companies having to compete for labor rather than laborers competing for jobs sounds a lot better to me lmao

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

It is! It forces them to make concessions: Better pay, more flexibility etc :-)

@highground66

20 күн бұрын

But this is america LOL

@daimhaus

20 күн бұрын

this is the situation in europe (or germany atleast)

@daniisdlx

13 күн бұрын

For the company’s and economy it’s horrible

I love this series, and I have a suggestion for realism, it needs more map entries, maybe add some National Roads as you will say to show older connections to other towns, and unlike the freeways, they will move with the terrain, and not cut though it, hope it helps!

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!

@nathanlee5480

18 күн бұрын

@@Infrastructurist You should also try to build more schools and healthcare.

Mom wake up. Infrastructurist just posted another video.

@dalton-at-work

20 күн бұрын

get off the computer, son

People won't want to have kids somewhere unless there kids can get good healthcare, play at playgrounds, and get through grade school there. I think it would help to meet the demand for elementary and high school (and ideally overshoot it to account for population growth for a while), as well as putting in more playgrounds (not just custom-designed parks, but playgrounds).

@dram-514

19 күн бұрын

I commented this on his last video as well, seriously needs to focus on building more schools and parks as opposed to overhauling some random areas

@Hubbubb22-citiesskylines

18 күн бұрын

slightly more complex than that. Yes, people move to neighborhoods that have quality amenities. Globally, however, fertility rates fall with increased literacy rates and denser urbanization. When women are allowed to become educated and professionalize, they make different choices for themselves. Cost of living is higher in dense urban zones, so families have fewer children anyway. Building schools and medical facilities alone will not shift these kinds of powerful demographic changes.

Or, you could move the tram depot somewhere else (closer to the airport perhaps) and build both the hospital and the university

A few things to note/add: 1. In places like sterling, the parking isn't be used at all, maybe time to delete some parking for more commerical buildings, especially time to get rid of the parking lots in the inner city. 2. Might be nice to add some cultural, touristy places, maybe an open air pedestrian mall in the city 3. No need to demolish housing for new amenities, there's plenty of room in Riverview (plus not very American lol) 4. Better riverside activation 5. and PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!!! Great city btw, been watching for ages!!

Love your content. Also Riverview is by far my most favourite cities skylines series and I hope you keep these episodes coming.

A note about the hostpital/uni dispute: I don't know how possible this is within the CS2 framework, but universities with medical schools run or cooperate with hospitals. It could easily be a part of the university's medical school system - perhaps the medical school is centered on downtown (thus the location of the hospital).

@patricksweeney1924

20 күн бұрын

I agree. Main university campus should be located elsewhere. The university hospital/medical school should be located at the vacant downtown site.

Amazing video ! I think you should make an enormous college/university complex in north-east reverview (with a normal university and a specialised one) and a eco friendly (new generation) public housing project. All of this should be connected by tram with a new line connecting East Riverview-Chelsea-Univeristy-old port !

love the series man. I might be wrong but i think the diagonal parking bays should be on a one way road. Its diagonal so the cars are always going to be facing the same way once they leave. The thought of having to reverse out of a bay in that lot that only has one enterance would be pretty rough for the employees.

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Thanks! And you're probably right on the parking, whoops :-D

To be honest, your city is struggling with a problem typical of developed countries. Expensive apartments do not encourage young couples to have children, so we have a demographic collapse

@w1k1pog28

20 күн бұрын

The solution is, of course, public construction of apartments for cheap rent, which will take many terms in office (episodes)

@Sheeshus9

20 күн бұрын

I had the same thought. Many apartment complexes will solve the problem in CS2. Real life however, is more complicated. People wanting to have a big family normally do not want to live in an apartment. 😆

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Yeah it feels quite realistic :-) But it's also clear that this problem is worsened when building large areas in bulks, then pausing new developments for awhile, rinse repeat!

@theorixlux2605

20 күн бұрын

​@@Sheeshus9 hmmm, I feel like that's not quite true. You gotta take into account Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Most households just want someplace cheap and safe. Slightly wealthier households want someplace with low commute times/adequate transport. Then wealthier households will start looking for wants (parks, desired density, local culture/schools/government). And it's only at that point that you can balance between suburban and urban development. Most people, unfortunately, are not wealthy like that, regardless of whether they want to start a big family or not.

