When walking around the Castle Blenoni neighborhood, it’s impossible to miss all of the castle-like buildings. You can truly own a castle without the hassle of owning a castle here! The “Hastle” Free Castle, if you will. Over the years, the neighborhood has taken on new forms but every building built has had at least paid homage to the lovely castles that were first built here. For better or for worse, there’s a clear architectural standard in this neighborhood.

For a neighborhood that exists more on the edge of the city, there are a lot of amenities, jobs, and things to do here.

For example, Castle Blenoni is the home of Blendini City’s biggest wellness and medicine business, Dr. Jayne’s Medicines. They specialize in treating causes, not symptoms. Unlike the traditional “big pharma”, Dr. Jayne’s Medicines mostly uses natural medicines to treat their customers that address the root cause of illnesses.

One of Castle Blenoni’s strengths is its diversity of people, despite the lack of diversity in architecture. Some people have lived here a long time, and there are more transient types.

Rooming houses are interspersed around Castle Blenoni, which have been somewhat divisive.

At the end of the day, rooming houses can cause some negative externalities, but the well-managed ones go a long way to addressing any housing shortages that might pop up here. The city itself does a lot to make sure the rooming houses are run well. I’d argue that the rooming houses are a piece of what keeps the city’s homeless population low. People can stay at places like the Blenoni Rooming House for 1-3 months at a time.

The Sunrise Co-Op is a community-owned general store. Blendini City has a lot of community-owned businesses, since the economy is much more locally-focused than in other places in the world.

I would say that Castle Blenoni is one of the more highly-desired neighborhoods because of its tranquil urbanism and mountain views.

The buildings in this area can get pretty crazy with how they one-up each other with the ornamentation. Some participate in the “Most Well-Dressed” Building Competition every year.

It’s been great to grow with the neighborhood. I’d really like to think that my medicines have done well for both people and buildings alike. I know for a fact that my medicines for buildings have kept many alive for longer.

Dr. Julius Jayne, Founder of Dr. Jayne’s Medicines