{"id":1688,"date":"2023-07-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:33:11","slug":"development-diary-5-city-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=1688","title":{"rendered":"Development Diary #5: City Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1688\" class=\"elementor elementor-1688\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16efbf38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16efbf38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f26e9\" data-id=\"74f26e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d4be4 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"16d4be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-153ebc7 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>July 17, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-486fe8c elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>4:00 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69aaf3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"69aaf3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0389f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"0389f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDevelopment Diary #5: City Services  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e2e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6e2e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello there city building enthusiasts! It\u2019s time for a new Cities: Skylines II development diary, and this time we are taking a look at the city services available in the game. Brand-new services join the many familiar city services, and while their basic functionality has remained the same, they have more nuanced and complex mechanics befitting a more realistic city-building game.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City services can also be restricted to districts, and we will also take a look at the city-management options provided by districts and policies. Districts make governing the city easier with more detailed information available while policies can be assigned to the whole city as well as directly to the districts, allowing fine-tuning of the various areas to make life more enjoyable for the citizens or more profitable for the businesses. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f553b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61f553b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a068bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a068bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CITY SERVICES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301d960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"301d960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basic gameplay of city service remains the same in Cities: Skylines II: Your task is to provide the citizens with various services that increase their quality of life, bring them happiness and keep them safe. However, unlike in the previous game where you wanted to cover the city evenly with all the different service types, the road to the perfect city in Cities: Skylines II lies in understanding the needs of the citizens and fulfilling them by providing suitable services as well as other activities such as places to go shopping. You can, of course, place the various services throughout the city but doing so can be costly and provides only minor additional benefits overall.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where city services directly increased Land Value in the previous game, Cities: Skylines II takes a different approach. City services only indirectly affect Land Value as they answer the needs of citizens and companies in the city, which in turn increases their willingness to pay higher rent in the area, thus increasing their levels and the Land Value. For more information about Land Value check out our previous development diary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=1649\"><b>Zones &amp; Signature Buildings<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, not all citizens have the same needs. Senior citizens have more free time and value places where they can spend that free time. Families with children on the other hand value areas with schools. Working-age citizens seek residence in areas that have quick connections to workplaces. And companies value services that increase their Efficiency and profit margin. Citizens\u2019 needs can be inspected from their household\u2019s Selected Info Panel (SIP) by hovering over the family\u2019s Happiness icon. Similarly, companies&#8217; needs can be inspected in their SIP, hovering over their Efficiency value.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5add9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5add9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e00283 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e00283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE TYPES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d4cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42d4cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Roads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">form the backbone of the city, providing buildable zones around them, paths for agents to travel on, and the basic infrastructure for water and electricity distribution as the water pipes and electric cables run pre-built under the roads. The condition of roads decreases over time as vehicles travel on them resulting in slower travel speeds and a higher chance of traffic accidents. To keep the roads safe to drive on and the overall road condition high, a Road Maintenance Depot is required. It sends out a fleet of Road Maintenance Vehicles that roam through the city, patching up worn-down asphalt.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roads are discussed more in-depth in another development diary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=1547\"><b>Road Tools<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785a4c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"785a4c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"1 Roads\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xLVJvYWRzLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-Roads-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Road Maintenance service keeps your roads in good condition and clean up after traffic accidents<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9419b7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9419b7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>ELECTRICITY<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electricity is one of the key components in running a city. Most buildings require electricity to function and citizens are not willing to suffer a lack of electricity for long before moving out. Businesses lose most of their efficiency when they are deprived of electricity which causes their production and overall function to cease almost entirely and will eventually lead to them going out of business as they can\u2019t make a profit and pay their bills.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cities: Skylines II features various different power plants from the green, sustainable but quite expensive Wind Turbine, Solar Power Plant, Geothermal Power Plant, and Hydro-electric Power Plant to the raw, polluting power of fossil fuels in the form of Coal Power Plants and Gas Power Plant. Nuclear Power Plant represents the awesome power of the atom, it\u2019s expensive but delivers enough electricity to power up almost any kind of city!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840fdad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"840fdad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2 Electricity\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yLUVsZWN0cmljaXR5LndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2817\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-Electricity-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Gas Power Plant is one of many options to provide your city with electricity<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff4577b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff4577b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>WATER &amp; SEWAGE<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water and sewage provide your citizens with the basic necessities and include both familiar and new options. Lack of fresh water leads to people becoming unhappy while companies&#8217; functions are halted as their efficiency decreases greatly. City services also lose much of their effectiveness if they are deprived of fresh water.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to in Cities: Skylines <\/span><b>Surface water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be pumped from open water sources and the water quality is affected by pollution in the water, caused by sewage sources. Conversely, <\/span><b>Groundwater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works quite differently in Cities: Skylines II. Unlike in the game\u2019s predecessor, where the groundwater was pumped by placing water towers anywhere on the map, Cities: Skylines II maps feature groundwater deposits full of fresh water. These reservoirs have a limited refreshment rate and are very susceptible to ground pollution, so plan your water supplies accordingly.