AnnieBrightstar

I believe Cheeky Tiramisu was created by Yasyn Azemus and ran from 2011 - 2017. He now landscapes Ahiru.

PeTou was a wonderful Japanese Fantasy sim with Sakura, Koi, Golden Dragons. It ticked all the boxes Designed by Nagi Alekseev & υϯα(xoyuutaox). Very popular with bloggers it only lasted for around six months in 2017

I hope Patch will give serious consideration to preserving SUNFLOWER PARK with ANGELICAL MEMORIES http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Epilais/230/197/100 I do not think that in any way conflicts with Palomma's wishes to shut Free Dove, and it already has a touching memorial to her sister.

Yes SUNFLOWER PARK with ANGELICAL MEMORIES, I wonder if it could be protected by a Preservation group

My third choice is the wonderful Petrovsky Flux. The ever changing evolving Steampunk build by Cutea Benelli and Blotto Epsilon. So different to other builds around, it was a regular feature in travel blogs, for example Draxtor April 6 2014 referred to it as, " the best sim on the grid." But then it seems, its owners, the Spencer Museum of Art decided to let it go. A campaign was started to keep this unique installation and a meeting at the sim was held, allowing me to rub virtual shoulders with Second Life luminaries including Strawberry Singh and Ebbe Linden among others. For a while it was reprieved but then it was allowed to slip quietly from existence in 2016.

My second choice for a favourite sim which has gone must be 1920s-New-York. A labour of love by Jogi Schultz, painstakingly recreating 1920s Lower Manhattan in Second Life. The photo here shows Pearl Street, New York 1926. Take a look at a rl photo from the period to see how accurate it all was; I was astonished and disappointed when it closed May 2018 -

I have quite a list but for a start I choose Forgotten City - the amazing Steampunk build owned by Mandy Marseille which closed for financial reasons in 2015. Unbelivably detailed and unique it was a huge loss to the grid.

Geek Speak " Next week we will see the first 15km hop of a starship, a milestone in the history of space exploration. Many companies are competing to get to the moon or to get to Mars or to catch an asteroid. Soon we will see rocket factories that churn out a new rocket every week. The space era is truly beginning.So where will we go first? Space tourism? Space business? What do you think is the logical path? Will we soon have millions of people living and working in space?Come and discuss the future" This sounds very much like it fits the requirements of an intelligent discussion. One is held every week on Saturdays here

Roy you may be interested to know there is a free animesh 'Grim Reaper' available at Kowloon currently

This looks like a very serious grown up talk - Introduction to astrobiology and the scientific search for evidence of microbial life beyond Earth, especially on moons in the solar system. All taking place October 24 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT - Science Circle

I think there are still a lot of groups out there; it just depends what you want to talk about. Today I heard of an art discussion group for example, the Carmel Art Chatnic which meets on the 2nd Thursday each month at Carmel Art Community Park 1-2pm slt More information here

Jackson would it be possible to organize two tours for each location? 5pm is a difficult time for Europeans, a second tour at midday or 1pm might allow a different set of people to be involved.

Foggypebble, have you visited Calas Galadhon? I know it is not a city but there are many opportunities for exploring in this huge park. My picture does not do it justice.

Roy you could also try dairoku kudo which is a sort of a fan's tribute to the Kowloon sim. It is much smaller but still interesting

For an uncluttered minimalist deceptively sim I like Walsh County

I recently visited The Legend of Wooley Swamp and that seemed very atmospheric and with a story attached

Roy for a modern Japan you could try SSOC - Rieri Town in Tokyo; for somewhere more like Kowloon try A Thousand Windows