problems with demand

[tewphoty 0]

so i have been playing sc4 for a while, and i am starting out a new city.  im starting with some suburbs before i do the center, but i am running into a problem i have had in the past.

i have no r$$ demand.  sometimes, when i add a church or school or some zones, it will get me a little r$$ demand, but that is quickly filled.  on a large tile, i have 25k sims, with 37k jobs.  a lot of these are CS$ and CS$$ jobs due to a large mall i have built.

i had no r$$ demand to expand with just the mall/shopping center, so i had to build an office park in the city too.  i keep adding buildings and CO$$ jobs, but it hardly affects r$$ demand at all.  i wanted a big sprawling suburb with maybe a little office park or something, and i cant seem to achieve it.

i have super demand mod, but that doesn't seem to be doing much.  are there any other mods i can get?  or a little filler/cheater lot that has a ton of CO$$ jobs, so i can have a realistic suburb?
i have always thought sc4 required too many jobs for the number of houses/demand.

thanks

[dogma555 187]

hmm do you have an industrial area? You should have a city in your region for industry, that way the pollution wont effect the residents, and this can provide many new jobs and open up the high tech industries eventually.

[vilbe 6]

start the early bits of your urban core, to allow for the industrial/commercial demand to allow for more R$$ sims on the regional scale..

[Ubi79 0]

Instead of building your core last, build beside it then at around 2000 sims, zone your core...

The suburbs can and will wait: if you have a city that you hope will grow extensivly, zone

grid and when you deem it time, sububise!

I don,t think it will help your demand though...