How bad is a bit of pollution?

[Deco Boladasso]

I always had buildings up to 2 tons of pollution kinda close to residential buildings. Is it that bad or is it acceptable?

[Silent_Shadow]

I'd say its okay if you have them no closer than 300m. 200m or even 100m is also okay, but your citizens may need to go to the hospital more often and will have slightly lower productivity due to slightly lower health.

I list the ranges I use here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/784150/discussions/0/6348431004286066364/

They are a bit conservative because I don't want any pollution affecting my citizens.

[Deco Boladasso]

Thank you. Btw, I'm planning a huge industry that's very polluting; should I keep it away from the less polluting one? I mean, packing them all would be a killer to workers, right?

[MrKrabs]

I have one town on my map which I call a mudhole. Pollution all over the place. But lifespan over 70, happiness not to shabby, over all a functional city. I believe as a starter city it wouldn't work.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977060861

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975438159

[Deco Boladasso]

Originally posted by MrKrabs:

I have one town on my map which I call a mudhole. Pollution all over the place. But lifespan over 70, happiness not to shabby, over all a functional city. I believe as a starter city it wouldn't work.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977060861

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975438159

That cooling tower itself generates 15t, so yeah... I think it would be ok.
Btw, which year is it in this republic of yours?

[MrKrabs]

Somewhere in the 2040s.

It was the more or less second town on my map.

Here´s another shot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2958621148

[Deco Boladasso]

This is very nice, I like it.

[Silent_Shadow]

Originally posted by Deco Boladasso:

Thank you. Btw, I'm planning a huge industry that's very polluting; should I keep it away from the less polluting one? I mean, packing them all would be a killer to workers, right?

Depends on the amount of pollution they output and how tightly you can cluster them. Generally adding another 200m to the minimum range for the most polluting building should be enough.

[KJ]

My starting town had coal power plant directly next to it. and i even added a second after some time. As well as all kind of building related production plant (brick works, prefab, etc). Lifespan was 62 years. It still worked. Caveat: I did that many versions ago (pre productivity changes). Not sure if it's still the same as today.
When people get less old, it just means your population is younger, and your population growth is somewhat slower. But as soon as you have "generation equilibrium" (all age groups evenly distributed), it is not a problem. Shorter lifespan means less young people have to escape your republic due to lack of homes.

[tr0mp]

Build a polution monitor and you will know...

[KJ]

the pollution monitor wont tell you what impact the polution has on health (last time i played, anyway) and people