@Sheeshus9

20 күн бұрын

@@theorixlux2605 Fair points, but we are also talking about a metropolis area in this particular case, so inherently extremely urban. People wanting families in very urban areas are probably more or less OK with living in apartments because there aren’t many options. However in more suburban areas with apartments and houses mixed throughout, I believe the normal for people with medium wealth is to try and get a house as that allows more space and privacy for their family. A very interesting debate certainly

The legend is continuing the series

I love your content and would watch it even if you had the squeakiest voice in the world, but damn your voice is so soothing dude! I find myself throwing your vids on in the background from time to time just for some calming noise.

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Hahaha, thanks a lot, I appreciate it! I'm glad my voice has that effect on some people :-)

Looks like you left the pillars right in the middle of the offramp that you redesigned going down to the cargo hub .

Maybe the tram from Northside could contiune to the edge of Northport? Also New Chelsea deeeefinitly needs a tram running though the new boulevard. Keep up the good work als always! ❤

Really love the techno-y time lapse music

Omg the water height! Its fine when you look with a birds eye view but, on a street-style view, its so weird. When are you draining that secondary river? And remember to have rain on for a few hours when youre not actively playing; that actually increases water height.

When you are placing assets especially over different color markers it's not going towards your demand. For example 40:45 you put commercial over industry markers. But commercial doesn't go down. Markers need to be changed to count towards demand from what I noticed.

I think Riverview realistically would have a way higher population than it currently has. A city the sizes of Riverview would probably have a population close to 180,000 if not higher. With just 90,000 residens the streets and especially the high density buildings in the downtowns would be quite empty. I feel like the game needs to increase the density of all assets.

North Port really has come to live. A very beautiful industrial port! Sometimes you see fenced of lots, not in use, with bushes and sometimes rusting containers or some rubbish on it. Was just an idea that came up to my mind.

Amazing build! Lot of inspiration, this area can easily fit almost every kind of administration/industrial to office build and thanks to show off my overground parking!

that roundabout next to the rail line is probably a bad idea because cars would yield to enter the roundabout and wait on the tracks

Amazing video!!! New videos of Riverview are something I look forward in my week! Also as a suggestion I think it would be really nice to have a couple of episodes focusing on improving the general quality of life in the city, developing a great education and health systems, creating various parks and playgrounds throughout the city and expanding the entertainment and eco industries. ( I just realized that I sounded like a politician in campaign… 😂😂😂).

I think if you remove the low density houses near the main road of the countryside and just replace them with medium or mixed density houses might increase the population of Riverview

Come for the city-building, stay for the banging anthems.

Great build as always, my friend. Suggestion when building these passenger commuter railroads with the custom stations: you should build some at an elevated terrain on some right-of-ways to avoid some at grade crossings, with a park and ride as well at some. Would make it look like the railroad was always there.

I think you improve the people well being you should really dedicate an episode to just looking into public services coverage and other needs as well which encourages people to move in like telecom coverage, police, fire, medical, school, mail, and also whether public transport is reaching almost every where even on the edges of the map. Although still love your videos eagerly waiting for the next episode ❤❤

I love the build, it is my favourite CS series lately, but I think an improvement you could make is adding lots more parking spaces throughout the city to fit the american theme.

The stains on roads are fine mate ! It's nice details !

Love the videos man… Keep up the good work!

I just noticed one funny detail about my cat Every time I play your videos, she lies on my lap and sleeps while the video plays 😂 I think you've got two fans over on this side of this one screen haha

I think a big issue with C:S2 is the way the cims are generated, it seems like all the agents are a specific age when they move in, so every time you make a new development (new suburb, upzoning downtown, etc) all the cims are the same age. I've seen a LOT of videos where the stat screen showed death waves which is pretty unrealistic for 10% of your population to die of natural causes in a 2 week span lol. It also seems really hard to get a naturally growing and healthy population, from what i've noticed it specially the way demand works, population grows almost entirely with "immigration" and you might have a good birth rate to be on replacement level but you're not gonna have a large "native" population in my experience.

Love your series and the approach to north american realism with the personalised and thoughful builds! I found through my cities that building city services boost the desirability and residential demand quite a lot (I understand that this is far from NA realism but having some hospitals, unis, park areas, other services does help. Also, unique buildings also help a lot with happiness and desirability.)

I believe there is an option in the better bulldozer mod to make buildings automatically not have signage (along with other things like manicured grass and fences) that you can turn on and off separately as needed.

