High demand, empty lots.

[Stargazer86 0]

I've been having a bit of difficulty with my residential city. (Have an industrial and commercial city connected to it separately). Every since my "Residence" city passed the 30k population mark, it appears that I have massive demand for both low and medium wealth residential areas. However, when I place low density residential lots, no one moves into them. I've had several low density lots sit completely vacant for a while now with demand soaring ever higher. I have good education and health, water and electricity, land value and desirability are high...I'm not sure why no one moves into these lots.

However, when I rezone previous filled lots to a higher density, THEN people start moving into those. I'm now upwards of 90k population, yet I can't get people to move into these low density zones. Is there a reason why?

[JLAAPRTM 12]

Usually if the demand is high, sims want to build skyscrapers, not small houses. That is why you should always zone out your WHOLE city in low density first, then upgrade some parts of the city to higher densitys, so that the smaller homes can still be there.

I don't nessicerilly know if this will work, but you could try downloading a modd that LOWERS the demand, so that that small houses would be able to build, and not skyscrapers. I've never had this problem before, so don't trust me that this will work.

EDIT: It also might be because the commute times are too high. If you have a city full of people that takes around a hour to get to work, try connecting your cities with subways (which work best), if that doesent work, then try putting bus stops on every block or two. If that doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you, because I've run out of ideas.

[Yuu Caa Sim 55]

Low wealth is NOT equal to low density. Neither is medium wealth to medium density, or high to high.

Most likely the reason why the low density is not developing is due to the stage limits and thresholds. This concept regulates the proportion of low, medium and high density buildings that can be built in your entire region. It is the reason why low population regions cannot build skyscrapers. In your case, you probably have a lot of low density buildings already, and so more medium / high density buildings need to be built before low density buildings will be. Thus your low density zones cannot be developed because no low density buildings can be built according to the particular stage limits at your current population, and the low density zones can't support higher density buildings.

A more clear and detailed explanation of this game concept can be found here (you may need to register at this website to see the topic) <--Link now fixed!

However, seeing that you have been unable to build low density buildings for 60000 population, there might also be something else going on here.

[Livin in Sim 83]

Originally posted by: yunxiang

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You linked to this thread...

[Nuclear550 3]

It also could mean you have no parks meaning there is not allowing for building.

[Yuu Caa Sim 55]

Originally posted by: Livin in Sim

Originally posted by: yunxiang

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You linked to this thread...

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Oh, uhhhhhh 

Real link here!

[babiez 0]

working on commute time should help i had a little area of medium density that wasnt growing but the second i upgraded the streets to roads the whole area blew up in development, not the same situation your in but.....working on commute time helps

[kccl35 83]

Maybe a few parks would help. They helped me

[canadaiphonesales 0]

yeah but after a while even parks dont work . . . isnt there a mod for this ? to remove growth caps ?

[YakieS1 1]

To help you manage this more effectively, you might look around the STEX for the "Census Repository Facility" which will provide you a quick summary of demand, jobs, and growth caps...

[IlikeSC4 2]

i think some new parks in your new zones could help you.