Low density residential to High density residentail ratios?

[MarkJohnson]

I am trying to lessen the importing of residents and I've read the low density residential (LDR) support full families, and high density residential (HDR) supports young adults.

I decided on my new game to split the difference and build 1:1 of LDR to HDR and got pretty much the same result as HDR only.

Do I need more LDR? or does it not make any difference?

I keep reading about the difference between the two, but I've yet seen why it matters and in what ways it matters.

One thing I do notice on each one, they both crap out on large maps. I can get 300k+ either way on the default 9-tiles, even though I I have twice the high density.

Same thing expanding past 9-tiles. I have a full 25-tiles packed semi-tight. I barely get 600k. but I have almost three times as many tiles full. Plus I even have more residential zoned as I stopped making commerce/industry because of freight overload. Plus dezoned some commerce/industry.

But anyway, is there any more info on the importance of having both LDR and HDR.

 

[KnightHawkTFC]

is there any more info on the importance of having both LDR and HDR.

Shugs, I wasn't aware there was any importance, in fact I've never built a city that really included any low-res (beyond maybe the first 20minutes playing before eventually rezoning it high). Where do you keep reading about the importance of some ratio related to this??

 

[MarkJohnson]

Nothing about ratios, just people saying low density has families and high density has young adults. They seem to talk about it a lot like it is important or something.

I don't have any links as I never bothered as I never had any issues before. I just thought I could optimize my game more through this.

iirc, it is talked about in the first dev diaries. I think the second one. I've seen various other theads since release, I just ignored them.

edit:

So early on I heard the low residential was need to supply families that will move out of the house and into a HDR building instead of calling in one from the outside connection adding extra traffic.

 

[ristosal]

I was observing what kinds of households moved into different types of zoning. At low density zones it's more likely that an entire family moves in at once, whereas at high density zones it's more single adults moving in. High density zones are initially more adults dominant, but households turn families dominant quite soon in many buildings. This leads to a conclusion that low density zones are quicker at providing workers to your city than high density zones, because the latter tends to attract university students in particular.

 

[MarkJohnson]

I was more interested on who moves out. i.e. moving out of the LDR to HDR when they mature. But I haven't noticed this behavior and it just seems to import all cims at all times.

Maybe I just need to watch more carefully and longer periods of time. Maybe a test city with only one LDR and one HDR and see if there is any interaction at all.

If an LDR house gets full and does it have more babies and others move out to HDR.
If an LDR family member gets senior, does he move out to HDR.
If a LDR senior dies, does a baby get born.
If a HDR house get an adult to move out to a LDR home.
etc...

 

[ristosal]

I know there's a mod that allows you to add citizens on a favorites list or something. That would help tremendously in figuring out where people move at adulthood.

 

[MarkJohnson]

I know there's a mod that allows you to add citizens on a favorites list or something. That would help tremendously in figuring out where people move at adulthood.

Yeah, I remember a mod like that. Now to see if I can track it down.

 

[azxcvbnm321]

Yes there was a thread about this issue a while ago. I'm not sure though if they ever investigated the number of children or impact on workers available. If I remember correctly, young adults who are looking to move out by themselves will look for high density residential. Then if they get paired off, they can move either to low or high density. I'm interested in seeing the results of the new study.