You should play your first scenario or campaign with an active tutorial.

One should keep in mind thatonce you start a scenario, you cannot switch off the tutorial.

Once you build a neighborhood, it will take several or several dozen months to populate it.

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This refers to all the neighborhoods, not just your first one.

Thus, you should wait with an expensive investment until the neighborhood increases its power.

Keep in mind that the majority of problems related to the budget can be solved via taxes.

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However, the key to success is not by raising them but rather creating new districts.

Remember not to build districts in rows.

If you do that, the chance that the institution will affect a larger area will decrease.

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Modifying your districts

Keep an economic approach.

Significant expenses will include e.g.

situations where you want to install heating and electricity in a neighborhood.

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The key to success is to choose and plan them wisely.

you might perform such changes individually for all your districts.

Calculate these costs to remain a balance between taxes and expenses.

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One of the most important economic factors in the game.

At first, they will be set to 10% in both sections (industry and citizens).

Changes are essential if you want to keep your city developing.

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On the other hand, increasing taxes will result in a negative decision of the City Council.

As you provide more and more services, you should increase taxes by 1%.

If your approach your citizens' needs correctly, taxes will be the main topic of discussion.

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On the other hand, you cannot just increase taxes over and over.

Even a slight change can affect many companies and cause a lot of trouble.

give a shot to run at least two districts for every 1% change.

This way the quantity of payments will compensate for the actual value.

build a hospital without even asking the City Council for permission.

you’re able to increase your salary for as long as the city budget can afford it.

As your population grows, you will have to deal with more demands.

This will include citizens in all your districts.

attempt to fulfill their demands at least at some point.

It’s important tosatisfy the needs by using services based on the newly researched technologies.

You may also regulate them via edicts.

Whenever it is possible, attempt to avoid decisions that would trigger political consequences.

Some of them can affect the Mayor.

However, this will not affect the gameplay to a large extent.

you’re free to research new technologies nearly from the very beginning.

Just double-check to decide on a clear path as soon as possible.

What you want to do next it totally up to you.

All discoveries are important but it is crucial to adjust them to problems of your society.

Approaching your inventions

Before you conduct a research, an important window concerning the technology will appear.

Agreeing to this will make the technology more common and thus improve the productivity and reduce its overall cost.

Each decision will lead to consequences, so choose wisely.

The more society centered the invention is, the lower the cost to implement it will be.

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