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Sewage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> treatment is a crucial part of city management. In Cities: Skylines II sewage must be either pumped out of the water network and into open waters through a Sewage Outlet or treated in a Wastewater Treatment Plant where it is purified and pumped back into the freshwater network. The pollutants gathered from the treated wastewater become solid waste which can be hauled to any of the city\u2019s garbage management sites.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Electricity and Water are discussed in more detail in next week\u2019s development diary <\/span><b>Electricity &amp; Water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24fe047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24fe047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"3 Water\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8zLVdhdGVyLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-Water-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Make sure your water pumping services are nowhere near pollution to avoid sick citizens<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251a03a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"251a03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>HEALTHCARE &amp; DEATHCARE<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At their core, both Healthcare and Deathcare are relatively straightforward services and function much like they do in the game\u2019s predecessor. <\/span><b>Medical Clinics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Hospitals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide healthcare for the sick and ambulance transportation for those too sick or injured to travel to the medical facilities by themselves. Additionally, healthcare services provide citizens in the surrounding area with a passive Health bonus while ambulances will respond to traffic accidents, taking care of injured citizens and bringing them to a medical clinic or hospital for treatment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53677cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53677cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"4 Healthcare\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC80LUhlYWx0aGNhcmUud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2819\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-Healthcare-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Improve your citizens\u2019 health with the Health Research Institute (left) and provide local healthcare services with a Hospital (right)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beaf05b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beaf05b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deathcare prepares the deceased on their final journey, transporting them to the <\/span><b>cemeteries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>crematoriums <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in hearses. Citizens can die of old age, if their Health decreases too much, if they are involved in a traffic accident, or if they are inside a building when it collapses due to being abandoned or affected by a natural disaster.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129377b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"129377b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"5 Deathcare\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC81LURlYXRoY2FyZS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-Deathcare-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A cemetery provides citizens with a final resting place and can improve their well-being too<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765471d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"765471d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizen Health is positively affected by the availability of resources the household uses and their consumption as well as the availability of Healthcare. Negative effects on citizen Health are different pollution types, previous illnesses and injuries, and any uncollected garbage. A sick citizen cannot contribute to their workplace and thus affects the company\u2019s efficiency. Therefore it is important to make sure that citizens are healthy and able to contribute to maximize the city\u2019s success!<\/span><\/p><p><b><br \/>GARBAGE MANAGEMENT<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every building accumulates garbage as a by-product of humans living, working, or spending free time there. Various factors can contribute to garbage being accumulated such as: building and zone type, building level and size as well as citizen education level. Higher-level buildings generate less garbage as do citizens with a higher education level.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garbage is handled by building <\/span><b>Landfills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other garbage management buildings which tend to pollute their surroundings, with the <\/span><b>Incineration Plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pushing out a lot of air pollution as well, so they should be built far away from residential areas and preferably downwind to avoid the air pollution from affecting the city. The facilities send out garbage trucks that collect garbage from buildings and bring it back for processing. Landfills simply store and slowly process the garbage while the Incineration Plant burns it, turning waste into electricity. The <\/span><b>Recycling Center <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">separates the usable parts from the garbage and turns them into resources that can be used by manufacturing companies to produce goods and products.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca5bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eca5bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"6 Garbage\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC82LUdhcmJhZ2Uud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2821\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-Garbage-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Landfills (right) can take up precious land while recycling centers (left) and incineration plants process garbage faster<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-724f9b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"724f9b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>EDUCATION &amp; RESEARCH<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education is an important service for a successful city. You can provide your citizens with education by building various schools that correspond to different age groups. Children always go to <\/span><b>Elementary School<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if one is available, while Teens and Adults have the freedom to choose whether to go to school or switch to working. Teens can go to <\/span><b>High School<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while Adults have the option to either go to <\/span><b>College<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or one of the <\/span><b>Universities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available in the game. When choosing between school and work, citizens calculate which is financially more beneficial for them: to start working now in a lower position and earning money, or studying for a higher possible position earning them more money. Some citizens also simply choose to study or work depending on their inherent interests.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6f327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d6f327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"7 College\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC83LUNvbGxlZ2Uud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2822\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7-College-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Provide your citizens with a college education to fill well-educated job openings<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f372818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f372818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizens have 5 levels of education: <\/span><b>Uneducated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Poorly Educated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Educated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Well Educated,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Highly Educated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Every time a citizen graduates from a school, their education level increases by one. Citizens can also fail to graduate at which point they evaluate their options and either continue studying or get a job. Education levels are important when filling job positions in companies and city services as most of them have a certain amount of job positions for the various education levels. If companies can\u2019t fill all open positions with the applicable employees (i.e. not enough workers with high enough education), the service\u2019s efficiency decreases and in the case of companies, their production output is affected negatively. Higher-level companies have more job positions for higher education levels compared to low-level companies and in general, higher-educated employees are more sought after than lower-educated employees.