Scenic / Pretty / Photgraphic Locations on Mainland?

[squashy Beeswing]

So, recently i've been cycling along the Mainland roads and what i mostly seem to see is a mess.  I don't know if it's the lack of coherence or structure or theme, but something's missing for me.  Okay, i get it,  the Mainland isn't like that;   It's essence is about freedom, doing whatever you want, etc., etc.   Can it be i'm on the wrong roads?   Perhaps i should move away from the roads altogether?

Where do i find  the great builds and scenic places?  It seems to me as though Mainland is a patchwork of different bits and pieces, all higgledy piggledy, some good, some not so good, some "will this do?", some truly hideous.  I'm not sure i could live there, though it's interesting enough to drive/ride through.

You don't need to defend the Mainland to me.  I've read the threads and i understand the reasons why you love it so.   I'm really just looking for some pretty scenery and something worth snapshotting.  Any ideas?

 

[Indigo Mertel]

You may want to check the East River Community. My signature has a link that will lead you to our blog for more information. You can also see some pictures in our Flickr stream.

[squashy Beeswing]

Thank you, Indigo.  Funnily enough it was actually your link (seen elsewhere on this sub-forum)  that i started out *from*.  I'll take another look.  :-)

[Indigo Mertel]

Take into account that our community is about 6 sims wide, so there is a lot to see. We have some nice sceneries, nice walks, an art garden, etc. There is a lot of love in what we have built and it shows

[Pussycat Catnap]

Typically the waterways are better taken care of than the roads.

Adspammers and tacky shops like to line up along the roads, but on the waterways they tend to keep clear.

I rather like my pieces of mainland - of course they're built to my tastes. But everyone's tastes vary.

 

 

[Tiffy Vella]

While the roads can be fun to travel, I agree that there's lots of random higgeldypiggeldy along much of  them. It seems to be worse where the roads cross sims on the diagonal, and cause lots of little zigzag blocks that are tricky to terraform nicely. Some of us hide off the road a little bit, and enjoy easier-to-terraform blocks.

You are always welcome to visit sunny Sinaburoe. We are very pleased with our gardening efforts down there, and never mind travellers, despite being half a sim back from the road.