@Infrastructurist

19 күн бұрын

Oh, awesome. I need to look into that!

@magnushmann

19 күн бұрын

@@Infrastructurist it's within the options/settings menu

The city looks amazing. I think that bringing population to 100k would be something cool and building some kind of statue or monument for this 100k would be something cool

Those episodes are so great that they feel to short now! Thanks for the content, very relaxing & hypnotic in some way!

I feel like a downtown stadium komplex could fit in the empty spot with a bit of detailing.. the city is so big, they need a home for the sports team :D Lot of love, thanks for the great content 🤍

The city really needs adequate schools, meaning enough schools plus moore. The lack of high school and university really hampers the jobmarket for the industry.

You need a Park n' Go commuter train line out to Kendrick. Use the same station you used in North Port Center. Also, put a high school out in Kendick and the nearby town so you're not having students coming in from the outlying townships and filling up your metro education system.

Great episode, mate! Love the detailing in North port, looks awesome! I still think that a train Stop in the Yard is a good idea😅

This is not Elizabeth, New Jersey. There is no graffiti on the walls. Watching you build is delightful and inspirational, and I thank you for countless hours of entertainment.

In case you didn't noticed, there a chimney from an industry going through the highway next to the north port

@Infrastructurist

19 күн бұрын

Cheeky! I removed it now, Thanks!

I like how destroying houses solves the demographic crisis in Riverview.

alternative for the vacant city lot: it would probably take up more than just the space that is there but you could do something that combines the two uses. a lot of university's also operate with a public health system. for example upmc in Pittsburgh, the university campus is intermixed with the hospital because they do a lot of medicine and science based programs there. just a suggestion!

You made there that four lane highway ramp to Bedford street. I am 99,9 % sure that this lane configuration would be competely enough: 1 to LEFT & 2 to RIGHT. BUT NOTICE: There is two lanes coming from the highway. BOTH of them should go to the right turning lanes, while the cars on the left lane could also go to the left turning lane, NOT like the left lane from the highway goes only to left turning lane in the intersection, and right one to BOTH right turning lanes. Just do the first one, I think this was the problem in the first try with Florence street, you see, cars want to turn right when they get to Bedford street. (sorry for way too long explanation :) )

Love your videos, keep on going! 🙂 Greetings from Germany!

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Danke schön!

Just thinking about the name of the new offices, would something like "North Port Business Park" as it ties it to the port but makes it seem like it's own little hub that's been added at a later date

@devdsp0

20 күн бұрын

This was going to be my suggestion too!

Seeing the new port makes you wonder how you could ever see the "grassy" port as real industry! Perhaps the new train line is not popular because it's sharing a lot of stops with another train line? Maybe a shuttle service to the closest shared station would be better.

At 36:15 there is a smoke stack growing through the highway on the right, just an FYI 😆

I get a sense that a lot of your builds are quite erratic and rushed at the moment, felt more thoughtful and considered before, both in style and purpose. Of course still watched the video from start to finish.

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

Oh, sorry to hear that. It's interesting because personally I feel this recent in-depth focus on Riverview's main issues (transit, demographics) has felt more thoughtful than previous jumping-back-and-forth between series and standalone builds. But I suppose it's different for everyone :-) With that said, there are certainly builds that require much more planning than others, and at times where I really just want to enjoy myself creating content but have other commitments or am otherwise busy, I definitely prefer more 'free', build-as-I-go builds :-D

@jemsyago7163

19 күн бұрын

Maybe it feels this way for you since Infra is focusing on addressing issues as they pop up more than simply continuing building as they're used to. I do think though that trying to address issues is somewhat more thoughtful, though that doesn't mean Infra is the best at solving them. (He still makes dumb mistakes lmfao)

I feel like the train center/office complex in Port center is begging for a bit of commercial. Maybe a fancy restaurant for the office nerds. How many people would stop at a bar before they got on the train after work? Convenience store. Coffee shop. There’s gotta be a car wash in there somewhere. Gas station

Maybe a way to improve cargo traffic in your port is by splitting the trucks better between the two harbors. Right now the one closest to the city seems to get all the traffic. I’m not sure how though.

Hey, just as a suggestion, if you ever rework "Barlow Ridge", please make it a semi industrial, semi residential run down, cheap workers public housing type area. The city is lacking some non-gentrified suburban decay fueled "rough areas"!!

