Help needed...city stopped growing

avikid · July 5th, 2011, 06:04 AM

Hi everyone,
Well I have played Simcity a bit but I am not a pro at it. I have been aiming for a city with 500K + population..and from the pictures I have seen of people, they are able to do it without much use of land..so I started working on a small-mediumish map which is half covered with water..and everything is going well and I have a population of 60k..my budget is positive..no major traffic or pollution problems..all the demands are over 6000..but I have no land left to zone more areas..so I made two more cities..one industrial city..where I filled all the demand of my industries..and the other a commercial city. however, i have not zoned any, repeat any residential area in the other two cities. after making the cities..my main city grew a bit from 60 to 75k...but now i am stuck. my buildings are going vertical at all...the biggest residential buildings that i have only hold 2500 people..how do i make my residential city grow more?

tl dr -- major city not growing after 75k population, even after two neighboring cities (pure industrial and pure commercial)

joshsam · July 7th, 2011, 11:39 AM

ad more cities with mixed use, educate people creating better jobs and losing pollution. Makes sure you region is 100K+ to get bigger buildings and connect the cities good. OH btw, buildings don't get that big in Sim city.
And it's a bad idea to make commercial and residential seperate. People will have to trave to far to their jobs. It's ok to relocate the industry though. But once you have clean industry they don't pollute anymore so it's not that bad to have them in your city.

With Sim city Rush hour this is about how tall they get:

joshsam · July 7th, 2011, 11:50 AM

avikid · July 9th, 2011, 10:51 PM

thanks a lot! my city has started growing once again and now its population is around 115K
my neighboring cities finally started helping my main city grow..and now i am slowly removing commercial areas from my city to replace them with residential..i will leave out some prime commercial area though..hopefully they will grow into big skyscrapers..
and now most of my residential buildings are skyscrapers..they are i think as big as yours in the picture..i guess that's how big they go without the mods and bat files.
and i will post some pics of my city soon!

logi1509 · July 22nd, 2011, 08:56 AM

Hello everyone! My city had a problem too. Environment problem. Can somebody helps me solve this problem ????

marciomaco · July 22nd, 2011, 01:52 PM

More parks, more green areas and more public transport (less trafic) should resolve your problem

endar · August 1st, 2011, 06:22 PM

hi guys,, i loved this game so much,, i started to think to get some othe building, like a true building, how come i get that? and what should i do? thanks,, my country now is about 6.500.000 popupation, with the biggest city population about 750.000, i still do my biggest city (area), because i started with the small and large-medium size.. thanks all. its pleasure to meet u all

July 5th, 2011, 06:04 AM	#1
avikid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 214 Likes (Received): 0	Help needed...city stopped growing Hi everyone, Well I have played Simcity a bit but I am not a pro at it. I have been aiming for a city with 500K + population..and from the pictures I have seen of people, they are able to do it without much use of land..so I started working on a small-mediumish map which is half covered with water..and everything is going well and I have a population of 60k..my budget is positive..no major traffic or pollution problems..all the demands are over 6000..but I have no land left to zone more areas..so I made two more cities..one industrial city..where I filled all the demand of my industries..and the other a commercial city. however, i have not zoned any, repeat any residential area in the other two cities. after making the cities..my main city grew a bit from 60 to 75k...but now i am stuck. my buildings are going vertical at all...the biggest residential buildings that i have only hold 2500 people..how do i make my residential city grow more? tl dr -- major city not growing after 75k population, even after two neighboring cities (pure industrial and pure commercial)

July 7th, 2011, 11:39 AM	#2
joshsam Bokparty Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sint-Truiden Posts: 4,208 Likes (Received): 140	ad more cities with mixed use, educate people creating better jobs and losing pollution. Makes sure you region is 100K+ to get bigger buildings and connect the cities good. OH btw, buildings don't get that big in Sim city. And it's a bad idea to make commercial and residential seperate. People will have to trave to far to their jobs. It's ok to relocate the industry though. But once you have clean industry they don't pollute anymore so it's not that bad to have them in your city. With Sim city Rush hour this is about how tall they get: __________________ *Be. Forum Meeting - Brussels* Morocco: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region- A small trip report Belgium's capital of fruit: Sint-Truiden Last edited by joshsam; July 7th, 2011 at 11:47 AM.

July 7th, 2011, 11:50 AM	#3
joshsam Bokparty Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sint-Truiden Posts: 4,208 Likes (Received): 140	__________________ *Be. Forum Meeting - Brussels* Morocco: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region- A small trip report Belgium's capital of fruit: Sint-Truiden

July 22nd, 2011, 08:56 AM	#5
logi1509 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ba Ria, Viet Nam Posts: 445 Likes (Received): 6	Hello everyone! My city had a problem too. Environment problem. Can somebody helps me solve this problem ???? __________________ SSC BA RIA VUNG TAU

July 22nd, 2011, 01:52 PM	#6
marciomaco Peido Ninja!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Santo Tirso, Porto Posts: 3,814 Likes (Received): 1	More parks, more green areas and more public transport (less trafic) should resolve your problem __________________ Deêm uma olhadela: Inglaterra - Lake District, One-On-One Portugal, Espanha - Salamanca

July 9th, 2011, 10:51 PM	#4
avikid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 214 Likes (Received): 0	thanks a lot! my city has started growing once again and now its population is around 115K my neighboring cities finally started helping my main city grow..and now i am slowly removing commercial areas from my city to replace them with residential..i will leave out some prime commercial area though..hopefully they will grow into big skyscrapers.. and now most of my residential buildings are skyscrapers..they are i think as big as yours in the picture..i guess that's how big they go without the mods and bat files. and i will post some pics of my city soon!

August 1st, 2011, 06:22 PM	#7
endar someah sareng kayungyun Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Pasunda'an Posts: 30,890	hi guys,, i loved this game so much,, i started to think to get some othe building, like a true building, how come i get that? and what should i do? thanks,, my country now is about 6.500.000 popupation, with the biggest city population about 750.000, i still do my biggest city (area), because i started with the small and large-medium size.. thanks all. its pleasure to meet u all

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