How I Hit 100K with Suburban Sprawl in Cities Skylines!

[@davidrandall6087]

Biffa just causally trolling everyone by leaving the other side of the junction wrong. And calling the area furthest away from the Dock. Dock district 😂

[@DrNickDoom]

👍😂

[@CK28989]

He's aiming for another video with millions of comments. Haha.

[@ashleyl4684]

Came here for this comment, was not disappointed 👏🏼😆

[@NelielSugiura]

I am laughing super hard, though! I will give him that.

[@KaiHenningsen]

Yeah, that one's a peet peve - causally doesn't even sound like casually!

[@Kowzorz]

"Ah, you wanna go down to the Dock District." "Is that the one with the dock?" "No, that's the Dickery District"

[@einarbolstad8150]

In the UK, "it's all OK" actually means that something is 50% ok. At least when intesections are concerned. Also, Dock District should obviously be by the water and contain... docks.

[@squallloire]

Yeah "Dock district" being the one furthest inland did make me chuckle

[@chaoswarriorbr]

Very dry docks then! 😅 Maybe we can say that the area around was filled and the Dock district was originally by the water and had old docks before the development. When in doubt, just RP it!

[@JoakimKanon]

Yeah, and Dickery should… never mind.

[@Skard01]

Fixes the junction. Still misses a right turn.

[@deatho0ne587]

While looking directly at it.

[@briekthewall7567]

from the residential side

[@SiqueScarface]

He keeps to his promise: leave some errors in fishing for comments.

[@alanarsenal]

It's on purpose.... 1 million comments!!!!!!!!!

[@KadinoTheDumpling]

NOO THAT'S a MERGE so traffic is going onto that road

[@speelydan]

I love that the Dock District is the one that's landlocked and, consequentially, has no docks.

[@kaltaron1284]

Would it be possible to build and underground dock and connect it to the sea? He might have to raise the area quite a bit though.

[@nSnowCrow]

In Europe many names are nonsense today but a couple centuries ago there was something that named the street or village. Also historic simplification and native tongues are fun partners for generating weird names to modern standards.

[@Apollorion]

The Dock Disrtict is not perfectly landlocked because on two sides it's touched by rivers.

[@speelydan]

@@Apollorion Sure but let's see Biffa put some docks in there.

[@ZanZanDK]

i must say, I really like the detailing - mostly when you do it offcamera or at high speeds. I amazes me how much detail it's possible to achieve in Skylines, and while I by no means have the patience (or time) to do it myself, it pleases me greatly when I can sit and relax, watch someone else do the dirty work, and just enjoy the finished result.

[@B.Evil.C]

Biffa, after just explaining how to get more comments on a video, does exactly that 🙂

[@TheStuartGibson]

Genius..oh wait

[@TheStuartGibson]

He did it lol

[@Ro_Gaming]

He forgot to pause

[@AdamHinckley]

2:35 everything isn't ok, you still have the same problem from the road that goes towards the motorway from hickory district at the very same juction but going right from hickory district to maple heights

[@bbbenj]

I was about to comment too!

[@bunnywarren]

29:05 - the road under the text doesn't connect. Also don't forget crossings because otherwise people can't get from one side of the road to the other. These normally come with junctions but you have very few of them in this new area.

[@herr1375]

If you watch at the 33 minute mark, the road actually does still work. You can see the cars travelling up that road and turning right in front of the Botanical Garden

[@teekayfourtwoone4686]

27:37 The new road went over the existing road. You can see the end of the existing road under the name "Hickory District". 31:17 Biffa notices the other end flickering at the junction. I believe he fixed this off-camera, as I can't see it later in the episode (though we don't get the best views of it later).

[@th3griff]

"...Merges round the corner and that is all ok." Wait no wait Biffa... Wait. Oh well never mind.

[@danielsz1993]

traffic fixing for biffa: no problem intersections fixing for biffa: end boss please also fix the second fail at the same intersection. :p I like your videos and the way you present it. nice work.

[@domrobinson2763]

I LOVE the extra thought you put into detailing this place, it really does make a huge difference. Would like to see you go this route more often!

[@jakubjakubov6929]

as I mentioned before, u still haven't put train stop to Birdsong Transit Hub. And what if u put some option for cruise ship visitors? Thank u Biffa, this is my favorite series so far!

