The towns in 1.8 look a bit rubbish, broken down, and ghetto. I found a seed that had a town close to spawn (alongside other things) and decked it out! Now the town is better lit and finely constructed, has bigger houses, fencing, and material changes.

I used creative mode to upgrade the town, and used MCEdit to move the spawn. I then used NBTedit to change the map into a survival map! Make yourself at home.

The seed for the original world for comparison is -341414797482072298. There is a dungeon RIGHT in the middle of the town, which is removed in my edit.

The map includes innovative furniture using fences and fence-gates.

Feel free to upgrade it further! (Ideas: Walls, Pavement, Towers)

Check in the stone brick tower-thing for an awesome secret that was mostly generated!

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Created by JK657