Megacity Status?

[drcacklefanny 0]

Hi all,

The biggest city I've been able to build is 982k. How do I go bigger?

My limitations are always elites and execs...they eventually stop wanting to move in...

Thanks.

[Kredit 0]

See what's making them unhappy (by clicking on the corresponding icon in the top-right of your screen), and fix it (start with red warnings, then orange)

[gyzzzmo 0]

Its probably pollution thats bugging you. Read my post about pollution in the Hints&Tips thread

[Livin in Sim 83]

[drcacklefanny 0]

Kind of the big problem is I know what makes the citizens unhappy, I just have no way of knowing what I really need to do to make them happy. I've bulldozed entire neighborhoods to build schools, but they never get happy.

All of which is moot...these things are wayyyyyyyyy to expensive. Do I choose between putting down a school or buying fuel or food? It's no win, because more often than not I will be buying resources and have no budget for schools and the like.

[manuelandrei 0]

Once the satisfaction drops below 50% they stop moving in and actually even start deserting their homes. There are multiple tools you can use to get information about problem areas. First of all make sure you have enough tourism (pref. green).

Verify your road infrastructure, check the passengers overlay. Make sure you don't have to much unemployment over 5-6%

The satisfaction overlay is very nice as you can see where your problem areas are. Once you have identified those you can verify the rest of the infrastructure around that area like roads, health, education and the rest.

[hehe 0]

My city has 1900000 citizens and still growing.

[SimBurger 0]

Another tip is to build Avatar Parks near those areas that you've zoned, but which are not filling up with houses.

I built museums, schools, police stations, fire stations, and health clinics and nothing helped.

Then I placed two avatar parks next to eachother, and immediately across the street, people started moving in.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]