[@crimsonfoxx2997]

I like the idea of a "big super fantastic bridge" spanning the gap between the two land masses, it would be cool to kinda mimic the golden gate bridge in San Francisco, but obviously make it tea themed lol, love the videos Biffa!

[@admiralprestoncole]

I was thinking more of a cable stayed bridge like the stone cutters bridge

[@GabrielPatroi]

2:30 Duuude :)) you fixed just one part of the intersection :)) also I think you should of put more lanes for incoming (not just one)

[@clnetrooper]

There is still the right hand turn while there's a slip lane for it. :c

[@bbbenj]

I was about to comment too!

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

A ferry dock at the end of the road sailing over to the islands would be very pleasant. A bridge while being simply too ostentatious would draw highway amounts of traffic down through that lovely little Main Street you just built. Jolly good episode!

[@RazeR8023]

2:21, not necessarily something wrong but just a side note, when doing lane markings it's usually the turning lane you (motorist) have to cross the dashed lines for, if you're being realistic at least.

[@davidbaker8351]

That intersection at the start has been problematic for him. Love your stuff.

[@kaltaron1284]

Ripping it out for a roundabout would have been an easy solution. Also far less fun.

[@teekayfourtwoone4686]

Enjoyed the detailing. I think a few more large trees near the "Lungs of the City" could taper it off a bit. 37:30 The bus has to go all the way down the end of the road to turn around anyway, might as well have a stop up there. Has paths connecting other streets there, so it could be useful.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

Glad someone else caught that rogue bus route too

[@sinemokay8862]

Hi, Biffa! Thanks for the video! At 37:15, where you set the bus route, it doesn't take the people from Hickory District to school. It only takes them from school to home. :D You should consider going back on the same route in general, because people need to go from home to work/school and vice versa. Just an idea. Keep up the good work!

[@robrinva9561]

Absolutely fabulous! I was thinking the same thing as soon as you said, "hickory" AND the irony of Dock District being furthest from the shore is PERFECT!!! Thank you so much for a much needed escape into beautiful New Tealand. Cheers!!

[@kleckerklotz9620]

19:48 "Mrs. Teacher, my feet have turned green." "What are you saying, little Jimmy? I'm shure everything is fine in the pool right next to the refinery! Go and wash yourself in that nice, healthy-looking pond over there...." You know what, Biffa. A nice nature reserve around Hickory Park and a few campsites by the water would be nice. Mrs. Teacher would love that...

[@omnifarious86]

Hey biffa, the first intersection you "fixed" still has a right turn lane and a slip lane in the other direction

[@thomasv6545]

yep , i wonder how many million of comments it will take. Someone do Fix Biffa's City series :p

[@mikeh7299]

The one thing I have picked up from you and city planner which has helped me more than anything is allow for free space. I have to work to not "use" each available piece of the map and allow some natural spacing between areas or structures and it has really helped my cities look more natural and flowing.

[@royvandermarel3953]

Congrats on the 100k! Small fix: add two connections at the very end of your main 2x2 road coming into the Hickory area. One going left and one going right along the coast. Connectivity will be higher and the bus will take these quicker routes as well

[@speelydan]

As far as the buses go, I would have set up one loop (or two clockwise/counterclockwise loops) that just encircles the neighborhood, with one of the stops right near the entrance/exit to the community - then have another back-and-forth route picking people up from that entrance/exit stop and carrying them to one or two other nearby major transit hubs. They'll pay the bus ticket to get to the exit, then pay another to get to a transit hub, then pay another to get on whatever transit source heading to their destination, etc. etc. etc.

[@Al-Brown85]

There is nothing better than watching Biffa building New Tealand. Especially while having a cold, a cup of tea and a good old blanket. It reminds me a bit of my childhood. Sure, there was no KZbin back then ...

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Karen Sterling of Sterling Estates, Verde Beach, would approve of your new suburb. Excellent job. 👍 And congratulations for reaching 100,000 citizens and residents! 🎉🏆

[@noahkohn9350]

I love that of the Hickory, Dickory, and Dock districts, the only one that is landlocked is the Dock district.

[@slate613]

41:36 I love that one really tall tree in the back just towering over the others. lol

[@GaryFerrao]

2:33 "…and that is all ok" oh my giddy aunt Biffa knows how to get a million more comments to rank up his videos (the other side of the road still has one right hand turn too many)

[@bbbenj]

I was about to comment too!

[@APlotMusic]

I assume others have already said this, but there was a second direction at that same intersection that ALSO had an unneeded right turn because of the slip lane...