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a special effect, Elementary Schools give a Well-being bonus for families with children living close to the school. This encourages families to move into areas that have Elementary Schools, and can, to some extent, be used to guide how a certain portion of the population behaves.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7392e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7392e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"8 Elementary school\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC84LUVsZW1lbnRhcnktc2Nob29sLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2823\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-Elementary-school-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Encourage families to move into an area by providing them with a local elementary school<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6217ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6217ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>FIRE &amp; RESCUE<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire &amp; Rescue services are quite straightforward gameplay-wise. Having a <\/span><b>Fire House<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>Fire Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> present in the city decreases fire hazards in the area surrounding the service buildings. The fire department sends out fire engines to put out building fires, and as fires can spread quickly it is important to sort out traffic jams so that in the case of an emergency, the fire engines are not stuck behind traffic while trying to reach their destination.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b80c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b80c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"9 Fire\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC85LUZpcmUud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2824\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/9-Fire-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Fire Station is ready to respond to fires in the city and can be upgraded as your city\u2019s needs increase<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64c658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f64c658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Firewatch Towers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be placed in the wilderness to keep watch on and lower the risk of forest fires in their surroundings. Forest fires can easily spread and light nearby buildings, so you will need the <\/span><b>Firefighting Helicopter Depot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send out their helicopter fleet which can put out both forest fires and building fires.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c3722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6c3722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"10 Fire2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xMC1GaXJlMi53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-Fire2-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Build Firewatch Towers and Firefighting Helicopter Depots to combat forest fires<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36aba10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36aba10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire &amp; Rescue Service also includes disaster prevention and response. Fire engines rush to rescue citizens trapped in collapsed buildings, while the <\/span><b>Early Disaster Warning System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> detects natural disasters early and sends out notifications to citizens to take shelter. If the city has <\/span><b>Emergency Shelters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, citizens hurry there and wait out the disaster.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e260c40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e260c40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"11 Disaster\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xMS1EaXNhc3Rlci53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2826\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11-Disaster-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Emergency Shelters provide a safe place for citizens during a disaster while the Early Disaster Warning System notify them of an impending disaster<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a848ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a848ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>POLICE &amp; ADMINISTRATION<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police keep order in the city and their presence, be it <\/span><b>Police Stations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the <\/span><b>Police Headquarters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, decreases crime accumulation in their neighborhoods. Patrolling police cars also encourage citizens to behave well and they decrease crime probability along the roads they travel. Unless limited by selected districts, police cars can patrol the entire city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb27fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bb27fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"12 Police\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xMi1Qb2xpY2Uud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2827\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/12-Police-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Police Headquarters keep your citizens safe and can detain criminals until they are transferred to a prison<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f34718a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f34718a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police respond to crimes and attempt to capture the criminal at the crime scene while the crime is in progress. Arrested criminals are put in jail, and some criminals are sentenced to serve prison time. These prisoners are then transported either to a local <\/span><b>Prison<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or to an Outside Connection to serve their sentence if a local prison is not available. After serving their time, their criminal status is reset and they return to the city. Prisons function also as production facilities, producing resources used by manufacturing companies in the city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9034312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9034312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"13 Prison\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xMy1Qcmlzb24ud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2828\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/13-Prison-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Put criminal citizens to work in a local Prison while they serve their sentence<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b130a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b130a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each building generates <\/span><b>crime probability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the risk of a criminal selecting a building as the target of their criminal activity. Crime probability also affects citizen Well-being which in turn affects their chance of becoming criminals. Other factors such as lack of electricity, insufficient water and sewage service, pollution, garbage, and lack of leisure affect citizen Well-being as well.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Administration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes services such as Welfare Office, City Hall, and Central Bank. The <\/span><b>Welfare Office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps people down on their luck and boosts their Well-being if their Happiness is below half. The <\/span><b>City Hall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has city-wide effects, ranging from lowered loan interest rates and import costs to reduced crime rates and building leveling costs. The <\/span><b>Central Bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also helps reduce loans and boost companies\u2019 profits by lowering import costs while increasing export profits.