more Money. You can put the Blue Houses anywhere, most put them on the outskirts in a "Suburb" as I do, or in clusters of 3 or 6 among other houses in your neighborhoods, and the Brown Houses are best near the center so that visiting neighbors can find them easily.

I've seen some people just cram things together for maximum efficiency, but that's not fun to me. I used to have a much bigger House Farm, and I'd love to have the room to build my Town out more and try some more of the things I see in my neighbors Springfields and still have room for a 2000 house Suburb, but in the meantime I try to keep a nicely laid out town with some room for new buildings, while keeping my slightly pared down House Farm Suburb so I can continue with my goal of eventually saving up 1 Billion Cash (I'm almost at 250 Million right now, I would be higher, but each time a new Level comes out I wind up spending some Cash on the new buildings and decorations, as well as a few Bonus Levels).