Pop. Problem

[omiks3 0]

So i've been working on a large city for a few weeks, and i got up to 72K people. All residential RCI is through the roof, while comercial and industrial are mostly through the ground. As soon as i run the simulation, half of my city (all of which is on the downtown side of my main North-South freeway) decides they can't find their way to work and the population drops to 30K.

I have a (very) dominant $$ city, fully functional Subway system, theres a bus system that no one uses, absolutely no congestion on my roads and commute time is around .5 until it decides to freak out (then it jumps to a whopping .7).

what am i doing wrong, or is it something with the game?

[Yuu Caa Sim 55]

It is possible that you do not have the right jobs for your current population. If every type of jobs (commercial and industrial) are done, then try lowering taxes for them. If there are some types that have demand, zone in a place desirable to them, and see if that helps.

[Randomtaskk 1]

Have you hit a cap?

You could try getting the Regional Census tool and making sure you havn;t..

[omiks3 0]

The city has plenty of HT and CO$$$ for its size, so its not the lack of jobs, and i've lowered the taxes on just about everything (except Dirty) and it still happens. Where's the tool, in the STEX?

[Strategist01 0]

Ok, so you say you have a mainly $$ wealth city. But if you provide jobs that are $$$ or HT, the $$ don't have anywhere to go, as those jobs are one $ level above them. Rather focus on getting C$$ jobs and and I-M so that they have somewhere to go to. I suggest putting the industry in a neighboring city. Once there, lower taxes for IM to 4.9% and raise IHT to 13% and leave ID taxes alone. This should allow for jobs to be created that will cater for your main base of sims. In your main city, raise C$$$ taxes to 11%, and lower C$$ taxes to 4.9%. This will ensure that there are less new C$$$ buildings being constructed, and more C$$ buuilding being constructed. Also, make sure your NAM is installed correctly, so that your sims can access the bus stops. Or maybe you haven't placed the bus stops correctly? Please post a screebie so that we can see what your city looks like.

Hope that halps!

[omiks3 0]

Ok, i'll try that approach and let you know what happens.

Heres the Census data. I really have no idea what any of it means..

The RCI

And this is pretty much how the Subway/Bus system is laid out throughout the entire city. Only the Subway is being used.