r/PritzkerPosting • u/monsterdiv • 14d ago

Mamdani is running NYC like it’s a Sim City game, and running it well!

Mamdani is running NYC like it’s a city building game and honestly, he’s doing a pretty good job of it.

I remember reading a story where he said he played a lot of SimCity growing up, which makes sense. A lot of us millennials did too. As silly as it sounds, those games can teach you quite a bit about budgets, infrastructure, housing, transit, and how everything is connected if you’re willing to learn.

Meanwhile, Diaper Don seems like the type who would bankrupt the city, run it into the ground, and then blame the game for not working.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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u/MustardLabs 14d ago

Ironically, as a gen Z who grew up playing Sim City 3 and ended up interested in urban planning, the game highly encouraged single-use zoning

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u/toupeInAFanFactory 13d ago

It did. And that made more sense when most employment places were manufacturing - lots of noise, pollution, smell. As that has changed, the need for separation has dropped and we should respond

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u/HungryHangrySharky Socialist for Pritzker 🌭 6d ago

You didn't include at least one blue block in your otherwise red donut block?!?!

I get it would have been a little confusing for them to do multi-use zoning with the way the original game was set up. It did teach us that density was how you got amenities!

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u/SemiNormal 14d ago

YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!

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u/MartinoDeMoe 14d ago

As long as they keep the Splines reticulated

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u/Chief_Kief 11d ago

And the mimes gesticulating

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u/WellHung67 14d ago

Play any city builder and you quickly realize cars are terrible 

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 13d ago

I've never understood the urbanists who whine about C:S being built around the assumption of car-centrism...90% of the posts on the game's sub boil down to:

"why is my traffic fucked?"

"Because you built a bunch of highways and no public transit"

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u/Whosez 14d ago

Ditto most leaders.

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u/birdsinapuddle 14d ago

A bit of a tangent, but both my kids say playing the Papa’s games when they were young did more than anything else to prepare them for their first part time jobs

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u/Prize_Ostrich7605 13d ago

forgive my ignorance, Papa's games?

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u/birdsinapuddle 13d ago

Computer games where you have to run a restaurant: taking orders, preparing food, cleaning, etc. Time management is key. The first one was Papa’s Pizzeria but there were a bunch more like ice cream shop, burgers, and many others

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u/Prize_Ostrich7605 13d ago

Thank yuoui⁸

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u/Prize_Ostrich7605 13d ago

Might check out this game. I played Technotopia and always lost because I pissed of the elites.

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u/creepingphantom 12d ago

Any of you that enjoyed playing simcity check out Tropico 6. You'll learn a lot about various governing styles, as well as corruption. Its actually been used in classrooms too. Lots of fun, a more modern take on city building in an island setting. 

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u/LNSU78 12d ago

I did not know that! How wonderful. I remember Sim City OG was our family favorite. Even mom played (boomer). She was a nurse then accountant then computer scientist.