Desirability Factors

This article was copied from SC4ever.com. This article originally created by David Worsley (Duvad).

The following is a listing of zones and their desirability factors. If too many of these factors are opposing the desired factor, there is a lower chance of higher-wealth development, or any development at all.

Residential Desirability:

• Air pollution: low
• Crime: low
• Education: high
• Garbage: low
• Healthcare: high
• Land Value
• Residential YIMBY/NIMBY effects
• Radiation: none
• Commute time: short

Commercial Desirability 
Commercial Service:

• Air pollution: low
• Crime: low
• Garbage: low
• Land Value: high
• Distance to commercial office: small
• Distance to residential: small
• Radiation: none
• Traffic Volume: high
• Commercial YIMBY/NIMBY effects

Commercial Office:

• Air pollution: low
• Crime: low
• Garbage: low
• Land value
• Distance to other commercial office
• Radiation: none
• Traffic Volume: high
• Commercial YIMBY/NIMBY effects

Industrial Desirability 
Agriculture:

• Air pollution: low
• Crime: low
• Garbage: low
• Land value: low
• Traffic volume: low
• Freight trip length: short
• Slope: flat, small hills

Dirty Industry:

• Crime: low
• Garbage: low
• Land value: low
• Radiation: none
• Slope: flat
• Freight trip length: short

Manufacturing Industry:

• Air pollution: medium/low
• Crime: low
• Land value: moderate
• Garbage: low
• Radiation: low
• Slope: flat
• Freight trip length: short

High Tech Industry:

• Air pollution: low
• Crime: low
• Land value: high
• Freight trip length: short
• Residential YIMBY/NIMBY effects
• Slope: flat

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