Océano County - No Cheats!

very colourful

Hm, it all looks a little too wishy-washy in terms of style, there's the mediterraenean buildings right in the middle of modern industry, and nothing seems to really flow. I guess this is a side-effect of your really brutal grid approach, but there could be more vairation in density and layout. The development also doesn't blend with the surrounding nature at all. :/
I mean, I do realize this is pretty much the way Maxis intended us to play the game, but it's a little, well, boring. Hope you don't take me wrong here.

Then again I only just took note you're avoiding cheats, which is obviously a very honorable way for a city journal, so take my comment with a grain of salt.

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Then again I only just took note you're avoiding cheats, which is obviously a very honorable way for a city journal, so take my comment with a grain of salt.
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I hear you, playing with cheats is very different. Before I would spend time just laying the city out. With all the motorways and subways pre built etc. Without cheats its best to start off with the basic layout and then when money has been saved up go back and re develop places etc.

Mediterranean buildings are due to me downloading many new buildings, which has made the city pretty mixed but ive always liked that x