City Stages

[Otherworld 0]

anyone know how to find out what stage a city is at in order to know what stage buildings will grow? ie, what are the city condititons required for a stage-X building?

[Constantina 5]

I remember that a population of about 1000 will let the city grow Medium density buildings. 26,000 for high density, but water is required otherwise the city will be stuck with low-density buildings.

[Otherworld 0]

more detail? ie, stage 3 buildings require X city conditions, stage 8 building require X city conditions

[haux 6]

I found this after a bit of searching:

Residential Stage Limits

Stage 1: 0

Stage 2: 300

Stage 3: 507

Stage 4: 1,114

Stage 5: 3,181

Stage 6: 9,086

Stage 7: 25,952

Stage 8: 43,859

Commercial Office (Co) Stage Limits

Stage 1: 0

Stage 2: 300

Stage 3: 507

Stage 4: 1,114

Stage 5: 3,181

Stage 6: 9,086

Stage 7: 25,952

Stage 8: 43,859

Commercial Service (CS) Stage Limits

Stage 1: 0

Stage 2: 300

Stage 3: 507

Stage 4: 1,114

Stage 5: 1,882

Stage 6: 5,376

Stage 7: 15,356

Stage 8: 57,017

Industrial Stage Limits

Stage 1: 0

Stage 2: 300

Stage 3: 2,447

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

All of the gory detail is in the Prima Guide.  I have the one for SC4 and it starts on page 109 and the general staging table is on 112.  But there is a lot of discussion.  The material is copyright, so you'll have to buy it.