SimCity is the first major instalment in the SimCity series after SimCity 4 and is packed with many cosmetic changes in the game such as up-to-date 3D graphics, GlassBox Engine, and Google Maps-like interface. Due to the world changes of SimCity, being a mayor could be tough and challenging, and to help out, here are the ten tips to become the best mayor.

1. Zoning
Explore the game interface and the right zone for your residential, commercialand industrial infrastructures. Take note of the wind direction to keep away pollution of industrial zone away from the residential area. Put your commercial zone where sims usually drive or pass by otherwise, income will be a problem, a common example is set the commercial zone in the between industrial and residential.

2. Resources
There are some underground resources you can find in your city such as water, coal, ore, and oil. Click the "All Data Maps" on the bottom right of the screen to determine how many underground resources you have.

3. Water and Sanitation
Building a Water Tower will supply the water needs of your city but drains the underground supply of water. Naturally, the underground supply will replenish on its own during rain. Never build the Sewage Outflow Pipe near a Water Tower or it can contaminate the water supply to the city which eventually create a disease outbreak and death.

4. Leave Spaces for Structural Expansion
Most building can expand using their own space such as town halls, clinics, and schools. These building will require bigger lot space as soon as they are upgrade and even expand sideways making rooms for related structures in accordance to its expansion.

5. Solve the Traffic Issues
Traffic can also occur in SimCity but easily fixed unlike in the world. Add Mass Transportation system to relief the congestion. Be careful on overdoing mass transits such as bus stops, too much of it can induce traffic and lower its efficiency than solving the real problem. Another solution is to upgrade roads to solve traffic issues; remember that traffic can ruin tourism and city income.

6. Parks and Trees
If you want to attract wealthy sims to move in to your city, place parks and trees to make their stay comfortable. Parks and plazas are good for sims and it uplifts their everything living which will attract wealthy sims. Planting trees around your city can lessen pollution and making sims stay.

7. High Technology Industry
High Technology industry requires a city to have a good foundation on its sims. The education system must the main focus to make sims learn skill requirements for such technological tier. Build a grade school, high school, universities and libraries to give sims the education needed for high technology.

8. City Expansion
Once your city is crowded and full of whatever you have put in it, it is time to expand your territory by obtaining a new land. Start building the new land with same aspect used from your first city. You can use the city hall to make several cities trade, communicate and use services.

9. Emergency Buildings
Do not forget to establish structures providing security and emergency services. Build police stations, fire stations, and hospitals to help the city fight against crime, diseaseand fire. Just like any other structures, these emergency structures are affected by traffic. If your city has heavy road congestion, ambulance, police cars, and fire trucks won't arrive quickly to the location they were dispatched.

10. Upgrade Instead of Branching Out
Use upgrades of building to expand their income and services rather than spreading several branches especially if not necessary. Not only they are useless in the long run, but will cause lot spaces to be crowded, taking areas for better buildings instead.

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