[@mmnass]

definitely make a sandy beach and use invisible path mod and beach props so it will look like people are walking on the beach itself. there is also a mod that can make people gather in one place.

[@Pologhini]

The high density that you put in will not grow bigger, because of the high rise ban you put on that zone. Brilliant vid again!

[@erickok]

Congratulations on the 100k! I'd really love seeing this city grow even further. This new, unique district is showing again how you have far run out of ideas for New Tealand.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you 😁

[@dmore]

You should put a private beach in at the space in the bottom left, maybe a small jetty, some fishing etc.

[@FoxyPKO]

2:30 Biffa tou only changed it for one direction on the hickory district junction you still have a problem with the right turn for people coming out of hickory district

[@idaaurora3533]

Cool music, new district AND A *burning building in the background* XD 41:20

[@Styrestian]

Maybe you can make some path shortcuts? What about one express bus from station and the collector with only two stops. Seems like a lot of cims are going to the Lungs of the city park, maybe you can add a tourist bus line from the station to the park? 😄

[@reeceguisse17]

3 minutes in and I'm both laughing and crying. Laughing that Biffa fixed one side of the intersection, but not the other, and crying because a port facility between Hickory and Dickory would be the Hickory-Dickory Dock

[@stephenreardon2698]

Then he names a third district Dock District that isn't on the coast

[@bbbenj]

You're definitively right!

[@antronaut_7740]

41:44 That single tall tree going with the beat.

[@pipocdj]

41:36 I was bothered by that very tall tree at the background LOL

[@bugbasher]

You didn't fix the junction completely. Another 1M comments incoming 😂

[@דודצביעטיה]

You know, right-clicking the Buy-Squares button in the bottom left corner will change the day-night time, even with the Ultimate Eyecandy mod Love your videos keep up the good content!

[@stevengalloway8052]

Biffa's "hedging" his bets with the technical details behind the houses... 🏘 😆

[@Thehoeh]

Tennis and basketball courts add to leisure and land value as well and they look nice, there's a grass tennis court

[@Dhananjay2020]

Biffa I think people can't walk to work towards North. Also an idea is to put gravel paths on beaches for people to walk and add some tents so that it will seem like people are coming on beach to sun bath. Also can add some volleyball courts there. Also this lovely area can have trams as European theme. You extended a district with highrise ban and added high density housing to get high rise People cannot go from. Residential to high school.. Please add a stop on the way back. Also can mark this area as VIP area. Man, you get my juices flowing. Love the stuff.

[@paulleah5887]

Should maybe have had a bus stop at the Botanical Gardens as well. But as it's a nice day the Teavillians can walk.

[@focusonsummer9977]

Hello Biffa, Love your series. Catching up from two months ago. Seeing New Tealand grow from a rural settlement to a megalopolopolopolis is great. Great Work!

[@NicoRTM]

Awesome chapter as always Biffa! Just one thing, I think land value starts increasing when the buildings start to be built, I think I've seen this behavior in my saves. Also, maybe you can set the commercial zone to be organic produce, I think they will fit well with the style of the houses.

[@Bata989]

Idea - Connect Hickory and Dickory District with the huge park "Hickory-Dickory Del-Tea Park" with small pedestrian bridges and that park could go all around the coasts of districts.

[@Nefilum]

A bus route in the other direction would be a good idea. Other than that this section is looking top! Especially if you make it beachfront.

[@swoosh94]

I think it would make more sense swapping Dickory and Dock districts around since Dickory is currently coastal with a pier type thing already!

[@mikeb8674]

* *has three districts* * Biffa: hickory, dickory, dock! Perfect! * *puts “Dock” in the only one of the three districts with no seacoast* *

[@thechosenone2912]

Biffa make the bridge across the river, ocean thing and name it the "C Teabridge" C for the roman numeral for 100,000 and it sounds like 'Sea'. Teabridge, because it's powered by tea.

[@thechosenone2912]

please do this, Id love to see it done

[@Lutzol]

you could add a walking path along or above the river to relief some stress from the new busline

[@playtimewithdragonfire]

Another issue with the fix... The dashed line should switch lanes. The straight on lane would not cross the dashes, the turn lane would. And why not a 2 lane both direction for a little better lane management?

