Up to now I have always followed this strategy for creating my cities etc in a region. Is this method okay or am I missing something.
1. I always build a power plant and garbage processing center in their own region and then connect it to the main City I will be making. I then use the neighborhood deals to supply power and handle garbage for the city I "care" about. I then rarely visit this place.
2. I always zone the dirty / manufacturing industrial zones in their own city (sometimes the same one with the power and garbage (from above). Now this city has nothing but a grid for all these industries. I never zone commercial or residential. All the workers then come from my main city.
3. Also does the Country Club Reward do much or is it even necessary?
Is there a better way to do this stuff?