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d64311 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d64311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"14 Wellfare\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xNC1XZWxsZmFyZS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2829\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14-Wellfare-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Welfare Office helps your citizens get back on their feet when life gets tough<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e03b0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e03b0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>TRANSPORTATION<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cities: Skylines II features familiar public transportation options from buses and taxis to trains, trams, subways, ships, and airplanes. In addition to the automatic cargo transportation by road via delivery trucks, cargo transportation for rail, water, and air makes a return giving you more control than before.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each land transport type features its own depot from which they send out their fleet of vehicles. Water and air traffic don\u2019t have depots, but instead, the harbors and airports are connected to the seaways and Outside Connections respectively. Airports are the only transportation building that can be upgraded to also include a cargo terminal as other transportation types have separate passenger and cargo stations and terminals. Check out the development diary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=1626\"><b>Public &amp; Cargo Transportation<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a more in-depth look at transportation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ac8fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0ac8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"15 Subway\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xNS1TdWJ3YXkud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2830\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/15-Subway-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Both citizens and businesses benefit from a robust public transportation network<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc784e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cc784e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>PARKS &amp; RECREATION<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parks and Recreation fill a different role in Cities: Skylines II than in the previous game where they affected Land Value quite directly. Placing a lot of them in the city was beneficial as they saturated the area, greatly increasing the Land Value. However, in Cities: Skylines II parks, plazas, tourist attractions, and landmarks (or any other city service building) don\u2019t directly increase Land Value. Instead, they answer to the citizens\u2019 various needs and if their needs are met, citizens find the area where they live appealing and this increases the Land Value as the citizens are willing to continue living there and pay higher rent.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5d849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb5d849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"16 Parks1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xNi1QYXJrczEud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2831\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16-Parks1-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Parks provide citizens with outdoor activities to fulfill their need for Leisure<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285baa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"285baa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parks and Recreation buildings offer citizens options where they can spend their free time fulfilling their <\/span><b>Leisure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> demands which in turn positively affects their Well-being. This need for Leisure can be fulfilled in many different ways such as going shopping in a commercial area, enjoying entertainment and meals in places like restaurants, and visiting the various city parks, plazas, sports venues, tourist attractions, and landmarks. Weather and time of the year have an effect on citizens\u2019 choices to fulfill their Leisure demands. Warm and sunny weather encourages them to spend time outdoors in the parks while rainy or cold weather makes them choose indoor activities such as shopping instead.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parks and Recreation buildings also have an <\/span><b>Attractiveness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> value which affects how attractive the city is for tourists by adding to the City Attractiveness. Tourists stay at local hotels when in the city and make decisions about visiting city attractions based on their distance from the hotel and the location\u2019s Attractiveness value. Tourists might choose a more attractive park or landmark further away if the net result is faster fulfilled Leisure demand regardless of the travel time and cost. Tourists are specifically interested in visiting the various tourist attractions and landmarks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa98c3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa98c3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"17 Attractions\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xNy1BdHRyYWN0aW9ucy53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2832\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17-Attractions-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Both parks and tourist attractions increase your city\u2019s attractiveness<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d4456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57d4456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>COMMUNICATIONS<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communications is a new service category in Cities: Skylines II and includes the familiar Post service as well as the new Telecom service which provides the citizens and companies with an internet connection.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Post services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fulfill the citizens, companies, and city services\u2019 need to send and receive mail. When citizens are able to send and receive mail, they gain a Well-being boost which contributes to their Happiness, while being unable to send postcards to their friends and family, love letters to their loved ones, and opinionated letters to the editor, decreases their Well-being. Similarly, companies and city services benefit greatly from functioning Post service with an increase in Efficiency when their mail is collected and delivered.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Post Office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sends out <\/span><b>post vans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to collect mail from mailboxes, used by private citizens to send mail, and directly from companies and city services. The collected mail is stored in the Post Office until it is sent either to an Outside Connection or a <\/span><b>Post Sorting Facility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Post Sorting Facility sorts the mail into local and long-distance mail which is then delivered back to the city and to Outside Connections, respectively. Without the local Post Sorting Facility, all mail sent from the city is transported to Outside Connections as long-distance mail and only mail coming from Outside Connections can be delivered within the city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c371ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c371ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"18 Postal service\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xOC1Qb3N0YWwtc2VydmljZS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2833\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18-Postal-service-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Post Office will collect and distribute mail in your city<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47612f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47612f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Telecommunications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is all about providing citizens and companies with a high-speed internet connection. Each citizen, be it a resident in an apartment building, a worker in a company, or a student in a school, uses a small portion of the available network bandwidth (1 Gbit\/s) and each telecom building has a bandwidth capacity and range describing how many citizens it can service and how far its service reaches.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good telecommunications service coverage increases citizen Well-being as it provides them with recreation, fulfilling their Leisure demand. The amount of Well-being a citizen gains from using the internet depends on the strength of the network signal, which is always strongest near the source of the signal and decreases as you get further away. Commercial companies benefit from telecommunications by increasing their sales as citizens are able to shop online, while industrial companies get better deals from resource providers as they are able to communicate better and have a wider reach, resulting in lower material costs which in turn increases the companies\u2019 profit margin.