My city always looks dingy

[LVATLENOX 0]

Hello. Ive tried about everything i know of but my city always looks dingy with the abandoned-looking buildings... I just can ever seem to keep it all going...i think its just getting to much to handle becaue its population is between 475000 and 500000...  I dont really know any strategys or tips to make it run any better can someone help me

 

[manubeas 0]

Well, first if all, it would be great if you provided some pictures. The pictures should show your commute time, tour traffic, your desirability. I see that youre new here so you should check out how to upload images by using a site like Imageshack or Photobucket.

[Need4Camaro 50]

You're only at 500,000 ...you're not going to have any kind of real skyscrapers at that population. you're too low so when sky scrapers develop, their demand quickly drops because there's not enough people to support that demand thus resulting in abandoned biuldings... You need to be at atleast 1 Million before you start seeing successful skyscrapers...

OR you can just biuild denser by taking away your lighter zones and let the current dense zones allow the population to compress into them...

[LVATLENOX 0]

this city is 1,000 years old, and ive got 500,000 ... how do i get to One million i dont know how to expand it anymore...its all high density zoning... I just dont know how to make it bigger im maxed out

[Need4Camaro 50]

To make it larger you have to surpass your demand caps. This means if they're requesting you biuld schools, hospitals, police, firestations, library's, cemetary's, churches, ect... biuld them. They will allow your demand to increase.

What city tile are you playing on? Tiny, Small, Medium, or Large?

[thedude1 0]

i say embrace the dinge.

every city needs a little dinge now and then.

[Evilheat 0]

If you dont want a dilapated builidng i suggest putting more trasportation like bus depot, train depot etc. so your sims can easily go from point A to point B. Most building in Residentials goes abandoned becasue of long commute time. And in Commercial it will be abandoned if its desirability is too low, this also happened in residential and high-tech indutry.

Most of the time commutetime  is always the problem for abandoned/dilapitated buildings. So build transportaion in key areas or the sims prefer it evey 2block or so. Hopefully this will help you.

[Meg 368]

To avoid dilapated buildings, keep an eye on your residential demand.   If it becomes negative, stop playing that city.  Go to the industrial or high tech city next door and play that until the residential demand becomes positive.  Then go back to the residential city.