Aurora:Newbury
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Newbury is a City located in the nation of Vermont. It's located immediately southeast of Vermont's capital city, and serves as a suburb and major connection through the Vermont Metro Area. Featuring several major parks, landmarks, entertainment venues, and a megashop, Newbury serves as a major tourist destination for Vermont. Reaching it's peak population of 81 the Fall of 2024, Newbury's population typically fluctuates between 60-80.
History
The City of Newbury was started on April 8th, 2024, as a suburb of Vermont City in the nation of Vermont. Located southeast of Vermont City, Newbury's purpose is to create a suburb of homes for Vermont residents, while providing fast access to the capital city as well as the Atlantic coast.
Prior to the town being founded, an initial design plan was created by its founder and mayor, mikesworldus. The initial town plan called for two main roads: Billi Avenue, running north and south, connecting Vermont City to the north and New York City to the south, as well as Maple Street, which runs east and west, which connects Montpelier to the west and ends at the Atlantic Ocean. At the intersection of these main roads would be the town square, designed in a similar fashion to a American small town center, with a town hall and main square as the centerpiece to the town.
The town initially started on the north end, where Billi Avenue connects into Vermont City. There, a temporary town hall was built, as well as a small shop to help fund continued expansion of the town. As more residents joined the town, the funding allowed the town to expand south to where the town square would be built. By the end of April 2024, the town was able to expand to where the town square was constructed, featuring a Town Hall built on the north end of the square, and the Town Square Park built immediately south of it, but renowned Vermont park builder Alfow. A series of small shops were built around the perimeter of the square, along with a small apartment building and grocery store on the west end of the square.
Once the square was completed, Newbury began to expand East, in order to eventually connect the Vermont Metro Area to the Atlantic Ocean. This happened by September 2024, when Vermont Beach was created, featuring a large beach area, a hotel, lighthouse, and many residential plots. Upon reaching this point, Newbury had run out of room to expand for now, but later, an agreement with New York allowed Newbury to expand south by a bit, and the falling of the town of Concord, Vermont in January 2025 allowed Newbury to claim the ruins and create Newbury Heights, an upscale residential and shopping district in its place, renovating the original Concord Tower as the centerpiece to the new distrct.
On February 5th, 2025, the town of North Boston left Vermont to join Illinois, and proceeded to overclaim the Newbury Pier district, an area that was under construction to feature a Santa Monica-inspired pier & boardwalk, beach, and upscale resort.
Buildings & Places
The Newbury City Hall is a two-story brick building with two basement levels, serving as the main government building for the City, housing offices, council chambers, a courtroom, and the town storage bunker.
The Newbury Mall is Newbury's spawn point, located underneath the Newbury Town Square Park, and features a large megashop where citizens can sell their items to the public.
The Town Square Park is Newbury's central park, and features several ponds, and large fountain, a food truck, and many places to hang out.
The Newbury Theatre is a performing arts center open to the public, for residents to hold performances, comedy shows, meetings, and more.
The G.C. Larson Public Library is a large 3-story library, serving the Metro Area, and features many books to read, including the Tomes of Terra Nova.
Unity Park, located just south of the library, is a large park near the border of New York City, and serves as a sign of unity between the nations of Vermont and New York.
The Tri-City Mall, completed in February 2025, is a 3-story luxury indoor shopping center that connects between New York City, Newbury, and Montpelier, with shop spaces for sale for anyone in the world to sell their items at.
Vermont Beach, located on the east end of the city on the Atlantic Ocean, serves as the centerpiece of Newbury's connection to the ocean, and features a beach, lighthouse, and resort hotel.
White Mountains National Park, located in the center of Newbury, is a mountain range that with a fishing lake, hiking trails, picnic areas, an observation tower, and a space observatory.
Transportation
Newbury is served by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the underground subway system that links most of the Vermont Metro Area together. Newbury is served by several stops along the Red and Green lines. The Red line terminates on Newbury's east end at Vermont Beach.
Vermont has several road connections to connect itself to the surrounding towns. The main road connections are Billi Avenue to the north and south, and Maple Street which connects to Montpelier on the west end.
Notable People
Newbury's founder and mayor is mikesworldus, who has also previously served as President of Vermont for two terms, as well as a variety of other government positions within the nation.
Newbury's co-founder is GCLarson90, who was instrumental in funding much of Newbury's expansion efforts, and currently serves as City Councilor.
404aka started their Vermont life in Newbury, constructing the Vermont Hospital in Newbury, before starting their own successful city of Hamilton, Vermont.
Several other major names in the Vermont government got their start in Newbury, such as morezucchini, Wind2920, LIAB1LITY, and more, all still have embassies located in Newbury.