Parklife: one big park? or many small parks?

[Memox]

In your experience, what is better? a single big park sprawling across the city? or making many small parks for every corner in my city?

Currently, i have the One big park approach. And it seems it contributes NO LEISURE at all. I still have to place the regular parks spread out across the city for the leisure map to take notice.

 

[Turjan]

The return of investment is better with somewhat smaller parks. You should have enough stuff in them to get a few upgrades, but don't overdo it, as that will have no pay-off. All park improvements have the same radius effects as regular parks, so something far away from the park border can't influence its surroundings.

That said, I also built a few larger parks. They are more vanity projects than anything else, but as long as the budget allows, they are still nice to look at.

 

[deanwebb]

I like parks where everything is tightly packed like sardines in a tin, but there's a lot to be said for a sprawling greenbelt that passes between two major roads. Having cross-streets either elevated or underground allows for the continuous fence to "cross" them and keep the continuity of the park. If I need more leisure, I'll add more small parks. But I like a pretty city...