Meeting all needs for all cities necessary?

[simcities xl 0]

Do you have to give the proper amount of every resource to every city? Say I have a city that only puts out heavy industry and electricity. I give it plenty of fuel import and garbage export, but do I need to give it water, holidays, etc.?

[husher 18]

This is whats called infrastructure; without water NOTHING will function; as soon as you zone put in whatever water you want to use and put a grid of pipes in straight away, if you runs short of money use the 'weaknesspays' cheat to replenish your resorces. Don't worry about Holidays just concentrate on the essential services: fire, police, health, schools, water and sewerage and of course the roads to connect them all. Schools and health services go in the center of the residential district and the rest put in the 'town center' in your commercial district. As you build look how your own town is laid out; schools are where people live and the bits that run the town are in the center where the shops are.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

This is the Cities XL section. Make sure you have the All-In-One Utility building. It provides 1 token each of electricity, water, garbage, and fuel. Water is an essential resource that is often the first thing people complain about. Holidays are only desired by Executives and Elites. Low density dirty factories hire neither. --Ocram