how to start a city in SL?

[austin11r]

Hi, I was wondering if I can start my own city in SL and if so how? Also if it is possible about how much would it cost in L$? Thank you.

[Ted McGregor]

Sure you can. 

 

• Rent / buy land first.
• Start building or buy and deploy buildings.

 

Perhaps start off with a restaurant ?

 

If using buildings not built by yourself, you can get a lot of freebies to fill a whole city from here :

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/products/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search[category_id]=&search[maturity_level]=GMA&search[keywords]=aleymart

A great example of what is possible in creating urban life, when starting off with a city and owning enough resources, is this post ( and specifically it's video ) here :

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Machinima-Forum/Cica-Ghost-s-Little-Town/m-p/2872442#M2814