My forests are very much alive and agriculture has a major role in my current massive metropolitan region (49,152km x 49,152km. If you really consider forests and farms 'empty', then you haven't been paying enough attention to Lot Exhanges of SimPeg4, SimCity Devotion and Simtropolis. The common demand practically means, that only your own computer sets limits for how big region you are able to build. You can build as big region you ever like, filled with urban and suburban residential, commercial, industry and agriculture. At first the NYCHA focused on rehabilitating and remodeling existing tenements in the Lower East Side to transform them into public housing. You can consentrate that demand to build Central business district (CBD) to center of your region, or even several CBD-like areas. From SimCity 4 Devotion, ' The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was created in 1934 in the midst of the Great Depression to provide badly-needed housing to New York Citys many working families. All connected city tiles share the common demand. Wich implies that you never will be abble to build a trully big 'region' if you dont wanna expend decades playing or just filling it with empty forests or farms such cases

Originally posted by HSA:like they said, 4 km

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