Alvo1016

hi, I need help embedding pics of my cities into forum messages. please help.

The pic is a R$ neighborhood in my city of Pittsburgh.

it ran 11 billion $$$ overbudget. This project is good for Bostons long term economy.

I like the fact that when I'm playing I have to concentrate a lot. It makes me think all the time. The fact that there isn't a win or loose situation and that I get to design my own metropolis. I wish though that I could see my Simcity 4 city with a horizontal view during u-drive it or whenever I feel like it. I wish it had weather and more building designs and houses for my suburbs. Otherwise its a great game that I've been playing for 4 years and I still haven't finished my 1 region. how cool is that. (its takes so long though cause i like making all my buildings and houses historical. wish there was a way to make whole swaths of the city historical in 1 click)

hey there, when i build my city, i build it thinking of the whole region as whole.think of the whole region when placing districts. in your industrial area the only residents you'll get around will be the $ kind. in your pics industry is way to close to the residential area. for residents this is a no-no. industry produces pollution and lowers land value. $$$ residents will not want to live there. thats why $$$ buildings turn black (pollution and low land value) when creating the transportation system i don't connect long lenghts of road or streets because sims tend to use these instead of avenues or highways. In my region only avenues but mostly highways are the ones that connect to neighbors. when placing train or monorail place stations where sims will get off and walk directly to their jobs example downtown area of your city. and simultaneously plop station close to residential areas so sims can board the train. I don't use bus anymore because sims where overusing them to the point where bus was being used more than cars. thats unreal. wish i could send u a sample of my region so u could see what im talking about.

the problem with ur city is that all of the streets, roads, avenues are interconnected. now in real cities that is true but in the game its different. the sims prefer to used roads rather than highways even though roads ar super congested and the highway is basically empty. i noticed this when first playing the game back in 2004... i try to lay like different departments or sections of my city without having the roads, streets or avenues run the whole length of the city. especially streets and roads cause these get congested fast. in my city i have like ring highways with connecting avenues. from the avenues is where the streets are placed but... i don't connect roads or streets to every other road especially to other neighbors. this causes superlong commute times. in ur pics u have a very dense pop south and a low dense north. now in real life roads and streets sometimes run unbroken for miles after miles example route 22 in westchester ny. thats a two lane road running almost the whole length of the county! this can happen in real life cause people know that highways ar faster but sims.... well there kind of slow knowing which is faster...

Originally posted by: GQBouncer05 I would like to see more options for tourism, SC4 only uses the airport for commercial use, I would like to know how many people are flying into my city to see landmarks and shop. Tourism should also affect your commerical shops, for example if i have a high tourist rate i should have a number of shops and hotels. I also believe we should be able to tax certain neighborhoods like living in a basin should be cheaper than living on a hill. I also believe just how the airport grows the ports, the convention center, city hall court and the mayor house should grows. just some of the many things i would like to seequote> This is true, every part of the a city, town, or village has a different tax system. This would be a great idea for SC5. Imagine the possibilities. (I think the new SC5 might use this as a catch phrase or for the intro movie)