Thursday, May 17, 2012

Replaced: Riverbrook, California

Riverbrook, California in Replaced is a fictional town where the main character, Samuel Khoder lives.

I went to look up information I had written down for the town, only to discover that I no longer had it. I wanted to find where I had decided Riverbrook would be and an hour later after searching through Replaced itself for clues, and my best recollection of where it was on Google Maps, I 'found' Riverbrook once more. I'm just glad I put it near the Salton Sea.

After first settling on a location near the interstate, I noticed it was near a city named Riverside. I had considered moving Riverbrook elsewhere, but decided to keep it right where I put it.

The geographical coordinates for the north entrance to town is: 33.54435,-115.494193. I do realize it is in the desert and there are mountains around, but viewing it from above on Google maps, I am reasonably certain the town can fit within that area without cutting into the mountains.

Gas Line Road would turn into Tree Street, until it leaves town and becomes Gas Line Road once more, while Bradshaw Road becomes Main Street while running through town before going back to being Bradshaw Road.

I had used graph paper to chart the town streets, making them nice and straight, but as I'm sure you noticed Gas Line Road is at an angle and Bradshaw Road curves.

I guess the streets of Riverbrook will have to curve with them? There are streets named after the zodiac, a couple fruits, flowers, two cities in Egypt, trees, a Sims 3 action and two Doctor Who references.

Anyway, the 48 streets of Riverbrook from North to South going East and West are as follows:

Riverbrook Way, Virtue Parkway, Seashore Boulevard, Aquarius Lane, Aries Road, Cancer Street, Capricorn Boulevard, Gemini Way, Leo Street, Libra Lane, Pisces Hill, Sagittarius Road, Scorpio Way, Taurus Road, Virgo Street, Horizon Road, Origami Boulevard, Oriole Road, Chateau Lane, Lemon Street, Apple Path, Alien Road, Canoe Flip Road, Main Street, Cliff Side Road, Science Lane, Torpor Road, Sweden Street, Shalikan Street, Hope Road, Dolly Lane, Flower Parkway, Aster Lane, Forget-Me-Not Street, Longevity and Prosperity Drive, Lobelia Lane, Love Street, Marigold Road, Nasturium Boulevard
 Woohoo! Street, Lion’s Pride Lane, Rome Street, Zoom Drive, Neith Road, Harkness Drive, Christie Lane, Van Gogh Road and Westcott Lane.

The 36 streets of Riverbrook from East and West that go North and South:

Chewy Road, Globe Way, Shakespeare Lane, Poet Road, Writer Boulevard, Sunday Street, Monday Way, Tuesday Road, Wednesday Boulevard,  Thursday Hill, Friday Road, Saturday Parkway, Fairfield Drive, Lennox, Road, Ash Street, Oak Street, Poplar Street, Tree Street, Hickory Street, Acacia Road, Alder Way, Lime Street, Willow Road, King Size Road, Kitten Street, Puppy Road, Lamb Lane, Owlet Landing, Candy Drive, Memphis Street, Weeping Angel Road, Knowledge Way, Wisdom Landing, Hardship Boulevard, Experience Street and Cheeseburger Lane.

I wonder how the town would actually look like overlaid onto that area...


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