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From: dlinder@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Simcity Megalopolis
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.114246.39486@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 91 16:42:46 GMT
References: <1991Feb25.140713.8164@b11.ingr.com>
Organization: Wesleyan University
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In article <1991Feb25.140713.8164@b11.ingr.com>, wiley@b11.ingr.com (Dave Wiley) writes:
> I give up.  How much population does it require to achieve Megalopolis
> status?  Every 50K after passing Metropolis status (100K) I was just sure
> that the next boundary was it.  So far, I've made it past 350K with no
> end in sight.
> 
> My last city has every square inch zoned for something with most zones
> having medium to high density.  Traffic is handled by a sparse rail
> system so that no land is wasted on roads.  I use commercial zones to
> buffer residential zones from industrial which seems to keep everyone
> very happy.  What else can a mother do?
> 
> dave wiley
> uunet!ingr!b11!wiley!wiley

No solution here but I've ahd the same problem.  No matter how much the city
grows, it's still a metropolis.  Doesn't the manual say the threshhold is 250K. 
Maybe they forgot to put it in.

:-)
dml