simcity-2013
Say you have gotten a city started and you hate it. You have enough money to start a new one, all bonds free, etc.
What effects would it have if I completely flattened everything? Utilities, buildings, zones, town hall, everything. Would it be like starting fresh, or would there be something "left"? Like angry people caused by me destroying everything or whatever?
Looking around various regions, and seeing the 'blue' borders suddenly gone now, I believe I have figured out what they mean:
At launch, there were some colored blue, but that may have been a bug perhaps with server issues.
One example, since you mentioned the university, is that you wont see any demand for high tech industries before your education quotient (EQ) is higher than 150 according to this page. Those factories will contribute to the overall visual style of your city.
Another example, also related to education, is that only educated sims will put solar panels on the roof. Or so I've heard, I dont have any source for this. Heres a picture of the solar panels:
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My wife actually decided to try this last night... she had a couple hundred grand and was not pleased with her initial zoning decisions. She paused the time, and flattened the city, leaving only a few high density streets (not avenues), her fully upgraded sewage treatment plant, and a well upgraded water treatment plant. She then turned the remaining plants off, and placed trees over all of the polluted areas. She put it in Cheetah speed, and waited for the population to disipate.
When the pollution faded to what she deemed to be an acceptable level, she began re-zoning the city and placing services according to her master plan. The population exploded rather quicky, and the leftover roads were immediately supporting brand new high density buildings...
As a note - My connected city took about half of her population when she did this.