All industrial, no residential or commercial?

[andre8 0]

My city, which has peaked at 100,000 (and now has just decreased to just under it), for some reason only has industrial demand (including high-tech). All commercial and residential demands are in the negative, with the occasional slight bump to positive. Is there any way to increase demand for these? Should I just continue zoning industrial?

[husher 18]

lucky you, i can't,for the life of me , get industry to grow; whats your secret?

[DaEgi 14]

you should check if your city has enough parks and stuff like that.

also check if you have build all the interesting rewards like stadiums, airports and stuff.

you could also download this to get more info about your current situation:

http://www.sc4devoti...php?lotGET=1831

are there enough connections to neighbor regions, maybe you have hit a demand cap?

you can also play around with taxes.

  Edited June 22, 2012 by DaEgi  

[Blurque 9]

Sounds like you don't have enough jobs for the people, therefore no more people move in and no more businesses will come. Best thing to do is zone industrial, either in that particular city or in one which is adjecent to it.

good luck.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Check all your displays, particularly desirability, population average age, and the education by age graph. All those displays will contain the clues as to what's going on. Mostly, I depend on the dashboard bar graphs to tell me what is going on.

[mrbisonm 1,622]

My city, which has peaked at 100,000 (and now has just decreased to just under it), for some reason only has industrial demand (including high-tech). All commercial and residential demands are in the negative, with the occasional slight bump to positive. Is there any way to increase demand for these? Should I just continue zoning industrial?

It seems to me that you have been zoning industrials beyond the needs, since Res has no demand as you said.

Playing the game while watching the demand bars is a good idea, always keep an eye on it and it will lead you through the growth of your city.

Here is what I would do in your case.

First of all, tax all industries in between 12.5 and 14.9 % (not 15), then tax all Res in between 7.5 and 8.9 Max, the same for Commercials (both CS and CO) and tax them between 7 and 8,9 %, giving them a chance for demand, play for awhile, something like a year or two and then readjust your taxes to more profitable stages (9.2 to 9.8 usually). During these years whenever there is demand for Res or Com, zone it. (check your demand bar)

Do NOT build anymore Industrials during the two years, even if demanded. This should give the city a chance to turn the demands around. The same can be achieved if you have too much Commercial and no industrial demand.

Been doing this with success for 8 years now.

Hope that helps

mrb

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

And do not let yourself be driven by the demand bars. They are only suggestions (zoning permits). Pay more attention to your dashboard and keep the hot items that are descending fixed up. Once you have the dashboard in a positive state it is time for imaginative development. In general I ignore industrial demand unless I am dying for income.