The Usual No0b question.....

[Oscarg610 0]

ya, well every single city i build has massive unemployment when its at like the 10,--- population! I have busstops train and El Train, avenues and nothing seems to "make" them want to get a job. Now the zones are pretty close to each other and i have my res in teh middle (between com. and ind.) so that it will stop b--ching but they still abandon and i kep gettin comute times of more than 60! plz some body help me!!!

[Constantina 5]

Welcome!

If congestion levels are very high, then the commute times will suffer.

[Oscarg610 0]

should i post a screen shot? i meam all the transportaion means are green and i'm still geting a high commute!

[Flumes 3]

Originally posted by: Oscarg610 should i post a screen shot? i meam all the transportaion means are green and i'm still geting a high commute!quote>

 

Please Do!

[Kippis05 2]

If you haven't done so, download the NAM, it's one of THE most useful tools for the game. You can get so much more from the game from this one download, it's a lifesaver, let me tell ya It can be found here.

[Oscarg610 0]

ok... http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9583/sc41mediumsmall2kn.png see that? only 1 street thats congested and its yellow... while most of the houses are all abandoned

[Oscarg610 0]

Originally posted by: Kippis05 If you haven't done so, download the NAM, it's one of THE most useful tools for the game. You can get so much more from the game from this one download, it's a lifesaver, let me tell ya It can be found here.quote>

ya i already have that

[Oscarg610 0]

ok i tried the NAM with x10 comutetime allowed but i stilgetting a lot of abandonment!

[Kippis05 2]

Maybe the problem isn't commute time. Could the problem be from residence's wealth? Let's say, you have a R$$$ population of 500. If the commercial and industrial zones have only R$$ and R$ jobs available, they will abandon. By the way, is there some way you could make your pic a little larger because the problem's not very distinctive from the pic you posted. Thanks. (Again, if you dont have the NAM, plz download it, it will cut your commute times way down as well as giving a perfect pathfinding option at your disposal.)

edit: So you're still getting abandonment? OK, NAM's obviously not solving the problem, it's probably wealth indifferences.

[tchaos713 5]

Could you post screenies of two more things? The RCI breakdown (click on the RCI box) and the City Opinion Polls. Also, have you tried placing parks, water, etc. What percentage of your population is R$$$? From the looks of it, you appear to have mostly dirty industry (and that oil plant will prevent I-HT from developing). R$$$ won't work those jobs. Also, do you have any neighbor connections?

One more thing, you're a relatively new poster, but please use the "Edit" function rather than having three posts less than three minutes apart.

[Oscarg610 0]

OK, I tried solving the wealth indiferences and that solved most of hte problem, Now I'm just gonna mess around wiht teh NAm and see what's better, ty all!