Growing up instead of out

[Tilarium]

I tried a search but it didn't really get me much.  Anyone offer any advice on getting a city to grow up instead of out?  Residentially speaking, I'm only getting the houses.  Commercially speaking I'm getting some 4 story (there abouts) offices and shops, and industrial I've got a zillion MPRs and Dao Chemicals.  I'm getting tired of running the city out and out and out.  I want to start having it build up.  I've got medium zones placed, I've got demand out my butt, I've got all the little bars for safty and education and health and the what have you all run up high...  What am I don't wrong?  What step am I missing?  Also, in a similar vane... my industrial section has pretty much stopped growing despite the demand and no-job zots popping up.  I've got the space zoned out for them, just don't have them growing.


Kyle

[metarvo]

Are your medium-density zones watered?  Water is required to get medium- or high-density development, except for the very smallest medium-density industrial buildings.  You must also have a population of at least 1,100 for medium-density buildings to develop, except for the mentioned industrial buildings.

[Tilarium]

Yup, the zones are watered and powered, and no trash either!  I've definitally got the population you mentioned, not sure off hand how much, but it's plenty over 1,100.  Keep getting that darn advisor saying that I need residential and industrial, probably commercial too if there's a pop-up for them aswell.

[frdrcklim]

It's a supply demand thing. If you got demand in your Residential then finish it and Commercial and Industrial demand will grow then you finish that and the cycle goes over and over . As for the Industrial, there is a trick. Once you plop the University, for some strange reason, you will have limitless demand . And this is what I do since CS$$ always keeps going back, I download one of those ploppable lots that has a huge occupancy. The demand for residential grows and you won't have problem with those tiny shops constantly plopping until the demand goes back.

But remember that starting is always the hard part, and everything does pay-off with a little patience .

If you want the easy way out, just download those ploppables , but it will have a severe impact on your RCI Demand.

[memph]

How high is your demand?

And placing some parks adjacent to medium or high density lots can help too.

Oh and you rarely (maybe never) get low density high wealth buildings destroy to build lower wealth but higher density ones.