This may seem like a stupid question, but are offices considered "high end" industrial? A lot of my industrial is being abandoned when I added an office district, in turn increasing industrial demand. Not sure if this helps but I have a population of 25k and have one regular industrial district, one forestry district, one farming district, and one ore district.
Offices?
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It seems so, but I can not understand what logic is behind classifying offices as industry.
In a nutshell, sort of...
They employ well-educated Cims. If you look at your factories before you plop offices (assuming you have decent education), you may well find many are employing people who are "over-educated". These will then leave to work in office jobs, should they become available.
They employ well-educated Cims. If you look at your factories before you plop offices (assuming you have decent education), you may well find many are employing people who are "over-educated". These will then leave to work in office jobs, should they become available.
They are a form of industry. Historically, as developed nations moved from an industrial base to what we have today, people left the factory floors and began working in office jobs. These are the "new industries", such as software/legal/financial etc...
Yes they do qualify as industrial, but require highly educated workers I believe. I like how this works though, as it is somewhat realistic, and officers don't create massive amounts of cargo and shipments like normal industrial, so it won't create mass amounts of traffic usually. 
Offices are industry.
Res: People Live
Com: Sell things
Ind/Off: Make things
Many have said about why it's classed as industry, but Cities Skylines is correct, but most of us are used to offices being commercial because that's how SimCity classified it.
Res: People Live
Com: Sell things
Ind/Off: Make things
Many have said about why it's classed as industry, but Cities Skylines is correct, but most of us are used to offices being commercial because that's how SimCity classified it.
Thanks for all of the replies! I'll toy around with it later and see how it goes. I'm *assuming* that once the population is a lot more educated, I can start to slowly de-zone regular industry in favor of offices, depending on the education status.
I'll toy around with it later and see how it goes. I'm *assuming* that once the population is a lot more educated, I can start to slowly de-zone regular industry in favor of offices, depending on the education status.
And CO called the yellow bar "workplace" and not industry as in other games. Workplace is both industri and offices. Why the industry is probably dying is because population being well educated. And they rather take a job with correct educated than something of lower needs. To fill up both you either need levelled up industry and a few people of lower education or a hell a lot of workforce so all well educated jobs are filles up and they have to take something else.
But its also wise to keep industry filled so try balance out and dont overbuild offices. Gives more taxes and creates goods.
But its also wise to keep industry filled so try balance out and dont overbuild offices. Gives more taxes and creates goods.
If one mouses over the yellow bar that is traditionally "industry" demand it actually will say "x demand for industry OR offices."
It's definitely a representation that as a populace became more educated, they would move off of jobs such as industry and in to more educationally demanding jobs such as high-end business.
In my city, I've been able to basically eliminate most "industry" in favor of office zones which has done wonders for pollution levels. Income is decent too from them.
It's definitely a representation that as a populace became more educated, they would move off of jobs such as industry and in to more educationally demanding jobs such as high-end business.
In my city, I've been able to basically eliminate most "industry" in favor of office zones which has done wonders for pollution levels. Income is decent too from them.
Offices are industry in the sense that "industry" is more along the lines of "non-service jobs" in Cities
While software (and film, music etc) can be classified as industry, legal and financial are not. They do not produce any goods.
We have basic division into 3 sectors:
Industry - producing goods. Every factory, mine, etc would be here.
Agriculture - producing food unprocessed food. So grain, eggs, milk, meat. If it's processed food, it's in industry (like bread, cookies, candies)
Service - provides services. Here we have lawyers, brokers, plumbers etc.
Classifying offices as industry is blatantly wrong. Offices are not supplying commercial, You can't sell advocates service at a store. Software etc, well, ok. But they should usually also require industry, cause with some minor exceptions (like PDS games. Still, most games can be bought as a physical copy) there will always be smth to produce actual product. You need to print the book, burn the CD, You need to produce a cover for that CD.
And since suppplying goods to commercial is an important part of the game the RCI should not take offices as industry.
Yeah, the problem is Offices are mostly services.Offices are industry in the sense that "industry" is more along the lines of "non-service jobs" in Cities