Tips for growing education please

[LordyMatsuo]

Hi,

So really getting back into this game and keep growing my starter townto around 3-5k pop before i start putting in schools. I have noticed as time passes my cims get eduated then well educated etc which is great.

So as they get those statuses and the education overall in my city increases they want better places to work and I'm struggling to balance industry and commercial to match the number of educated cims in my city.

Sometimes i might have demand for industry so i put some down then minutes later they are moanign i don't have the correct type of educated worker.

Does anyone have any tips how you manage this demand as my building keep going abandoned either becuase i don't have enough workers to fill the rolls then other times i might get abandoned houses as not enough jobs. I can't just educate my whole city and put in high tech indutry and commercial becuase then new residental always starts with uneducated cims.

Finding this part of the game really challenging so far and would love to be able to grow bigger cities but need to learn to manage this issue if anyone can help?

[wolfpost]

Get away from factories and build more office buildings seems to work for me. And I am a big fan of the lumber industry or other specialty zones if I run short of materials. I like lumber because that and farms never run out.But I started building the lumber a little too soon and they kept leaving until I started building colleges I think or maybe it was just more population and H.S. Don't remember now. I have like "10" factory buildings, the rest is all lumber industry and one small farm zone just because, lol, in my entire city of 180k and am having no problems at all like you describe. And you are building at least one college right?

[Moro]

Originally posted by lordymatsuo:

Hi,

So really getting back into this game and keep growing my starter townto around 3-5k pop before i start putting in schools. I have noticed as time passes my cims get eduated then well educated etc which is great.

So as they get those statuses and the education overall in my city increases they want better places to work and I'm struggling to balance industry and commercial to match the number of educated cims in my city.

Sometimes i might have demand for industry so i put some down then minutes later they are moanign i don't have the correct type of educated worker.

Does anyone have any tips how you manage this demand as my building keep going abandoned either becuase i don't have enough workers to fill the rolls then other times i might get abandoned houses as not enough jobs. I can't just educate my whole city and put in high tech indutry and commercial becuase then new residental always starts with uneducated cims.

Finding this part of the game really challenging so far and would love to be able to grow bigger cities but need to learn to manage this issue if anyone can help?

offices as the other person pointed out are one solution. they require the highest education level, however, they also do not provided anything so if you dont having a working industry then there may be a lot of import going on to sustain your offices and commericial.

something that others have suggested works is raising the unemployment rate over 10% by bringing in more residents. this can force cims to take jobs they normally wouldnt want.

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by lordymatsuo:

Sometimes i might have demand for industry so i put some down then minutes later they are moanign i don't have the correct type of educated worker.

Who is in charge of planning your city development? You or the RCI demand meter?
You should be the decision maker, not have your decisions made for you by answering a demand. That way leads to chaos.
Everything hinges on the amount of commercial you zone. Most cities don't need much.
The more commercial you build, the more generic industry is needed to supply it, to prevent it importing the consumer goods it needs. And to prevent generic industry from importing the raw resources it needs to manufacture those consumer goods for commercial, you need to build specialised industries to feed the generic.
How much and what ratio you require can be determined by checking the Outside connections overlay (trade). Ideally, you want minimal imports and minimal exports for a balanced production.
So... commercial>generic>specialised. Keep commercial to a minimum and everything else will be scaled to feed it.
Remember, the RCI meter is just an indicator of demand. It shows what is possible to zone, not what must be zoned.
As for education. Aim for the best possible, as the benefits outweigh any other consideration. Don't worry about any mismatching of level of education. As long as you zone enough residential to keep unemployment at a healthy 10% or so, then all vacancies will be filled if you can ensure the workers can reach their jobs.