Special note, if you are using Waste To Energy incinerators, turn them down to producing no power and have them only dispose of waste. Eventually, you are paying out the nose for nothing.
They gradually cost more to maintain and have lower output. The utilities buildings, water pumps, power plants, and incinerators age over time, more for the more they are used. I think this is the most important info people are missing to building a great city. After you've taken care of the basics that every zone wants, power and water for higher density/$$$, take care of problems in this order and you'll spend less money, attract more Sims, and make more money. Dirty/Manufacturing industry wants police, then shorter fright trips, then NOTHING else, they're happy. Residential Sims want police more than hospitals. Improve the desirability for each of these occupant types: In your city, you do have indirect control by affecting the desirability On the quick reference guide, as well as buried deep in the Sim City Manual under the desirability chart, is possibly the most important information to the game that no one knows:Īlthough you can’t directly affect the types of occupants that develop
but they want some things more than others, and if you build them in the wrong order you are WASTING YOUR MONEY, because they don't have their full effect. Spending Money On Things Before Sims Want Them There are two ways I commonly break my cities:
