My attempt at making a North American-style tropical getaway island.
#New Haven
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Cape Haven
The first settlement of the island. Remained mostly unchanged throughout the years, but with a mayor insistent on building bike infrastructure throughout the city. Site of the infamous "bike highway" that runs through the center of the town, which sees about thousands of bike traffic mostly from the neighboring Crystal Lagoon neighborhood to the north of the city.
Crystal Lagoon
The first settlers on the island discovered a fertile piece of land just north of the Cape Haven town just several years into its establishment, which its namesake lagoon sits at the center of. Initially developed as an agricultural-centered community, the neighborhood quickly grew into a suburb which how it looks like today.
Crystal Lagoon Quarry
Prospectors who hiked the relatively flat base of Mount Haven right next to the lagoon discovered rich mineral resources at the plateau. There is just one thing - options to access the flat terrain were limited. However, after a steady donation of dynamites from a mining company that just settled into the island, a treacherous small road was established to the mineral-rich area, which is now dug as the Crystal Lagoon Quarry.
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Primrose Hills
Envisioned as an upstart, wealthy neighborhood, the district quickly become an affordable "luxury" option throughout the island. Still, it is run like an actual upstart community complete with gated community laws that prohibit outsiders from entering the neighborhood. However, this prompted the Cape Haven authorities to enact a flagpole annexation on the main road at the base of the hill up to the historic Primrose Castle right behind the windmills, to relieve pressure from the main highway connecting both Crystal Lagoon and Cape Haven neighborhoods.
New Miami
Creatively named after the infamous Floridian city, another aspect of the naming itself could be related to its relative similarity when it comes to geography - a flat land nestled between the open ocean and a shallow strait, perfect for the development of the beating heart of New Haven. High-rises, both for offices, residential and hotel purposes, tower the city's sun-bathed beaches which mirrors its namesake in the Sunshine State.
New Haven International Airport
As tourism demand rises in the island, the New Haven Municipal Government approved an ambitious, 100-million dollar project of building an airport on a small island with reclaimed land just northwest of the bustling city of New Miami. Contracting a Japanese contractor with a huge expertise in building airports on artificial islands, the shiny New Haven International Airport was opened just short of a decade after the city's founding. It has a 1-mile (1.6 km) long runway capable of handling wide-body aircraft (albeit with a shortened landing distance), has 5 ICAO category D gates capable of handling said aircraft, as well as 2 cargo ramps for cargo operations.