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1395c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e1395c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"19 Telecom\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8xOS1UZWxlY29tLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19-Telecom-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Both the Server Farm (left) and Telecom Tower (right) provide telecom coverage in the city<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b706752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b706752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>LANDSCAPING<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landscaping has remained largely the same in Cities: Skylines II. In the <\/span><b>Terraforming<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section, you are able to adjust the terrain to suit your city-building needs by using the familiar tools: Shift Terrain, Level Terrain, Soften Terrain, and Slope Terrain. Landscaping also includes options to plant trees, which have a life cycle in Cities: Skylines II where they grow older and bigger as time goes on. Placing new trees on the map using the tools in Landscaping\u2019s <\/span><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> menu plants tree saplings that eventually grow into mature trees. Similarly, if a forest fire destroys a part of a forest, it will take time for new trees to grow in place of the old, burned trees. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97de915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97de915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20 Landscaping\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yMC1MYW5kc2NhcGluZy53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2835\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20-Landscaping-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Terraform the landscape or plant trees from the Landscaping menu<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a7680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52a7680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Pathways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are another familiar feature in the Landscaping menu enabling you to create pavement paths for pedestrians including various styles of pedestrian bridges. As citizens make pathfinding decisions, one of the options to move around in the city is walking. If there are pathways allowing quick access to various parts of the city, then citizens may choose walking over private cars and public transport &#8211; the best part is, not only does walking not contribute to traffic congestion but it is free so the citizens have more money to spend elsewhere!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cefa67d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cefa67d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"21 Paths\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yMS1QYXRocy53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2836\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths-1024x319.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths-768x239.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/21-Paths-1536x478.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pedestrian paths provide citizens with shortcuts through terrain or options to bypass roads<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e34e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1e34e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e78538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e78538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE UPGRADES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd69d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd69d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new feature in Cities: Skylines II is the city service upgrade system. In the previous game, city services were one-and-done buildings. You placed the building and if the city needed more of the service type, you placed another building of the same type. In Cities: Skylines II each city service building (with few exceptions) is upgradeable, extending its operations to service more citizens and answer different needs of the citizens.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrades can add new functionality or expand the existing functionalities of a service building. For example, you can place an ambulance depot or an extension wing to a Medical Clinic to add more ambulances and patient capacity. Similarly, placing an extension wing to an Elementary School increases its student capacity while placing a Children\u2019s Clinic or a Playground improves student Health and Well-being, respectively, both adding new effects to the Elementary School. A power plant can have additional turbines built, increasing the electricity output, an exhaust filter added to decrease the amount of air pollution created by the power plant, or additional storage space for storing fuel. Upgrades come in many forms and improve service buildings in many different ways.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting that adding upgrades costs money and in most cases, the upgrades also add to the building\u2019s upkeep cost. It may not always be beneficial to build all upgrades for a building but instead to consider the needs of the city and its citizens. Is the exhaust filter necessary for that power plant which is already downwind from the city and the air pollution spreads away from the residential areas? Maybe not. But if the power plant is located near the city center and was built in the early days of the city, the exhaust filter might be exactly what the plant needs. It can continue to operate closer to the city without causing too much harm with its air pollution. If the school is already full of students but more eligible citizens are in the city, is it better to upgrade the school with additional student capacity or build an entirely new school in another part of the city? This depends on where the students are located as providing them with nearby facilities cuts travel time and contributes less to traffic congestion.<\/span><\/p><p><b><br \/>UPGRADE TYPES<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service upgrades are divided into three categories: Operational, Extensions, and Sub-buildings.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Operational<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> upgrades add functional and statistical changes to the building without changing its looks. These can be bandwidth increases for the Radio Mast, exhaust filters installed in a Coal Power Plant, or a dispatch center built inside the Taxi Depot.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Extensions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are visible upgrades connected directly to the main building, usually increasing the building&#8217;s capacity for vehicles, output, range, or the number of citizens being serviced. These include, among other things, extension wings for medical facilities and schools providing more patient and student capacity, respectively, garages for various services increasing the size of their service vehicle fleet and additional turbines for power plants increasing their electricity output and fuel consumption. Extensions have a fixed position on the building lot and fit inside the existing lot size.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Sub-buildings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are separate buildings attached to the service building\u2019s existing lot. They can increase, for example, the fuel storage capacity of power plants or add new functionality to a building, such as the aforementioned Children\u2019s Clinic and Playground upgrades for the Elementary School. Sub-buildings naturally require additional space to be built so it is important to take into consideration the placement of the service building and make sure that there is enough free space around them for those potential sub-buildings added in the future!