Original Article: City Evolution: Seattle Opens Minor and Montlake — Upland Official Medium
Quick Take
A return to Seattle with two new neighborhoods — Minor and Montlake — and the new Main Street Modular Apartments: Pier Pressure Fish Market Edition, available only through the $20 Deluxe Bundle. Standard paywalled-modular city evolution: real new map content (two neighborhoods, two collections), with the headline structure gated behind the premium bundle. Sale ran May 30 → June 5.
What's Being Sold
| Bundle | Includes | Price | Qty | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Standard Bundle | 1 random property, ≥10,000 UPX mint value, no collection chance | 10,000 UPX | 250 | 2.5M UPX |
| Seattle Deluxe Bundle | 2 properties (≥45,000 UPX combined) + 20% collection chance + Pier Pressure Fish Market Modular | $20 | 350 | $7,000 |
New neighborhoods: Minor (central, mixed residential/commercial) and Montlake (waterfront, residential). Collections: Broadway E (Exclusive — own 3) and Federal Ave E (Limited — own 3), available only in the Deluxe bundle at a 20% chance.
What's Promised vs. What's Delivered
| Item | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Two new Seattle neighborhoods | ✅ Delivered | Minor + Montlake added to the map. |
| Pier Pressure Fish Market Modular | ⏳ Deluxe-only | Bundle-exclusive. SU/category/dimensions not disclosed in the article. |
| Modular SU value | ❌ Pending | Flagged for Looker Studio backfill (Workflow 2). Modular Apartments typically provide Living Units + a small SU figure. |
Real Talk
This is the well-worn city-evolution formula: two genuine new neighborhoods plus a regionally-themed modular you can only get by spending $20. Cape Town broke the paywalled-modular streak in late April; Seattle is right back on it. If you want the Pier Pressure structure, the Deluxe is the only path — but if you just want Seattle property, the 10,000 UPX Standard bundle gets you in without the dollar spend.
As usual, the article doesn't publish the modular's SU value or footprint, so you can't evaluate it as a Service-Unit play at purchase time — only as a cosmetic-and-Living-Units build. We'll backfill the real numbers into our SU Checker once Looker Studio surfaces them. Until then, treat the structure as a look-and-residential buy, not a Resident-Score investment.
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