can a city survive without factories?

[Kabir ke Pohe]

I was just wondering of removing all factories and replacing them with offices

[dadyrghluv69]

Yes but you will be importing everything in so the truck traffic would be horrible in your commercial areas. But it can be done

[76561198286671866]

a way to reduce traffic is actually to remove the outgoing outside connection. once the vans have delivered they just disappear.

[Kabir ke Pohe]

The industry in my city is either specialised to forestry or farming, the goods are exported through a port, which doesnt add on to traffic as it is nearby my factoriesm, now the problem iam facing now is that most people in my city are educated and dont want to work in the factories so i was planning onto building offices only let me add a screenshot!

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[Poddu]

There is no problem running a city without industry and just offices.

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[AppleReshiram]

yeah you can.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by HanswantSchnitzel:

I was just wondering of removing all factories and replacing them with offices

Yes, it is possible, but you will have to deal with commerce demand. It will be tricky, but you could do it with lots of cargo stations everywhere.

It would be easier to eliminate industry and commerce altogether and eliminate the whole freight system and cargo stations won't be needed, but you'll have huge citizen demand and need a very good mass-transit system to get everyone around.

The smaller the city, the easier it will be to achieve either one. The larger the city the harder it will be.

[Kabir ke Pohe]

If i decide not to replace factories how do I combat with eligible citizens that can work in factories, do I eliminate the schools in some areas altogether?

[bradybrklyn]

Originally posted by HanswantSchnitzel:

If i decide not to replace factories how do I combat with eligible citizens that can work in factories, do I eliminate the schools in some areas altogether?

No. You just need to keep unemployment high. Cims will work any job as long as unemployment is high.

[kristofburger]

There are multiple benefits in high education so not providing facilities isn't a great idea. I'm aware you probably dislike ground pollution, but level 3 generic industry provides plenty of jobs for highly educated workers without being a massive polluter. You win some and lose some in this regard.

[ConPlayGames]

Originally posted by HanswantSchnitzel:

If i decide not to replace factories how do I combat with eligible citizens that can work in factories, do I eliminate the schools in some areas altogether?

place residential zone close to those industry lacking workers and make district with "schools out" policy

[BLÀde]

you can but it will x10 traffic!

[traumspieler]

Originally posted by dadyrghluv69:

Yes but you will be importing everything in so the truck traffic would be horrible in your commercial areas. But it can be done

Your truck traffic will be exactly the same, because otherwise the same amount of trucks will come from your industrial zone.

And you can build cargo hubs close to your commercial zones so you just have trucks from the cargo hub to your shops. Or just build commercial zones close to your highway connections.

I almost never build a lot of industry and everything is perfectly fine.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by traumspieler:

Your truck traffic will be exactly the same, because otherwise the same amount of trucks will come from your industrial zone.

Actually there will be a lot of trucks as industry will import, export, and local deliver everything. So, depending on your layout (how balanced everything is) your traffic can get better, worse or stay the same.

And you can build cargo hubs close to your commercial zones so you just have trucks from the cargo hub to your shops.

This is the best option if you want to keep your commerce with no industry. Then you only get imports and nothing else and freight spawns right where it needs to be.

Or just build commercial zones close to your highway connections.

This helps, but you still get freight spawning off the map and driving into your city before finally making delivery. It's best to get freight off the road ASAP. But this helps for those wanting more realistic looking city with low commercial scattered about your city and not clumped together.

I almost never build a lot of industry and everything is perfectly fine.

Yes, this will work within the default 9-tiles of the default city limits. But bigger cities will show signs of fatigue later in the game. But it shows no matter what you do it seems. Well, except mods altering game behaviors.

[hjo]

Originally posted by -DI- rmjohnson144:

It would be easier to eliminate industry and commerce altogether and eliminate the whole freight system and cargo stations won't be needed, but you'll have huge citizen demand and need a very good mass-transit system to get everyone around.
The smaller the city, the easier it will be to achieve either one. The larger the city the harder it will be.

I cannot agree. I've eliminated the most of industry and commerce, i.e. I'm just zoning residents and offices. And to be honour: it's boaring. You don't have to deal with traffic, for offices don't produce heavy traffic. Just some public transport here and there, some sidewalks, enough services, that's all. (Almost) all buildings are extended to the max (5 resp. 3 stars) with a population of more than 200k. Of course I have commerce demand (according to the RCI meter), but people are happy and do not have any complains.

Again: according to my experience it's no problem to eliminate industry and commerce and to focus on residents and offices, but it's boaring, if you don't have to deal with at least some challenges...