Commercial Demand Problem

[ntweather10 0]

First, here are my demand bars:

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Here is my education level:

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Here are my tax levels:

Low wealth R: 9%

Med wealth R: 9.5%

High wealth R: 10.5% (reason being they were building and then leaving the mansions to dilapidate, so I raised taxes on them to discourage them from building in the first place)

Low wealth CS: 7.9%

Med wealth CS: 8.4%

High wealth CS: 8.5%

Med wealth CS: 8.4%

High wealth CS: 8.5%

I-Ag: 0%

I-D: 13.5%

I-M: 8%

I-HT: 0.5%

My problem is that commercial demand in my city is pretty much stagnant. Every few sim-months, one or two new commercial buildings pop up, but then the commercial demand plummets again. What am I doing wrong? It couldn't be the tax rates, as I have other cities on the same difficulty level with the same (or even higher) taxes, and commercial demand is high. I have good education, parks aplenty, high desirability/land value, and low pollution.

[schm0 27]

Satisfy your other demands, then you'll see your commercial demand return to normal. The graph plainly shows that you have very high demand for residential. Place more residential zones in your city or in a nearby city and watch the people move in. They will become eductated over time and demand more and more commercial zones.

[JakeMD 107]

make sure your sims are well educated, have very good health care, and that there is very low crime in the area you want to develop into commercial. generally, high wealth wont develop if there is dirty industry near by, so plan out your zones, and please your sims.

I also suggest taking a look at some mods, like the super demand ordinance, and the anti dilipidation mod, they help alot, and make it a little easier when building a metropolis...

good luck!!!

[villagemayor 0]

Generally commercial demand will not be as high as industrial. Make sure you keep the population increasing at all times, as commercial demand will eventually increase too. I've found in my cities that new commercial buildings will appear after new residential development, especially high density deveopment.

[shivsood 5]

If you want to "cheat" then you can use this - Radical Ordinance Mod

[samuelzrp 0]

I dont see whats the point of using Super demand mod, I mean, demands are very flexible and controlable, you dont need super demand to build a metropolis, unless you want it on a easy way.

[hawkpride147 1]

ntweather10: your taxes are too high. lower them and you should start to see growth. commercial hates rates much over 7.5%. i usually keep mine at around 4-5%