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6837c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6837c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"22 Upgrade\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yMi1VcGdyYWRlLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2837\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/22-Upgrade-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Add a Disaster Response Unit to your Fire Station to search for survivors in collapsed buildings<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82d966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b82d966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b7be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3b7be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE COVERAGE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87fe013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87fe013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Cities: Skylines II services have both a passive coverage effect and a simulated effect. While the passive effect is local to the area surrounding the building, the simulated effect can reach further into the city through patrolling vehicles or citizens visiting the service building, and often the two work in tandem. As an example, managing the city\u2019s crime rate isn\u2019t about placing a police station on every street corner, instead, the police station\u2019s presence decreases the accumulation of crime in its neighborhood as its passive coverage effect while the patrolling police vehicles extend that reach to all over the city as the simulated effect.<\/span><\/p><p><b><br \/>PASSIVE SERVICE COVERAGE EFFECT<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the city services have a passive effect that spreads to their surroundings along roads. Services with passive effects include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Healthcare facilities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Health bonus<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Education, Elementary Schools:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well-being bonus for families with children<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fire department facilities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Decreased fire hazard<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Police department facilities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Decreased crime accumulation<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Parks and recreation buildings: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well-being bonus<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Welfare Offices:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well-being bonus for citizens whose Happiness is low\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strength of the passive effect depends on three factors: range, capacity, and magnitude. <\/span><b>Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the maximum distance in meters along roads where the service building still provides its passive Service Coverage Effect.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Capacity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a rough estimate of how many people the city service building\u2019s passive effect reaches as it travels on the roads, however, the reach of the effect can vary greatly depending on how many people live in its vicinity. If there are only low density housing, the reach can be far, but if the area is densely populated with medium or high density housing, the reach can be quite short as it is used up faster, spreading through the apartment buildings.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Magnitude<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the maximum effect gained from the passive service coverage. It\u2019s at full effect within most of its range but the effect fades out quickly at the edge &#8211; this area is where, as an example, your citizens will only have a few bars on their cellphones and their internet may be unreliable, making some overlap of passive service coverage worth it if you are aiming for the best coverage.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1898bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d1898bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a8e50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9a8e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE EFFICIENCY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae6d556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae6d556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Cities: Skylines II one of the most important aspects of both businesses and city services is their Efficiency value, which represents how well the building performs its function. In the case of city services, Efficiency affects the buildings\u2019 capacity, processing speed, or output, depending on whichever value or values are the most relevant for the city service, and it may also have an effect on the range of passive service coverage effects and city-wide effects of certain service buildings. Below are the functions affected by Efficiency for each service type:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Roads:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Number of available road maintenance vehicles<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Electricity output level<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water &amp; Sewage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Water output level, sewage processing speed<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Healthcare &amp; Deathcare:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Treatment bonus, processing speed of the deceased, number of available ambulances and hearses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Garbage Management:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Garbage processing speed, number of available garbage trucks<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Education &amp; Research:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Graduation bonus<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fire &amp; Rescue:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Number of available fire engines<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Police &amp; Administration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Number of available police cars<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transportation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Number of available transportation vehicles<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Parks &amp; Recreation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Attractiveness value, number of available park maintenance vehicles<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Communication:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Number of available post vehicles, network range, and capacity<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b><br \/>CALCULATING EFFICIENCY<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many factors contribute to a building\u2019s Efficiency, some are essential for the building to even work while others are important but lacking some doesn\u2019t entirely halt the building\u2019s functionality. <\/span><b>Water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the basic needs for a building to function, and lacking either one of them incurs a large Efficiency penalty while lacking both leads to the building becoming inoperative.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Employees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are an important factor when it comes to building Efficiency as having the right amount of employees who are <\/span><b>happy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>healthy,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have the <\/span><b>right Education levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ensures that the buildings function as smoothly as possible. Employee Happiness gives a boost to Efficiency while unhappy employees incur a penalty. If employees become sick, they can\u2019t contribute to their workplace\u2019s Efficiency which incurs a penalty. And the inability to find employees who are suitably educated will also have a negative impact on the building\u2019s Efficiency. As a reminder, highly educated employees are able to fill job positions requiring lower education levels but it is impossible for a lower educated employee to fill a higher education level position.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b6c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9b6c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"23 Resources &amp; efficiency\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yMy1SZXNvdXJjZXMtZWZmaWNpZW5jeS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2838\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23-Resources-efficiency-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Happy employees of the right education levels increase efficiency but make sure your services don\u2019t run out of resources<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb4e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb4e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some service buildings, such as many power plants, use <\/span><b>fuel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or other <\/span><b>resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to function. As an example, if a power plant does not have access to fuel for any reason, its Efficiency decreases greatly. In the case of power plants, the resource can also be immaterial such as wind and sun. A Wind Turbine loses most of its Efficiency if there is not enough wind available for it to produce electricity, and similarly, during night time, the Solar Power Plant does not produce electricity and instead relies on built-in batteries to keep the lights on in the city. Medical facilities are another example of a service dependent on a resource as they use pharmaceuticals (a type of produced goods) while treating patients. If the building runs out of this resource, its Efficiency decreases and as a result, the treatment bonus added to the citizens\u2019 recovery decreases.