Aurora:Columbus
Columbus was a town located in the real life location of Columbus, Ohio. The town was founded by ArcticArca on June 4, 2022 at 15:49:28 EDT. The town expanded to an unknown size, estimated to be around 100 chunks before it was disbanded.
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Before Columbus
Before Columbus was founded, Arca was a member of Toronto, Canada from May 13 to June 4, 2022.
History
Early Days
The morning after Arca created Columbus, he was perm banned for 2.7 until being unbanned in the afternoon of June 5. After this, he would bring in two of his friends to be the first two residents of Columbus (Derpyboi89 and CNS). The first 8 chunks of the town were dedicated to Arca's house, CNS' house, Derp's house, farms, a mine, and a park. The town then went on to expand eastward to build an ice road station as part of the Canadian Ice Road Network. From this branch, a Chick-fil-A and a smelting building was built
Remodeling
On July 7, 2022 Arca changed the look of all of Columbus by removing the small roads in exchange for one chunk roads as well as flattening the town to y=78. The first road to be built was I-70 running east-west from the center of the town. branching off from this, more roads were built (refer to detailed map of Columbus). Over the next few days, a road was extended north to connect with the town of Ohio.
More residents
On July 20, Arca began inviting more residents to Columbus and amassed a total of about 10 residents. These first residents were: SlovenlyStore45, followed by Little_furry_boi. On July 22 and 23, he would invite BlueAphids, TheGusFring, ItsFluby, Christmmas, and Zachary121122. These residents were placed in the residential district in the south of the town (refer to detailed map of Columbus).
Decline & Deletion
By the time August started, Arca continued to expand the town as his residents began going inactive. Arca continued buying chunks and building roads to accommodate for more residents. He also began contruction of a new building, One Columbus Center. This building would only be partially completed, as on September 3, Arca quit EarthMC for good and deleted Columbus.
Post-Deletion
Columbus remained in the wilderness for the next 10 days. Any remaining valuables and materials in chests were stolen and buildings were damaged. On September 13, the town of Ohio (then owned by You_Go_Slavia) expanded to claim many of the buildings. After some time, the current claims of Ohio over Columbus were done and Ohio was traded from You_Go_Slavia to NFISH2021.
Gallery
Columbus three hours after its founding
Columbus 8 hours after founding
A map of Columbus on June 8, 2022 inside of Columbus Ice Road Station
An aerial view of Columbus on June 10, 2022
A map of the state of Ohio showing Columbus, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and the town of Ohio on July 10, 2022.
A photo of Columbus; facing northwest; taken atop the construction of Huntington Plaza on July 11, 2022
One Columbus Center in its early stages of contruction; August 6, 2022
