UrbanLoon's "futuristic utopia" has a landfill to deal with
Loon Lake's makeover replaces a regretted tram pit with a grand subway station, drawing far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 85,636 views a day, 7.8 times a normal first day on this channel (11,040).
I Built a FUTURISTIC Utopia in Cities Skylines 2
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- 0:46The sunken tram system comes out, making room for a grand subway park and new underground lines.
- 6:34Displaced buildings trigger a population drop, prompting denser development around the central station.
- 8:24Waste disposal moves to an incineration plant, and the former landfill becomes a forested park.
- 13:14A riverfront office district gets the name "New Park Park."
- 14:06A peninsula gains medium-density housing, a connecting bridge and ferry transit.
- 18:48Road Builder supplies a tram-equipped arterial connecting Saint Oaks to the planned utopian sector.
"First things first, the underground tram, it is my biggest sin, my biggest shame," UrbanLoon says. Before Loon Lake can become a city of the future, some earlier planning decisions have to go.
His Cities: Skylines 2 upload, "I Built a FUTURISTIC Utopia in Cities Skylines 2," drew roughly 71,000 views in its first 16 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience. This installment returns to the city with a redevelopment list that starts underground and works its way toward the airport.
Out goes the awkward sunken tram system. In comes a grand subway park, new underground routes and a depot. But the renovation has consequences: demolishing buildings displaces residents, leaving Loon to add denser housing around the new central station. A better transit map needs people to use it.
Then there's the landfill beside the neighborhood, another decision he openly regrets. Waste disposal moves to an incineration plant positioned with the wind in mind, while the old dump becomes a forested park. An office district follows along the riverfront, receiving the wonderfully literal name "New Park Park."
Viewers have their own planning notes. Some call for more transit or a roundabout; another catches Loon announcing low-density housing before placing medium-density buildings instead.
For a creator whose stated aim is semi-realistic, detailed cities, the futuristic ambition still involves plenty of ordinary municipal work. Even utopia needs parking, and Loon uses the Parking Lot Tool mod rather than building every space by hand: "I love this mod, I hate making parking."
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What viewers say
"So let's just do low density residential". First thing he does, plop medium density.
@CallMeBrady-PSee it on YouTubetransit, must need transit. TRANSIITTTT
@milkmarkF1See it on YouTubeWe really need cyberpunk assets in cities Skylines 2. For yesterday.
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16:20 my European brain is screaming "ROUNDABOUT"!!!
@MegaFusionEXESee it on YouTubeAt this point, you should just colonise mars
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- Channel
- UrbanLoon
- Subscribers
- 113,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 914,151
- Channel views, pace per day
- 104,553 (on a normal day: 146,114)
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 71,066 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 85,636
The numbers
The Loon Lake makeover has already exceeded UrbanLoon's usual first-day views. Its projected full-day pace is higher still, though the upload has not yet been online for a full day.
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What does UrbanLoon build on Loon Lake's former landfill site?
He landscapes the former landfill into a custom forested park with parking.


