Fraternities in SimCity

[Griffon 19]

quote from: http://www.simcity.com/en_US/blog/article/simcity-university-tips

Fraternities

 

Another hidden effect of simply having a university in your city is the appearance of fraternities. These rare and specialized residences may crop up in high valued land, but only as low density. Rather than housing family units, they exclusively house potential students, more than a comparably sized family house would normally hold. There can be up to five fraternities in any given University city, but that is the maximum that will ever be built. Once they are gone they will be replaced with regular houses so guard them well and if you want to keep them be careful with density upgrades near them. Their rarity will make keeping them or even spotting quite the challenge.

has anyone ever noticed them in your cities before? or is this suppose to be included in the newest patch?

 

apparently they act just like dorms at the university and if you read about dorms from the same page it says they are homes for students only, basically adding more students in your city that only attend the university, although they don't increase the education level in your city, they do shop at your city's commercial buildings and increase your population

[jeffschade3 0]

I actually got one last night but before I could look at it more, it was replaced by another house.

They only occur in high wealth, low density, residential zones.

[Cob92 360]

I've noticed them. I have a whole neighborhood of them; multiple houses of the same fraternity.

[SockoJr53 51]

Yes, I've always had them in University cities. They are low-density, high wealth. They look similar to the mansions you would normally get, and are usually interspersed with them if you have a particular neighborhood that is high wealth. They hold more students than the average high wealth mansion.

[Sager_Nvidia 0]

its wierd, they say 5 is the max yet i have 8 in my city.