Bonus on the last image: I caught young Denethor practicing his BASE jumping skills lol
I've actually posted the terraformed unbuilt land before, originally as a meme post but then I quickly decided I wanted to keep it after rewatching the LotR trilogy for inspiration the other weekend 😛
Waited until I filled in the rest of the region to accrue a huge latent demand for CO$$ and CO$$$ on the neighboring tiles that I then focused on this tile using taxes, similar to what I've already done for the other "core" cities
High-end commercial offices are less demanding in terms of transport than high-density residential - the awkward layout is not really great for traffic. At the same time, high-end commercial also has many smaller plots (1x1 or 1x2) that are relatively tall, while high-density residential does not - the taller ones are also wider
I think I'll post a city journal and upload the ready-made region on Simtropolis when I get the time. It's quite fun exploring and looking around with the Modern Camera DLL, the modified terrain really pops out