[@s3rg11]

So did you give any name to the observatory? I wonder if "The Wandering Weather Observatory" would fit, since you seem to wonder a lot Biffa 🙃

[@royvandermarel3953]

This is gold

[@dacoda85]

Brilliant!!!

[@2k22]

Oh wow i've used that path system since (i think) the begining. But i also connect them 20 blocks or so. My people love it!

[@MrSunshine251]

Yes! I've been waiting for the Hickory Dickory Dock naming since I first suggested it when you initially made the districts! Shame you didn't name the actual dock area "Dock District" though!

[@bobblebardsley]

Hickory District looks very cool, I think I recently suggested a residential area with detailed gardens so if that's why you did it, thank you very much! Shame the citizens keep demolishing fences and hedges anytime they extend their homes but I guess that's what happens when you give people free will 😋 I like that little park area too, would be cool if you put a boardwalk-style bridge over to the sand bars in the river and added a couple of little fishing piers or something.

[@iconax9735]

Hey Biffa. Love the videos. Just a thought about something I do in my game. When you've removed the ability for pedestrians to cross the road at an intersetcion, why not add the zebra crossing back with the road marking tool. Makes the roads look more real.

[@CK28989]

I think to go along with Hickory, Dickory and Dock, the park in Hickory should be Jiggery Pokery Park.

[@DarlingbroughModelRailway]

A good place for "dog walking", or something like that... 😉😂🤣

[@lordzulubax268]

1:06 I like how you change that 1 side of the lanes but then dont do the same to the other so it still needs fixing LOL

[@darkshines800]

Those paths around 22 mins aren't really adding more connectivity (connecting ends of roads does, obviously). What's needed are some crossing paths that connect the back alley path to the roads along each street, possibly coupled with a pedestrian crossing to allow peds to go from street to street without having to walk to one end or the other.

[@brown1971]

Biffa, you've been pulling this trick of leaving a little mistake for quite a while now. It's brilliant!

[@JDKempton]

Paths remind me of the alleys in the neighborhood as a kid. They were more fun to play in than my own backyard.

[@DAFDarKnight160582]

i cant believe that you've only just discovered those Euro assets! They are lovely, I wish there were more packs like this as there isnt nearly enough of them

[@light487]

For the beach area, I'd like to see some of those marina/fishing tourist items used. I'm forever wondering how to use them appropriately. I've never once managed to use those assets in my builds. Terraforming the land to make them not look like they are miles above the water also is one of the issues I have with them

[@tidbit1877]

41:42 Biffa! At 41:42 in the video you can see the upgrading house comes in properly and then changes to a plane grey model; I think one of your lighting mods or detail mods may be interfering with the brick textures. The new houses still look pretty good but not nearly as nice as they were maybe intended to look.

[@Scotia_26]

You could make a “Palm Jumeirah” inspired man made luxury housing area of dickory beach, that would look super cool! Definitely a feature bridge would make sense to connect to the other archipelago islands! Love the series Biffa 🥳💪🏻

[@kaltaron1284]

IMHO a tunnel might make more sense. Not sure if there's enough space there for a "Palm Jumeirah" project and traffic might become too much of a problem if he builds any more stuff off that cursed junction.

[@guillermolara8767]

Make a causeway to the island with man made islands in between for mansions. Inspired by Miami's star island

[@kaycee5448]

That neighborhood reminds me of Virginia Beach. Now you just need the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (28+ km) to complete the look. lol

[@paulleah5887]

Ha ha, Biffa's only done half the junction because he wants millions more to comment. Toying with us he is.

[@mies1mies]

please can you build a area with only europeing buildings(high rise)

[@benjaminmarker]

I love watching your videos, they are really amazing! And for someone who suffers from PTSD, they are very soothing, so thank you for that. Not sure if you already have done a video with a more Dutch (or Danish) infrastructure? I would love to see how traffic would be in this game, with the infrastructure focusing on bikelanes and public traffic.

[@rons3103]

Biffa gets a million comments about fixing an intersection where the East-West has a right turning lane that is not needed because of a slip lane, then overlooks that the North-South road has a Right hand turning lane and a slip lane as well, which also needs to be fixed as well. Looks like that will take another million comments to fix! 🤣🤣🤣

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@rasmussasi1777]

The big junction coming into the new area should have an overpass for pedestrians

[@tomorrowkiddo]

I'm so motivated to get my jobs done so I can devote some serious detailing time. Awesome vid, as usual.

