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Maybe I'm missing something.

Sim City has always seemed like choose-your-own objectives.. Why can't you make a quiet sidewalk city?

I've made several nice farm towns, and it's part of what makes SimCity fun for me.

Small town usa is sort of doable. Small town rest-of-the-world is not. I think the main issue is no mixed use buildings.

I live in the US since five years and I never understood that zoning obsession. Can anyone explain why that's so different than it is in Europe for example? I really don't understand what the issue with mixed use is from an American perspective.

I've made many a farm town in the past. But you're right, it's either farm town, or mega city.

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