Low density commercial vs high density commercial

[Anti-Sex Task Force]

I know that low density residential attracts families, but what's the difference between commercial zones, aside from income?

[CyberVibes]

One is more suited to neighbourhoods like corner shops etc and the other is suited as main towncity centers.

[Anti-Sex Task Force]

Yeah, but suited how? I'm not talking aesthetics, cause sure low density commercial fits suburban areas. I'm talking actual parameters.

[sedna16]

High density commercial requires more higher education than the low density commercial.

[Stealthy]

First of all, there s no difference on residental. It's a myth that low residential attracts more families. Only difference is density, how many families live in one building.

Same with commercial, it's about how much commercial demand each one serves. Obviously high density ones will serve for more demand than low density. Also their employment needs are different.

If you want to do local & organic only which came with Green Cities, that's low density only but as a bonus it doesn't create any noise and thus it can be placed among the residental zones.

That benefits on traffic, as people are able to walk to do their shopping rather than having to drive / take mass transit to somewhere else.

[kristofburger]

Originally posted by Stealthy:

First of all, there s no difference on residental. It's a myth that low residential attracts more families. Only difference is density, how many families live in one building.

Not exactly true. New citizens moving into high density residential buildings are almost always single adults who later get together and have children, whereas in low density areas these are often families with at least one child or teen. This was even mentioned in the original base game dev diaries.

[Stealthy]

Originally posted by kristofburger:

Originally posted by Stealthy:

First of all, there s no difference on residental. It's a myth that low residential attracts more families. Only difference is density, how many families live in one building.

Not exactly true. New citizens moving into high density residential buildings are almost always single adults who later get together and have children, whereas in low density areas these are often families with at least one child or teen. This was even mentioned in the original base game dev diaries.

Yet when you look at you citizen map on info overlays, it doesn't show ANY difference between low density and high density residential areas. They both have equal amounts of "mostly families" "Mostly adults" and "mostly seniors". 0 difference.

[Anti-Sex Task Force]

Originally posted by Stealthy:

Yet when you look at you citizen map on info overlays, it doesn't show ANY difference between low density and high density residential areas. They both have equal amounts of "mostly families" "Mostly adults" and "mostly seniors". 0 difference.

It looks like there's an even mix of young adults and families, but the effect is there. My theory is, it only matters where new cims move in initially, and then they distribute about evenly on their own. Since I did get a demographic crisis with a city with high density only.

[scpool1986]

Originally posted by Uncommon Scholar of Life Regen:

Yeah, but suited how? I'm not talking aesthetics, cause sure low density commercial fits suburban areas. I'm talking actual parameters.

I’ve only noticed 3 major differences:
Traffic- High density commercial requires more goods to sustain operations so you have more delivery trucks coming into and out of the area. It also attracts more customers, once again creating more traffic coming in and going out, making 2 lane 2 way roads clog up faster.
Higher Employment- High density commercial employs and serves more people per building than low density commercial.
Noise- You add all that activity together and you’ll see an average noise level 3-4 times higher in high density commercial than in low density commercial, allowing for some low density commercial to be zoned in neighborhoods and be well tolerated while zoning high density commercial directly next to any level of residential will lead to noise sickness.