That is a good idea, Swiftsign. It is always good to be different from the rest. I already have a lab being formed thou, but we could make the scripts really bring out the town. Great idea

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Oh and a tree surrounding is perfect, towns surrounded by mountains look a bit... hmm weird XD
Perhaps something like
^ = Tree, ~ = Sea, _ = otherstuff.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^___LAB___^^^^ HOUSE HOUSE ^^^^^^^
^^^^___________^^^____________ ^^^^^^^^
^^^^_______________________________^^^^^^
^^^ _____________________________^^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_____________^^^^^^^^^^~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^_________________HOUSE^^^ ______ ~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^_________________________________~~~~~~~~~
^^^^___________________________________________Beachy bit ~~~~~~~
^^^___________________________________________________~~~~
^^^ ________________________HOUSE^^^^^^______~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^_____________________________ ^^^^^ _____ ~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^_____^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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Oh god I just drew a map with symbols XD The sea exit could easily be a river, dual paths are always good :P