I realised yesterday that Sheffield has turned to Sim City, where we try a bit of this, a pinch of that, mixed in with a tetchy population.

More worringly I found confirmation on the Councils website that they had a SIM support department (http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/education/lea-services/data-and-analysis-team) where they analyse the data. :o

Has anyone made a stab at creating a virtual Sheffield?

If they did, would there be a whole bunch of virtual folk virtually moaning on a vitualsheffieldforum about the virtual collapse of the virtual infrastructure, the virtually rubbish architecture and the virtual lack of a decent local authority?

Would our waste bins be virtually blue?

Could I choose virtually any lifestyle, or would I have to accept virtually living a virtual city centre life style rammed down our throats by virtually every virtual developers' advertising hoardings dotted around virtually every closed down service station.

Would it be a virtual reality?

And if we did have a virtual IKEA would it sell virtually poor quality virtual furniture?

And if we had virtual bus drivers would they be going back on virtual strike? :loopy:

Sorry to keep banging on about that.

Originally posted by Tony
Has anyone made a stab at creating a virtual Sheffield?


Yeah, on Sim City 2000. I quickly ran out of money and the roads deteriorated to rubble.

not sheffield, but i did make a virtual north london on sim city, it was fun. you can tell i'm a town planning student. I don't know sheffield well enough to create the map yet, but one day i will :)
i might apply for that sim department, it sounds fun!