Mystic_wolf99

Those are great tips I'll try that I don't normally put up landfills at first but I didn't know it cost that much. Thank you so much for the help.

By the time your city is big enough to afford a water supply, it'll also be industrializing and should be wealthy enough to build the pumps away from the farms and build a treatment plant. Road connections are better in small cities than seaports because the port costs $20000 to build and $650 a month to operate. Healthcare is absolutely pointless in new cities; the most important thing to add early on is education because education attracts better businesses and commerce. It doesn't matter if the life expectancy in your new city is low, because Sims are automatically replaced by immigrants when they die, and it doesn't have any effect on their ability to live and work in the city while they're alive. Hrm so, farms, industrial, business, a school, homes at first and then build up money then continue to build? Alright I'll try that--have been for a bit but I seem to over do it a little building because I see demands for mostly homes(and I see that I am doing good with the income higher then the expanses). I am still very new to this game--even with simcity 2000 I had the same issue. I just need to stop myself from building a lot and wasting money but rather let it build up. (I know cheats but I use the money cheat for the sims 2 and 3.) Maybe I should think of getting the deluxe version of this game with the easy mode. Thank you all for everybody that helped me I really do want to be good at this game and have a large city with skyscrapers for the first time and be proud of the fact that I never once used a loan nor over build.

Cool, but here is one thing how long should you wait for your money to build up before expanding?(like what amount should it build up to? ) I don't like using farms because they pollute my water supply horribly. Does it help starting out with a seaport? When I start a new city would it be better to start out with healthcare so the sims can live longer?

I started out three different cities using the tips I learned here by starting out with a village. Hrm so if there is a demand for more homes I should zone for more? ( I have been starting out doing that) My current city I have started out slowly and have the highest population of sims for the first time ever for me up to 16 thousand or so but I am currently having the same issue that I had. How many zones should I start out with residential and industry when I start out a new city? Is it easier to have power and water from another city to help save money that way you can have one healthcare service with zones of residential and industry? I have been trying to keep my income higher then my expenses. Are there any good making tutorials online?

I have always had issues with money in my cities I seem to take loans early because I always run low on money when my population goes up to the thousands. But I learned some tips on here, I guess I am in a big hurry to see large buildings in my city. I have seen videos on you tube about players having cities connecting to each other to rise demand--will that also help with rising money? How do you start out really? small zones of houses and businesses? with little of anything? How does your money go up anyway with that type of planing? Also on taxes--I learned recently that when you have very little population you lower funds on schools, etc what about taxes that earn you money? How many zones should I put up with houses like 5 or 8? ( I have the original simcity 4, but it says on the box that I got it said it had difficultly levels and it doesn't)