For those who are interested in similar discourse, I recommend these cities skylines videos from youtube user donoteat01:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lvUByM-fZk&list=PLwkSQD3vqK...
They are sarcastic tutorials on how to worsen your Skylines cities enough to qualify as a realistic North American metro area. If the mic quality bothers you, skip to the newer videos.