Thursday, August 11, 2016

3. Services

There are total 7 services that your sims cannot live without(excluding health). They are:
1. Power
I recommend the Coal power plants cause they are the cheapest(4500 each) and each plant covers 12 zones. As you build more houses you're going to need another one. 3 would be enough before reaching level 16(health unlocked) as per my design.
2. Water
The Basic water tower(6000 each) would be the most economical early in the game. 3 of them would be enough before level 16.
3. Fire Station
2 Small fire stations(8000 each) will be enough to cover 27 residential zones. The small fire station occupies very little space and is best for moving around of buildings at later stage. Now the bigger ones cover more ground but they occupie too much space and cost too much(we wouldn't want that) and moving them is difficult because of the snug fit of residential zones.
4. Police Station
Same principle goes for police stations. 3 Small police stations(6100 each) will cover 27 residential zones.
5. Parks
Once you have 6-10 buildings you can buy 1 Modern art park which gives you a 10% population boost. Upgrading the buildings will give you coins and you can invest them to buy better parks like the Peaceful park(8000 each) which gives a 25% population boost to the covered ground. Now don't worry cause investing in parks have long term benefits. You wouldn't need more than 4 Peacful parks according to my design.
6. Sewage
1 Basic sewage outflow pipe(12000) would be enough.
7. Waste management(Garbage disposal) 
Investing in the Garbage dump(12000) would be a better choice cause it'll cover more houses per dollar. 1 would be enough.

These are the essential services. Without them, your sims will move out and abandon the buildings they were living in. There will be a decrease in population and tax revenue as you lose sims or if they are not happy.

Note: Before reaching level 16 you should have 500,000 coins in order to make a great city. These preparations are only for novice players and I will not cover any topic after level 15 because I don't think you'll need any help after that. 

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