[pierreh]

I have a rather unsettling event occuring in one of the Talaran cities, namely Marlande: in the span of a few game months, there has been large-scale abandonment of residential buildings in an area of the city, with the note about excessive commuting time, and a loss of population of about 25'000 Sims. To a lesser degree there is also abandonment of some commercial buildings, on the ground of insufficient attractivity.

It is the first time this is happening in the cluster, where otherwise cities continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace now that they have reached a rather mature stage. It is, therefore, quite surprising.

I'll be researching the possible cause of this. A priori I can only suspect that some networks are congested, preventing the Sims to commute from home to work (and back, but the evening commute plays a much lesser role, if any, in computing travel time).