New Darlington

New Darlington officially New Darlington Metropolis. New Darlington is the largest city in New Brunton and it is located in the Central region. The city is one of the most important cities of New Brunton as the city s home to many important landmarks and the city is also the financial district of New Brunton. Surrounding cities of New Darlington include, Hostane, Harlden, Pugan, Wagata and Kingston.

History
The settlement of New Darlington begun when Japan started to search for new land in the 1800's. The city was a forest, full of trees but when the Japanese found that there were waterways, New Darlington was thought to have been one of the most livable areas they have ever discovered. Soon after they began construction of houses and commercial buildings, there was an economic boom in the 1850's, apartments, mid-rise buildings and even high-rise buildings started to spring up from the flat grounds. Now, New Darlington is full of skyscrapers and the only city in New Brunton named a metropolis.

Geography
The city of New Darlington has is land locked and has two rivers running through the city. The area of New Darlington is fairly just flat land however it is one of the lowest cities in New Brunton with the land sloping down at the outskirts of the city.

Climate
New Darlington belongs to the humid subtropical climate zone, with four distinct seasons. Its winters are generally mild, with January being the coldest month having an average high of 12°C. The city rarely sees snowfall during the winter. Spring in New Darlington starts off mild, but ends up being hot and humid. It also tends to be New Darlington’s wettest season, rainy season occurring between late May to early July. Summers are very hot and humid. In the months of July and August, the average daily high temperature approaches 39°C, while average nighttime temperatures typically hover around 25°C. Fall in New Darlington sees a cooling trend, with the early part of the season resembling summer while the latter part of fall resembling winter.

Transport


New Darlington has a very high dependency on the automobile for transport particularly in the outer suburban areas where the largest number of cars are bought. The city also has a few public transport methods such as, trains, trams, monorail and buses. There is also a freeway that circles around the city, New Darlington Express Loop goes around all of New Darlington except for the north-east. New Darlington Express Loop also has a four lane tunnel (two lanes each way) that crosses the Dixon River from north to south and vice versa, there are also two bridges that both cross Hyde River one in the very north and one in the very south.

Rail
The New Brunton rail network, MetroLink operates from two hubs within the city of New Darlington. The two hubs are Central Railway Station located north of Hyde River and Southbank Railway Station located south of Hyde River. The busiest station in New Darlington and New Brunton is Queen Yuki Railway Station located in the north of the CBD. The first station built in New Darlington and New Brunton was Depot Railway Station.

Monorail
Monorail is one of the busiest mode of transport within the city of New Darlington. The company Darlington Monorail own the monorail line that loops around the city with a total of five bridges, Central is the busiest stop in the loop.

Trams
The tram line owned by Alstom is not so popular as the monorail, however before the monorail line was operational it was used a lot. Rumors are that the tram line will be demolished and replaced by the City Circle Railway Line which is due to be completed in June 2012.

Buses
New Brunton has a country wide bus network which is owned by the government, the buses operate in developed areas and dense cities. Buses have been more and more popular especially in New Darlington due to the low cost of ticket prices, a daily ticket that can get you anywhere will only cost $3.00.

Air
There aren't any airports within the city of New Darlington, the closest airport would be Harlden International Airport which is south of New Darlington.

Port
Port of New Darlington was the busiest port in New Brunton until the construction of Port of Oxford and then Port of New Darlington was closed. This results to the current development of the Waterfront Island where Port of New Darlington located.

Health
Currently there are over 10 hospitals in the city, with a world class hospital and clinic complex being planned for West Darlington.

Education
Schools, colleges, they are located everywhere including a high-rise primary and secondary schools built in Waterfront Island. There is also a university located in East Darlington, the university is also constructing more modern buildings and residential apartments.

Parks and open spaces
New Darlington's CBD is quite small, but the city is not just the CBD. Within the CBD, there isn't much air to breathe between the high-rise buildings, however the outskirts of the CBD have more of those urban areas. New Darlington's Metropolitan area has a few reserves, parks and open spaces for e.g. World Plaza, Luminous Center and Central Reserve. Central Reserve is a government owned area where the historical shrines from the settlement of the Japanese are still present today. Some of the governments projects include the urban renewal of abandoned industrial buildings and the construction of Waterfront Island.



Urban development
17 February 2012, Steven Wu announces a proposal to extend the boundaries of New Darlington to merge with the whole Central region. This plan will turn the Central region into the New Darlington Metropolitan District, with this comes the transport problems, new hubs will be built for a subway that has been introduced by MetroLink. The tallest building in New Brunton will be constructed in the outer CBD. The plan will introduce high-rises and mid-rises to be built in the cities of Uta, Omashi, Kingston and Hoddle. Steven Wu says that New Darlington will be like Manhattan, a city with skyscrapers, many transport methods and a better infrastructure.

Economy
By virtue of its population and role as the administrative centre for business, transportation and government, New Darlington dominates the New Brunton economy. New Darlington has been attracting an increasing share of domestic and international conference markets. Construction began in December 2009 of a $1 billion 5000-seat international convention centre, apartments and commercial precinct adjacent to the New Darlington Exhibition and Convention Centre to link development along the Hyde River with the Darlington West]] precinct and multi-billion dollar Waterfront Island redevelopment. This city is also home to the heart of the financial building that is, New Darlington Stock Exchange located in the east of New Darlington.

Sports
New Darlington has recently completed the construction of the Southbank Sports Complex, within the complex there are 4 stadiums. The Southbank Sports Complex was built for a plan to bid for the 2012 Simlympics. Currently the only stadium being used is the Southbank Dome, it has housed performances, concerts and soccer matches.

Southbank Entertainment Complex

 * Southbank Dome
 * Infinity Arena
 * MetroLink Stadium
 * Alliance Park

Demographics
The median age of New Darlington residents is 34; 12% of the population is over 65 years old. 15.2% of residents have educational attainment equal to at least a bachelor's degree. In the 2005 census, 64% of the residents identified themselves as Catholic Christians, 14.1% were Buddhists, 14.8% were Shinto, 3.7% left the question blank, 1.7% were Protestant Christians, 0.9% were Jewish and 0.4 have no religion.



Landmarks
New Darlington is the 2nd most visited city in New Brunton just after Hostane. Tourism is New Darlington's main industry alongside with finance, generating total revenue of $3.5 billion per annum. Due to the success of tourism, New Darlington has proposed to construct a tower that will reach heights of up to 800m.

Twin towns and sister cities
New Darlington is town twinned with the following cities:
 * Obyer, Kingdom of Obyershire
 * Das'gotn, Shushtrepistaz
 * The Royal City of Ascadylea, Ascadylea