Linxham

Linxham
Linxham (pronounced "Lin-sham") is a third-generation city located in the West County area of Linxe. It is relatively close to the cities of Stoneham, Drum and Ashton.

Linxham is considered a rural city, owing to many trees and wildlife that belong in the north-east of the country.

It is also considered a "medium-sized" city, with a population of 50,160, just slightly less than the population of St. Tenensburgh.

Linxham is the only city in Highland to not have any official suburbs. While Ionbury is often referred to as one, it is infact a separate settlement altogether.

Before 2011
Linxham was one of the fastest growing cities until the 2000s, until poverty and unemployment sharply rose. It is not clear how this happened. Since then, its population decreased, and the town deteriorated. Eastway eventually announced it would cut train services to just 6 per hour each direction in rush hour, since the city was in such a state that vandalism on trains at Linxham station had gone too far. Eastway was criticised in 2008 by the Highland Prime Minister for "penalising the innocent residents of Linxham and Ashton".

Linxham regeneration project
In February 2018, the Linxham regeneration project was completed. This included five new stylish residential skyscrapers, two business estates, interior refurbishment to the royal Linxham Castle, and the instalment of station canopies and next-generation air lighting, though the station re-opened on the 18th of March, after being closed for about eight months.

Threat to city status
On the 17th of March 2018, Highland's PM announced a "shake-up" of county boundaries, the second since the reshuffle of 2009. This included "up to three cities being downgraded to towns". Top businessmen and estimations saw that Linxham may well be one of the cities being stripped of City Status. Currently, there is no final conclusion to the proposal, though a hearing on March 21 will finalise what may happen to Linxham and other cities at risk.

The proposal also included a major boundary change of Hurshing county, which may see villages such as Bareham and larger areas including Devonchester being soon part of Hurshing. Luckily, Linxham appears to be unchanged, though we will get more information on March 21.