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Re: What every lego town is missing....
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:04:59 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Christopher Tracey writes:
> While I do agree that these are great models (I thought it was a picture of a real home depot in the brickshelf gallery thumbnail), I have to
> disagree that every lego town needs one of these. I typically model dense urban areas where these stores would look out of place.
Dense urban areas...
There are 3 Home Depot stores smack in the middle of "Impossible To Zone
For" Queens, NY. I was shocked to discover I am just 0.7 miles away from the
latest one. Happily, we also got a Target as part of the Big Box invasion.
If you have an elevated highway, or a railroad, how about just putting the
Bigbox stores on the other side?
Hmm, roads. All Lego roadplates are 2 lanes. Big box type stores tend to
occur along 4 lane main roads. Road plate surgery is indicated.......
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| (...) I think we have 2 HD's here in the Bronx. I went the other direction with my town though: Used auto shops, cheap hotels, junkyards & garbage transfer stations. They zone the Bronx really well, all the above on one block with apartments & (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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