It's time for expansion. I have buildable space left within the areas I have currently unlocked, but I want to try something different. I'm going to build a new part of town on the other side of the river. Since I can't build any bridges, this means there will be no connection to the highway. I'm not even sure this is possible, but let's find out!
The first thing I do is lay down all the roads in advance. The bypass works well in the old part of town, so I'll go with that again.
This part of the map has almost no wind, so wind mills aren't an option and I don't want to have a long power line. A solar power plant should be more than enough for the entire area, though, so let's go with that.
Okay, I have offices and shops now, but no citizens at all. They probably can't move into the neighbourhood, because they can't reach it by car. Maybe a train station would help.
I also need to import cargo so the shops have stuff to sell, so let's build a cargo station as well. Unfortunately, I didn't think to plan for this when I put down the roads, so I end up with this monstrosity.
The cargo station works well, the passenger station does absolutely nothing. No one is using it.
My next attempt at attracting citizens is building a metro station and connecting it to the old part of town. Strangely enough, as soon as I do this, cars start appearing on the roads. I have no problem imagining those cars moving through the metro tunnels, but how do they get up the stairs at the station?
Anyway, I now have citizens living in this new part of town as well, but the shopkeepers still aren't happy.
I want to attract more citizens, but I already have a large amount of residentials zones with no houses on them. I try better public transport, but that doesn't help either. Maybe I need to convince more citizens from the old district to come shop in the new district?
No, that's not it, because in the old district shops have the same problem.
It looks like there are just to many stores for the number of citizens I currently have. What would happen if I just bulldoze all the shops in the new district?
That's it. The shops in the old district are finding customers again and I can fill the empty space in the new district with offices, since those are in high demand.
From now on, I'll go easy on the commercial zones and focus on expanding the citizenry first.
The rest is quite easy, actually. I fill up the empty zones in the new district, making sure that I provide plenty of services. A touch of patience later, the new district is running smoothly and at no point during its development is traffic a problem.
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