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, the <\/span><b>City service budget<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used to affect the Efficiency of all buildings within a service category. Perhaps your city is still small and it doesn\u2019t require the full force of the service to function in which case lowering the budget can be useful as it lowers the Efficiency, decreases the upkeep costs, and cuts down on the service\u2019s vehicle use or other functionality. Or maybe your city is growing rapidly but you are not ready to invest in additional service buildings just yet. In that case, increasing the service budget will increase the Efficiency of all the service buildings allowing them to service more citizens.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d42383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3d42383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5a82be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5a82be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE FEES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b954a72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b954a72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Economy panel, you will find a page dedicated to city services and adjusting their budget. The budget slider affects all of the service\u2019s buildings equally and its main function is to reduce and increase the upkeep cost and affect the buildings\u2019 Efficiency. Expenses displayed on the panel comprise of maintenance (also known as building upkeep), and depending on the city service, resource costs such as fuel for power plants. The panel also includes service import and export information as well as the fees collected from city services that have them. Yes, that\u2019s right, some services collect fees from the citizens. These include Roads, Electricity, Water &amp; Sewage, Healthcare, Garbage Management, Education, and Transportation services.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fees are paid by citizens and companies alike, and the fees can be adjusted in the Economy panel. Lowering the fees increases citizen Happiness and company profitability but also increases the usage of water and electricity. Increasing the fee decreases citizen Happiness and company profitability but also decreases the usage of water and electricity. Using these fees, on their own or in addition to District policies, you can encourage citizens to conserve electricity, decreasing the demand in the city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c308a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51c308a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"24 Budget\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yNC1CdWRnZXQud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2839\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/24-Budget-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adjust both the service budget and related fees in the Economy panel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d21e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d21e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizens also pay a fee for <\/span><b>Healthcare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> services when they visit medical facilities to get treatment, while <\/span><b>Garbage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fees are paid when garbage trucks collect garbage from households and companies. Additionally, Citizens pay for <\/span><b>education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with each school type having its own service fee, the cheapest being the Elementary School and the most expensive being the University.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can set up <\/span><b>roadside parking fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Districts and the various parking lots and parking halls included in the Roads service. Similarly, each passenger transportation line\u2019s <\/span><b>ticket fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be adjusted individually, which can encourage or discourage citizens to use certain methods of transportation as the cost is considered when they make pathfinding decisions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff3189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7ff3189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3dffb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c3dffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERVICE TRADE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e2aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8e2aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether your city is just starting out and you can\u2019t afford to build a service or whether it\u2019s thriving with excess to spare, it can benefit from service trade. Services can be imported from or exported to neighboring cities through Outside Connections and apply to most services. You can save money by not building a service, but of course, imported services also cost money and it takes time for the service vehicles to arrive from one of the Outside Connections. On the other hand, exporting services can be beneficial to a large and established city selling any excess to neighboring cities.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>water,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>sewage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> services can all be imported and exported. Electricity is transferred from Outside Connections through power lines and into a Transformer Station or vice versa. From there it is distributed to the local grid, ready to be used. You can find power lines running through the map making it possible to connect to your neighbors when you are first starting out. Clean water can be delivered to the city or pumped to neighboring cities via pipe Outside Connections, and likewise, sewage can be sent to and from Outside Connections via pipes built to the edge of the city. To import or export both water and sewage you will need to grow your city enough to reach the edges of the map, where you can create pipe Outside Connections. Excess output is always sold, if possible, while keeping enough for the city\u2019s own needs, and if the usage increases, less is sold to Outside Connections.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36cc03b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36cc03b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"25 Electricity trade\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yNS1FbGVjdHJpY2l0eS10cmFkZS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2840\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/25-Electricity-trade-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Import electricity when your usage increases or export any excess you might produce<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-147e6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"147e6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the city does not have any <\/span><b>medical facilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, citizens travel to Outside Connections to get treated. If they are too sick or injured to travel, an ambulance is sent from an Outside Connection to pick them up. Once they are treated, they travel back to the city. Similarly, if the city lacks proper deathcare facilities, hearses arrive from Outside Connections to pick up the deceased and transport them out of the city.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Police<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>fire services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be imported, although their response times are slow as they arrive at crime scenes and emergencies from Outside Connections. Also, the imported services lack the passive service coverage effects from their respective service buildings, which can otherwise decrease crime and fire hazards respectively.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizens wanting to go to College or University may travel to Outside Connections if the schools are not available in the city. However, traveling outside of the city for Education may also encourage them to actually move out of the city for good. Therefore it is important to offer the citizens the education options they need! Likewise, your city can export <\/span><b>education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and attract students from Outside Connections who want to study at the city\u2019s Colleges and Universities. These students move into the city to study and in the process, they also become fully-fledged citizens once they find a home.