You're then given the choice of zoning low-density, mid-density or high-density. To zone an area for growth, you need to select the zoning tool in the left toolbar, and then the type of zone you want to create. While industry is the way to go at the beginning, due to the low amount of jobs it generates it will become slowly obsolete by the large commercial buildings as the game progresses. They do not produce any pollution by themselves either. They need sufficient education to grow and do not like pollution. This starts off at small testing grounds and biochemical factories and grows up to large pharmaceutical producers. IHT (high-wealth) is high-tech industry.These produce air and water pollution as well, but less than dirty industry. These include various production facilities and can potentially grow up to large car suppliers. IM (medium-wealth) is manufacturing industry.They produce large amounts of air and water pollution, and only low-wealth residents will work in these. These are various chemical tanks and burners at the beginning, but can grow to large oil refineries. Note also that only poor-wealth residents will work in farms. Farms only grow for small cities, so once your city is large enough, you will no longer get any farms. Farms cannot stand air pollution so keep them away from the main traffic - note that they do produce lots of water pollution though, so at the same time do not build it too near to residential areas. These are composed of a barn and lots of land, which determines the amount of jobs the farm generates. The kinds of industrial buildings are described in detail: Since industry generates lots of pollution, you will want to keep it away from residential areas (but not too far so the residents can no longer get to their jobs) and your source of water. You can either use a road neighbor connection, a rail neighbor connection or an industrial seaport. All of these have in common that they generate goods that need to be shipped to the outside. There are four types of industries - agriculture, dirty industry, manufacturing industry and high-tech industry. Observe how there are no low-wealth offices. They need sufficient traffic to grow and cannot stand pollution either. These are the big things with large buildings. As an office, it cannot stand pollution and needs a clean area. These are usually small businesses, but can potentially grow to large enterprises. These are composed of boutiques and spas. These are larger stores and shopping malls, as well as inns. Only poor-wealth residents will work in these, so connect these to mass transit to get the residents to their jobs. This is usually a small store or gas station. Split up by wealth, you can differentiate between five kinds of commercial buildings: Commercial services are flexible and can stand limited amounts of pollution, while offices need a clean area. While services will stay small throughout the game, offices can potentially grow into large skyscrapers. There are two types of commercial buildings - services, which includes stores and hotels, and offices. They mostly work in the highest wealth jobs in the big offices and industrial enterprises.Ĭommercial is a source of jobs. They need health and education set up fully and at least some parks, so you will generally not see them until late into the game. These live in large villas and big condos. These are very widespread and will work anywhere apart from low-wealth jobs, and will constitute the majority of your residents in the middle of the game. These live in larger, low-density buildings and require basic education and health facilities to grow. It is desirable to connect these to mass transit as they prefer using buses and trains as their means of getting to work. As they have very low needs, these will be your staple people in the early game. These will primarily live in high-density buildings and prefer to work in industry and agriculture. There are three kinds of residents, determined by wealth levels: Residential buildings start off at small houses and eventually grow to apartment blocks, large tenements up to towering highrises. You will want to keep this area away from pollution and near potential jobs. Residential is where your people will live. There are three different kinds of zones to your disposal: In SimCity, to get people into your city you will need to create zones.

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