OK, I was able to get Mezaton Alpha to 183k population but I want to show a little bit of its evolution from commercial powerhouse Central Business district to bustling metropolis of almost 200k sims.

Before shots

Sunset:

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Businesses:

Residential:

Shots of it getting there last night

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The city of Mezaton Alpha is entirely upper and middle class as well as the businesses there. I taxed away polluting industry, low wealth sims and low and most medium class commercial services.

The final tally last night was

Residential Population: 183,129

Commercial Jobs: 77,162

Industrial Jobs: 45,039