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d671af elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6d671af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07108bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07108bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DISTRICTS &amp; POLICIES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f70c797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f70c797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Districts give you more in-depth information about the populace residing there, while policies can be applied to individual districts or city-wide bringing flavor and fine-tuning to different areas of the city. The District Panel shows information about how many citizens live there, their average wealth level and what are their Education levels, as well as which policies are enabled for the district. Hovering over the Happiness for the district will show you all the benefits and drawbacks of the area, giving you an idea of how you can improve that part of the city.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a district is quite straightforward. With the <\/span><b>District Tool,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you define an area by placing corner nodes and once you \u201cclose\u201d the area, the district is created. This method is faster and more precise than in the game\u2019s predecessor, and the district can be adjusted after it\u2019s created by moving the nodes or adding new nodes to the edges. It\u2019s named automatically but you are able to rename it after its creation to suit your city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648cb2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"648cb2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"26 District\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yNi1EaXN0cmljdC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2841\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26-District-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Districts can be renamed and adjusted after their creation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3388d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3388d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>City services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be assigned to one or more districts limiting their services to only those areas of the city. Services that have not been assigned to any districts will service the entire city, regardless of district borders. It is important to note that even though a service building is assigned to multiple districts, its passive service coverage effect still applies only to its neighborhood. Only its simulated service effects i.e. its vehicles travel to all of the assigned districts.<\/span><\/p><p><b>District policies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bring more city-planning control over specific districts. For example, you can limit heavy traffic in a district to decrease traffic-based noise and air pollution which in turn increases citizens\u2019 Well-being and Health. Installing speed bumps slows down traffic, decreasing noise pollution and the likelihood of traffic accidents, while setting up a gated community denies access to the district from all outsiders except for delivery trucks and service vehicles. Roadside parking fee can bring some income from the district but it also affects citizen pathfinding as they now calculate whether it is cheaper to use other modes of transportation than their own vehicle if they have to pay for parking as well!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c99966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c99966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"27 Policies1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yNy1Qb2xpY2llczEud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/27-Policies1-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Enable specific district policies to customize areas of your city<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b767d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b767d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>City policies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are different from district policies and have city-wide effects such as removing the speed limits from highways or installing air filters for manufacturing companies in industrial zones to limit air pollution. Some policies have a cost or negative consequence linked to them while others are more neutral. Taking our example of highways with no speed limits, this policy can make traffic flow faster but it also increases the likelihood of traffic accidents. Installing air filters decrease air pollution but those filters need cleaning every now and increase the amount of garbage these factories produce. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a14fcd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a14fcd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"28 Policies2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NvbG9zc2Fsb3JkZXIuZmlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC8yOC1Qb2xpY2llczIud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2.webp 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/28-Policies2-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">City policies apply to your entire city and are found in the City Information panel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38274d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38274d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cities: Skylines II includes 7 different district policies and 5 city policies providing different ways to customize your city. District policies are applied by selecting the district and choosing the policies you want to apply, while the city policies can be found in the City Information panel.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s all we have for you today, we hope this has brought you insight into how services work in Cities: Skylines II, what\u2019s new, and what\u2019s familiar to the predecessor. Are you looking forward to being able to upgrade your service buildings? Or perhaps taking advantage of the option to import or export services? Let us know in the comments. 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target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tDevelopment Diary: Building for Bicycles\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-inner-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"premium-blog-post-content\">The long-awaited bicycles are here - including bicycle lanes and parking.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"20\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-modern\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-thumb-effect-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-thumbnail-container premium-blog-zoomin-effect\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=3182\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3183\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px.png 1920w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px-1024x320.png 1024w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Important-news-1920-x-600-px-1536x480.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-effect-container premium-blog-framed-effect\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-blog-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=3182\" target=\"_self\"><span>The future of Cities: Skylines II and Colossal Order<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-wrapper \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-inner-container\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-blog-entry-title\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/?p=3182\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tThe future of Cities: Skylines II and Colossal Order\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-inner-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"premium-blog-post-content\">After more than a decade of successful collaboration across numerous titles that we\u2019re both immensely proud of, Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have mutually decided to pursue independent paths.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"premium-blog-pagination-container\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/index.php\/?paged=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/index.php\/?paged=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/index.php\/?paged=5\">5<\/a>\n<a class=\"next page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/colossalorder.fi\/index.php\/?paged=2\"> 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