T.Lowry

I try to use inside jokes for city and mayor names. That way I get a smile every time I open the city. e.g. I have a city named Charleville. I was going to have Rimbaud be the mayor, but he hated the town where he grew up. So I made Proust the mayor. I TOLD YOU it was an inside joke. Long live the Liberal Arts!

We're too passive-agressive in Minnesota to have a real rivalry between Minneapolis and St. Paul, like the one between Boston and New York. We could start one, however! "There is one thing that St. Paul has that Minneapolis doesn't. A city next to it." There is also a rivalry between Minnesota and Texas. It's just that the Texans don't know about it. Originally posted by: Ratieya455 You think Minneapolis and St. Paul would feud with their downtowns only seven miles apart, but there does not seem to be any animosity at all. There is a tiny bit between Fargo and Grand Forks, though they are 75 miles apart (an hour's drive, legally).quote>

Do you have a demand cap problem? There is good documentation on this site on how buildings/parks etc can lift the demand cap for populations. I'm probably in a very small minority, but I see skyscrapers as a gift, not a goal. They'll occur if you are doing other things right. As stated previously, making an area super desirable will help. Have fun!