Pointers

[Lightz 0]

Well I am in the process of making my first city. I would call it a town at this point. What I am looking for are suggestions, tips, anything that can help me out. So far things are going good. It always helps to get suggestions tho.

[fivexthesecond 0]

You need to get the NAM.
Anyway, put bus stops in the bottom left cornerof each entersection with a zone on any side of it. If doesn't have a zone in the bottom left space, try the upper left, and if that doesn't work, keep repeating untill you find a space, and it it has no zones, ignore it. Turns count as intersections. Also, it's almost the time that Medium density residentual developes. Rezone(don't do and demolishion) the residentual zones with medium density.
Edit: Err, wait untill you get more money each mounth untill the bus stop thing. Also, replace the avanue with a road.
And use streats instead of roads everywere except the road ting I told you to build.

Also build a water tower and connect it with pipes to the residentual zones(and commercial zones later)

[Lightz 0]

Will do, thank you

[Jezus53 18]

I would hold off on the bus stops since traffic isn't problem. Bus stops tend to ad time to your commute time. On some of my test it's been as much as 15 extra minutes! This may not seem like a lot, but it does a number to your mayor rating and desirability. Once Traffic is a problem, then it might be worth the boost in commute time. And I would hold off on the medium development. Wait till around 5k or more since it'll be more realistic that way and it'll save you money. Remember, build out before you build up.

[xBONESstyle 0]

Commerce would love to be on that avenue between your residential and industrial.

It looks like you're making a buffer between industrial and other zones, but I do think you can afford to put at least some on that ave, when the demand for C is up. Also trees help contain pollution to a degree, but they always piss me off when I'm just starting a city.

[vershner 11]

Make a neighbour connection from where your factories are.

You'll need some landfill soon also.

[Jezus53 18]

Also, I suggest getting rid of that coal power plant asap and put in oil or natural gas. That coal plant will put pollution out of control very quickly.

Edit: Can you show the pollution graph? I can see that pollution is already becoming a problem by the pollution clouds showing up in the picture. I strongly suggest you change it stat and surround the industrial area by a nice forest of trees. That will help a lot.