DJ's Tips

• Don't ever try to use a grid street formation over hilly terrain - it wastes a lot of flat land and money.
• Subways are great for built-up areas because they require only one tile per stop and all tracks run underground, but they cost loads so just use them in dense commercial areas.
• A railway round the edge of the city with branches running inwards makes a really effective mass transit system.
• Zone hilly and watery areas residential - land values will rise because Sims find these areas scenic and pretty.
• The City Hall and Courthouse raise aura and land value, so put them in your Commercial area to help it develop.
• Police and Fire Stations are effective if placed in a grid formation.
• Don't take out hundreds of loans - just take one or two big ones. It's better to pay off that way.
• Start new cities near one edge of the terrain so it's cheaper to link roads, power and pipes to neighbours.
• Leave the startup tips on - I learnt a lot!
• Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C in any game and type broccoli, then press return and watch the news ticker.
• No matter how pretty it looks, don't put your Mayoral Mansion in a wide open space, because you'll have to ruin the effect by putting power lines to it, or zoning up to it - or face a flashing thunderbolt!
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