Do one-way residential streets make cities realistic?

[reedalson 0]

I was wondering I noticed alot of CJers here refuse to make the side streets in their residential areas one-way because they look ugly but residental streets in older residential neighborhoods are one-way because they need to control the flow.

If you go to cities like Chicago, Detroit and NYC, you will expect to see a boatload of one-way side streets and most newer residential areas have streets that are two-way.

I guess my point for those making CJs who little to no one-way residential streets strive for realism, is that unrealistic?

[Godzillaman 21]

You probably can't notice them, seeing as the NAM has the option to hide the arrows...

[CTMandR 9]

Well...It depends, are you talking about Midtowns and Downtowns, or Suburban areas? I see One-ways in residential downtowns, but never in the suburbs

[Spinmaster 75]

Would be nice if we had true one-way "streets" ... that's what you're talking about I think, but currently in SC4 we only have one-way *roads*. Same speed as regular roads, and almost the same look except for the lines (and arrows if NAM isn't hiding them), but double-capacity (because it's all in one direction), and as-such yes, they look "wrong" for a cozy neighborhood.

[Raysfan16 5]

Suburban areas, absolutely not. Urban environments, maybe, as long as they aren't far out from the CBD.

[830point35 8]

The residential one-way streets in Chicago etc. are usually more narrow than in the game. Plus my traffic never warrants one-way streets, which bugs me a little.

[earwax_man 18]

I would prefer to use Jeronij's Streetside mod and Andreas' Street tree mod with regular streets. It looks more realistic

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

It would be nice to have one way streets with only one lane in it, not two. I think the future NWM will fix this (and can it pleaaaaaase hurry up!)