[jigsaw]

im keen to gather data from all community members of which cities around the world that influence SC4 more than all others. when i mean influence, i mean in terms of content, and CJ/MD styles we commonly see.

so far i have come up with this shortlist, but looking for others:
Hong Kong                   - thanks to HKABT's great work
Paris                           - some of the first W2W sets ever made
New York                     - Home of the grid, the skyscraper, and brown brick terraces
London                        - i think mainly for transport, and historical buildings
Amsterdam                   - Haarlemmergold and Vanderaap's works, and a notable home of Canals.
Tokyo
Warsaw

other notable influences:
Mediterranean Rural
American Rural


IMO when it comes to community members MD's, there are generally only about a dozen different types of region/city being built, but for the sake of overall influences, im eager to see what ppl think is the top 10 Real world influences of our game.

thanks,

jigsaw

[MandelSoft]

Well, add Amsterdam to the list. I see quite a lot of MD's with canals and typical Dutch buildings. Myself use beside a lot of Parisian Buildings and the standard American buildings a lot of Dutch buildings.

[jigsaw]

amsterdam/ dutch sets.... how could of i have missed them 

added to the list. thanks mate! 

[zero7]

I think you'd need to include Tokyo, which is the counterpart of Hong Kong in defining people's perception of the hyper-dense Asian city and also inspires the huge appetite within the SC4 community for Japanese content.  The shinkansen is also the definitive model for high-speed rail in the game.

[kbieniu7]

I'll also add Warsaw, which has a lot of W2W and other buildings batted, as well as polish cities. They all are used in polish, and also eastern european MDs 

[Ciuu96]

Well, i guess that gray, depressing soviet style is quite popular too, there are few CJs/MDs about it, and many buildings also exist.

[travismking]

theres a fair number of baltimore and D.C. BAT's, and i use its influences a lot, probably because thats where I live.  and all the baltimore BATs seem to be by marcszar so maybe he just likes the city

[editfish]

I think to the 'rural' sublist you could also include Middle Eastern.