An Urban Planner Plays Sim City
2.4M views · 8 years ago · explainer · evergreen
A working urban planner plays SimCity and comments on where the game matches or departs from real planning practice. It comes from the City Beautiful channel, which makes videos about cities and urban design.
HN people point to it as a good example of real urban planning mimicking the simulation, and as an expert's check on how accurate SimCity is.
“Here's a video of an urban planner playing Sim City 2000, and commenting on the various ways in which it's accurate or inaccurate”
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