Chuck E. Cheese Taking Over!

[dekiscool 6]

From time to time, I get a notice in the game to build more commercial zones. I do this...but then I notice Chuck E. Cheese will build up. One time I noticed 4 of them in a row all next to each other! How can I stop that from happening other than doing a small zone here...another there...I usually build a long row of zone...

[Morlow 23]

Bulldoze. Then make buildings historical if you like them there.

[lhrob 213]

From time to time, I get a notice in the game to build more commercial zones. I do this...but then I notice Chuck E. Cheese will build up. One time I noticed 4 of them in a row all next to each other! How can I stop that from happening other than doing a small zone here...another there...I usually build a long row of zone...

That's why I hate downloading custom content that is only growable. I'd much rather have ploppables. If you have a growable, you're going to get multiple instances of a particular lot growing, and you can't do much about it. At least that's been my experience. I have multiple examples of a residential apartment building growing that I originally only wanted to plop in a particular setting. I soon learned my lesson about the differences between growables and ploppables.

[dekiscool 6]

The strange thing is...this has only happened with Chuck E. Cheese. But it has not happened with any other growable things. So I was just wondering why with the Chuck E Cheese...

[Cob92 360]

That's because Chuck E. Cheese has stats that make it essentially another Wren Insurance. The only solutions are to get more buildings of a similar size and type that can dilute the pool from which the simulator develops, or delete Chuck E. Cheese entirely.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I hardly use ploppables at all because of the negative effect they have on demand, temporarily. However, I do have a number of multi-lot plugins, and there are several on the the exchanges.

I also avoid default zoning as much as possible, and do specific work. For residential, I zone 2 x 1 in blocks of four (blocks are 8 x 2) and this prevents mansions I don't want in my low wealth neighbourhoods. This also works in higher wealth areas, but there I sometimes also zone 2 x 2 and let the chips fall where they may.

Recently, I picked up from the STEX some R$$ 4 x 4 and one 5 x 5 from MattB325 that have been very useful. In fact, reviewing my files, I find I have 18 files from this maker. Very solid, and recommended. Some of these, by the way, are ploppables, but many are growables.

All in all, I simply recommend more variety on a selective basis.