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[Shinbo 0]

Hi!

I've only just started playing Sim City 4 and have been following the guides on this site so far. Today I've been trying my hand at region play and its been going well, until now. I tried making a suburb with no big manors and such, so I've been using 1x1 zones. That worked, until I noticed that not a single High Wealth Sim will move in, although my demand and desirability, education and such are high. When I zone bigger, R-§§§ will move in. I don't want that though. Can anyone help me?

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[joshriddle 29]

Big mansions can't grow on small zones like that. You unfortunately have to use larger zones.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

R$$$ won't live in a small cottage or a house on a small lot.  As far as I am concerned it is a bug in the game.

[DahMayorDefacto 1]

Well-it's quite logical, really. A 14x14 meter lot is far too small for any wealthy/large family...

[Clarencegi77 0]

If I'm not wrong 1 by 1 residential lots never grow into anything. You've got to have at least 1 by 2 or bigger lots for houses to grow.

Right. It's a little difficult to understand what exactly you want, since high-wealth residences essentially equals mansions, and you don't have any other option unless you house them in apartments. I don't think it's possible to get high wealth residences into smaller homes with maxis lots.

Since you want to build a suburb, you could try alternating your lots between mid-density and high-density. This will prevent lots from merging into each other and prevent aparments from growing. You'll then either get individual houses or row housing depending on demand. Note: they will only reach mid-wealth though. And this method will cost a lot.

Or, you could just leave a space between each lot. Mansions can't grow if the space is only 1 tile wide.

[astronelson 339]

There are 1x1 residential lots in the game, but none that are stage 1 (what cities usually start out with). I can see you have grown some already. As for 1x1 high-wealth residential, you'd have to check the STEX for that. The smallest made by Maxis was (I think) 2x2.

[Cob92 360]

Originally posted by: A Nonny Moose

R$$$ won't live in a small cottage or a house on a small lot.  As far as I am concerned it is a bug in the game.

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A bug? If I were rich, why would I want to live in some dinky little shack when I could go and buy a mansion? That's a realistic aspect to the game; rich people generally like to have larger, more luxurious houses.

[Pipcard 20]

Originally posted by: astronelson

There are 1x1 residential lots in the game, but none that are stage 1 (what cities usually start out with).quote>

What stage, then?

[dghh70 5]

Originally posted by: Cobhris96

Originally posted by: A Nonny Moose

R$$$ won't live in a small cottage or a house on a small lot.  As far as I am concerned it is a bug in the game.

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A bug? If I were rich, why would I want to live in some dinky little shack when I could go and buy a mansion? That's a realistic aspect to the game; rich people generally like to have larger, more luxurious houses.quote>

That is true. There is some logic in the game maker's thinking

[mightygoose 92]

no maxis R$$$ 1x1's bixel has some pencil towers & haarlemmergold may have some bits but thats it.

[astronelson 339]

Originally posted by: Pipcard

Originally posted by: astronelson

There are 1x1 residential lots in the game, but none that are stage 1 (what cities usually start out with).quote>

What stage, then?

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1x1 residential lots are all at least stage 2, which start growing when the city's population is a few hundred.