First, here are my demand bars: <img src="http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4185/cooperstownaug296711828ay1.th.png" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /> Here is my education level: <img src="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1854/cooperstownaug296711828qt0.th.png" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /> Here are my tax levels: Low wealth R: 9% Med wealth R: 9.5% High wealth R: 10.5% (reason being they were building and then leaving the mansions to dilapidate, so I raised taxes on them to discourage them from building in the first place) Low wealth CS: 7.9% Med wealth CS: 8.4% High wealth CS: 8.5% Med wealth CS: 8.4% High wealth CS: 8.5% I-Ag: 0% I-D: 13.5% I-M: 8% I-HT: 0.5% My problem is that commercial demand in my city is pretty much stagnant. Every few sim-months, one or two new commercial buildings pop up, but then the commercial demand plummets again. What am I doing wrong? It couldn't be the tax rates, as I have other cities on the same difficulty level with the same (or even higher) taxes, and commercial demand is high. I have good education, parks aplenty, high desirability/land value, and low pollution.