Throughout the course of my City located in the cultural hotspot of Tardville, I've lost millions of dollars to stupid decisions, poor planning and overall general ignorance.
This is not exactly a bad thing however as I have learned from my mistakes and will share some of that learning here.
If you have any tips or tricks you'd like to share to give people a leg up in creating a successful city then please share.
Build from the back forward:
By far I think this is the most important thing you can do to help your city thrive. I've always built from the Freeway Off Ramp back and all it's done is create traffic nightmares at the City Entrance.
This traffic adversely affects Shopping, Services (such as Fire, Medical, Police, Garbage), and renders Public Transit almost completely useless.
Conversely, the traffic bottlenecks almost guarantee crime spirals out of control which means robberies, murders and arson. It also can mean a city full of sick people due to all the pollution created from piled up garbage.
When you build from the back of your city, your traffic always has easy access to the Freeway. The easier time people have getting around, the more successful you'll be.
Don't build because you anticipate need, build because of need:
Another crucial mistake I make is when adding Public Services I tend to add all the modules immediately. All they do is waste money if there not needed so don't add them until Sims start bitching they need them.
The same can be said for Trade Depot's, Water/Power/Sewage Supplies as well as specialty Factories such as Computer Chips.
You also do not need to create Freight Shipments, trucks and storage unless your Industrial asks for it.
I've wasted millions on this one mistake alone.
Watch your Land Value like a Hawk:
Get your city in the Green as much as possible. The more Green you have, the more middle to high wealth you have.
Yes you need parks!
Parks raise land value so build them.
If you can, pick the Parks with the greatest influence ring and overlap them when ever possible.
...more to come...
This is not exactly a bad thing however as I have learned from my mistakes and will share some of that learning here.
If you have any tips or tricks you'd like to share to give people a leg up in creating a successful city then please share.
Build from the back forward:
By far I think this is the most important thing you can do to help your city thrive. I've always built from the Freeway Off Ramp back and all it's done is create traffic nightmares at the City Entrance.
This traffic adversely affects Shopping, Services (such as Fire, Medical, Police, Garbage), and renders Public Transit almost completely useless.
Conversely, the traffic bottlenecks almost guarantee crime spirals out of control which means robberies, murders and arson. It also can mean a city full of sick people due to all the pollution created from piled up garbage.
When you build from the back of your city, your traffic always has easy access to the Freeway. The easier time people have getting around, the more successful you'll be.
Don't build because you anticipate need, build because of need:
Another crucial mistake I make is when adding Public Services I tend to add all the modules immediately. All they do is waste money if there not needed so don't add them until Sims start bitching they need them.
The same can be said for Trade Depot's, Water/Power/Sewage Supplies as well as specialty Factories such as Computer Chips.
You also do not need to create Freight Shipments, trucks and storage unless your Industrial asks for it.
I've wasted millions on this one mistake alone.
Watch your Land Value like a Hawk:
Get your city in the Green as much as possible. The more Green you have, the more middle to high wealth you have.
Yes you need parks!
Parks raise land value so build them.
If you can, pick the Parks with the greatest influence ring and overlap them when ever possible.
...more to come...