Love the series, i think that a small sunken train station between the port and Maple Park would be a good transit asset, or maybe even a trainline on the east bank of the river

For old port detailing you could use some mural and graffiti decals on keys, older buildings n stuff

Joink! (ever so slightly...)

Somewhere along, you should build a small detailed national park and also could you release all the mods you use? They are really good.

Very nice video, but in order to have better birth rate you essentially need education capacity of mainly elementary and high school.

I think it'd provide some valuable insight for players if Colossal Order would show us why specific properties became abandoned, rather than "here's how people living nearby feel about this area". How those folks feel tells me very little about the issues residents in a particular building or home were feeling, which would leave me just as puzzled as you were at the end of this video.

I see that you still forget that you have access to special buildings of any type to add so uniqueness to your city ^^'

I reckon you should change your moniker to _Anarchist_ instead of _Infrastructurist_... ;o) Love the port detailing. Grungy! Did you know you can remove the catenaries from those industrial spur lines too? Gives it that real Diesel Country vibe...

Hour long vids should be a standard ! Love em, always click the thumbnail if I see it

I always press like on your videos

Nice music man! Great progressive vibes!

Finally some ships in the port

for the train line: Wouldn't it be much better, especially at the airport, but also at the other stations, if the RTA Express line is unsing not the main track for stopping but one of the currently unused? So Other trains wouldn't be blocked by them

That spike in birth must be because of an power outage. Also the Telecom tower is not the internet coverage (not 100% sure). There is another tower in that menu.

"This is 'Murica my friend"🇺🇸

You realy inspier me to keep on trying to build something ok yours are just fantastic so keep the good building going I Will keep on trying to get something almost ok. I Will be back.

More fences, world is full of fences.

How did you place the vehicles? I tried to put in some trains and trucks and then I couldn't move them to adjust, nor delete them.

@Infrastructurist, there is a mod that allows you to disable zoning on specific streets on specific side. Do you have it installed? Its quiet useful.

Ports generate insane amounts of traffic that cant even be absorved

Hello Mr infrastructurist, I'm following this area for a while now and I would like to suggest a public transport link from southriverview to the port. In fact I thought about a tramway running through Linden express all the way to the port train station. It could add some dynamism to the neighborhood and offer some way to connect with downtown riverview. Hope this gives you some ideas !

For the train line, RTA Express Network line A : REN A

Love the Riverview videos, but what happened to Chowder Bay?? I miss Chowder Bay 😭

Hey just a heads up there is an option in better bulldozer to automatically remove advertisements from buildings when placing them. So you don’t have to remove them all one by one

The trains need to stop at different stops so they don’t get stuck in traffic

is it possible to build up in the mountains like Tennessee?

What mods do you use so I can use them

Where can I find the single-line train station?

can the new passanger rail line be extended to the outside connection? that way the commuters will use it more.

I think you have the same problem like me in my new city. It's some kind of problem with the mods, but I coudn't find the mod causing it. I tried to run the game without RealisticDensity and a few other mods. And I couldn't find any solution on the internet

Are you considering building a university? I’d love to see you build one in detail

Can you share the save file in paradox mods 🙂

Yay

Turn on day and night cycle pls

When are you going to put universities and colleges in Riverview?

building 3 roundabouts in close proximity to eachother when roundabouts in america are like rare tourist attractions 🤣

@melissaharris3389

2 күн бұрын

Depends on where you are. I'm in Canada, and we've been increasing putting in and retrofitting roads for roundabouts for the last 15 years.

Pls share the save of riverview on pdx mods

@user-ej1ur4ci9d

20 күн бұрын

Yeees

Their is an abandoned house remover from the mods just install that so you don’t have to remove them

44:52

17:41 it doesn't seem right to me that the parking lot connects to that local highway

i wonder does the game factor in people commuting from other regions so you have a decently larger labour pool than just your cities demographics alone I assume it might also be boosted by the regional rail youve got althouh without specific stats on labour, im not sure if this is helpful at all, other than knowing your cities unemployment isnt the only thing that will affect buildings having employees

about the city lot, why not a medical university with hospital?

Is this Sonny from Kat & Sonny?

Are you using population re balanced mod/realistic population? I found that my residential demand disappeared as yours has, and lots of low density abandonment. I disabled the mod and demand returned to normal. Would suggest trying disabling these mods.

Saishodesu !

@Infrastructurist

20 күн бұрын

SENSEI!

❤

13:23 whats the mod called?