Here is what I do. Start on your main city. Most likely this is the one you want the most commercial in; though I don't start it off that way. I start out with what will be downtown zoned to almost the size I want it but normally in low density. I typically make the water front industrial, and the rest of the city I zone for rows. (Hum I should make a thread on how to do that because its my trade mark and is really neat- any how) Don't over do with streets and no parks or schools for a while- you can add all your extra stuff later- at first all you need is power and roads... a few streets and such to get people around. Lower taxes on R$ then play normally until the city stops growing. If you are happy with where you are at save then start the city next to it. Do it however you want BUT make sure its going to be your main Industrial city... build all the industry you can make sure they cities are well connected. Then you go back to your main city, start raising taxes on dirty industry and start rezoning it. Going back and forth moving all your industry to another secondary city while you start to rezone and increase demand for commercial in your main one. You start adding you 'flavor' then and it will spur higher wealth and development. Think of it like most real cities, they start out 90% industrial then that turns to commercial then to high rises and high wealth while the industrial sector moves/shifts to a different location. Then you can build the rest of your region around these to main cities, always make sure that every city has a little of something- pure residential cities don't normally work unless you have very good transit; are directly connected and you have a very large downtown. It best not to use the large maps for this, I use the middle sized ones for my cities, and if ever I feel like suburbs I use large maps for that.
That help?
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