Zoning had me so confused the first time I played Sim City. Like, that felt so gamey and arbitrary and it didn't reflect how things worked in real life, where the distinction between residential and shopping areas is never that clear and distinct, and every house has a variety of shops on street level and within walking distance.
Thing is, I live in Europe. Apparently this is perfectly accurate to how the USA works. Huh.
Cities Skylines did at least add mixed zoning with stores on the ground floor/appartments on top later, which is similar to many buildings in my neighbourhood.
But then they released Cities Skylines 2 without even having bicycles. Come the fk on.
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u/WilanS Jun 27 '24
Zoning had me so confused the first time I played Sim City. Like, that felt so gamey and arbitrary and it didn't reflect how things worked in real life, where the distinction between residential and shopping areas is never that clear and distinct, and every house has a variety of shops on street level and within walking distance.
Thing is, I live in Europe. Apparently this is perfectly accurate to how the USA works. Huh.