[@haSta84]

After watching Biffa almost 24/7 for two weeks: Me: yeah, excellent. Lovin' it! Absolutely lovin' it. Faaaantastic. Her: what? Me: let me have a quick sip of tea... *Hfffsspp* ahhh... Her: what!? Me: do you know the Bob Ross of Cities Skylines? ... Let me show you! Ah, yes, excellent! Her: At least you're staying hydrated Me: Splendifalicious! *Hfffsspp* Her: *rollseyes and leaves the room*

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@MugiwaraRuffy]

"Trees will eat up polution" Well, correct in real life. In game not so much. But of course there's a mod to fix that problem as well. Of course there is. There's always a mod for that, innit?

[@alexanderhunter]

(Day late to the party) A patient has been diagnosed with detail bug bitten. Symptoms include detailing areas that would otherwise be ignored. Treatment requires reminding the patient that they are not a hyper detailer. We'll send them for treatment in our physiatry. (Two point hospital reference) A bridge across at the point you were talking about would be helpful for traffic on those islands when you expand out there. It would in ways be similar to the PEI Bridge in Canada. (Technically it's named 'Confederation Bridge' - The bridge is just a box girder bridge with a length of 12.9 kilometers [8 miles] so anything you do there would be realistic for those that overly care about that.)

[@ArnoModelstate]

Well done Biffa on the junction :D ... Now do the other lane on 2:34 (42:25) too with a 1 and 2 lane :P It does get rather busy.

[@stevenschmidt733]

You can control zoning on streets with fences. If you put a fence beside a road then that zoning gets turned off allowing for other roads to get priority. Sometimes you have to use the MoveIt! mod to "reset object" in order for the zoning to readjust. You could use this trick in some of your new areas where you want zoning on one side of the road but not the other - like your high residential area across from the distribution centre.

[@rashaadbarger6556]

The junction is quarter of the way fixed three more fixes and it is complete but still enjoy this content very much

[@sololeveling7390]

Your videos are so satisfying to watch. It's so relaxing

[@manishkaundilaysharma976]

Congratulations Biffa for 100k Mark🎉

[@pfcparis]

21:54 you should place a crossing node at one or both of the paths to that avenue.

[@Davefacestation]

Feels like some of those gaps between the trees and road are a bit open and plain. Maybe some flower beds?

[@Punz18]

As a person who grew up in the origin place for urban sprawl in America pioneered by Robert Moses. It's the worst, don't do it irl. Do what his protege did and build a more centralized town that accommodates pedestrians and not only cars. A great example is Reston VA. Great vid though!

[@dragonlord4194]

Maybe does a big detailing episode for both your cities? Would give them some smaller places that can be eyecatchers

[@Saraahh99]

You should put a busstop next to 'the lungs of the city' bc loads of people want to go there! :)

[@Blitzkrieger17]

oof. facepalmed twice in the first 5 minutes! had a flashback to the roundabouts he kept messing up on purpose lol... never change biffa, never change!

[@PHX787]

Biffa, as someone who likes making american-style gridded suburbs that are similar to this, lemme offer my hint: DONT use road-guidelines when making a grid or symmetrical roads. go by the road length and angles, and make sure you count the available cells between the roads as you go along. You'll develop an ingrained pattern in your mind as you construct the roads!

[@nickylaurent4693]

Hey Biffa, just a thought. In the optimal circumstance couldn't you get 4 lanes of traffic to move through an intersection at once with timed traffic lights. so 4 roads from each compass direction so letting the traffic from the north do right turns the traffic from the west turn right. the traffic from the south could then turn right and the traffic from the east could turn left... I know that would not move every vehicle but it would move ALLOT of vehicles at once.

[@ssjhilfling]

Hi biffa Try to find a spot, for a low density commercial( a shop or 2, a gas station) and low density residental town with fishing and a fish market, maybe logging and farm industry. A small town in the middle of nowhere, with forest as the border to the busy city

[@thesimulatorguy4248]

Now push youre luck biffa with mods, still need the space elevator too.. also you should connect the road with the post office depot on. To the 4 lane road behind it then ban everything apart from freight and service vehicles

[@thomasfriis3651]

Nice. I Think you should add hedges instead of fences behind the houses, IMO that makes more sense as the plot of lands have hedges on the other sides

[@matejturk]

Please make Oresund bridge like thing between the island and main land! It would be spectacular

[@TheSleepyCraftsman]

I'd put in a pedestrian bridge for the high school.