I live in a big city. I drive but I grew up in a much smaller city and my job is about an hour away. (I do sometimes take the train because traffic sucks) I take public transportation anytime I am going downtown. I meet many people who have never driven a day in their life and don't plan to. San Myshuno is meant to be a modern, 21st century city and I think it fits the bill. Many developers are focusing on mixed use building and there are bicycle lanes on every street. Most large companies offer discounts on public transportation. Look at lyft and uber, lots of people use them one way because they took the bus or walked the other. I would love cars in this game but I don't think I pack about city living was the place to implement them.
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I disagree... Unless there's going to be a Racing pack, the city would have been a great time to add cars, Taxis, bikes, skateboards, buses. But I'm just a darn little country mouse whose idea of a big ole' city is traffic jams, noise, crowds of people, new AND old buildings,...
Disagree all you like. Honestly I was just getting sick of people's response to @luthienrising I think the car thing depends on the layout of a city IRL. Yes to cars in sprawling cities like Houston, TX but no to them in places like NYC and Tokyo. Compact cities with good transit and "walkability" don't really need cars and a common complaint I've seen is that the map for San Myshuno is too small.
So what about public transportation in City Living ?
That would've been awesome
When I think "big city", yeah, I do think "vehicles", which applies to public-transportation (so yes, I do think this would be a good pack for them). But honestly, I don't see either of those things being possible in CL, anyway. The playable areas in San Myshuno look to be off to the side, away from the busy roads, so again, there would be no point.
Either way, it doesn't matter much to me, and if these things did make an appearance (at any time, really), it would be a pleasant surprise.
A lot of the traffic will be taxis/cabs as well.
Stay tuned. They're announcing a new gameplay object in the Livestream Friday. I wouldn't rule out cars being revealed.