Abandonment

Abandonment is the act of residents or employees entirely leaving a building, thus becoming "abandoned". Abandoned buildings do not profit the city and take up space for future buildings wanting to develop.

Buildings are abandoned because there are insufficient services, or bad planning either from balance of zone types or a poorly planned road network. A combination of these factors can result in multiple types of zone getting abandoned at once, which, if not dealt with, can cause further problems leading to further abandonment.

Some achievements and unique buildings require abandoned buildings to complete the necessary task. The Cathedral is a prime example of a unique building needing the requirement, as the task involves 2,000 abandoned buildings and must be maintained for four weeks.

Abandoned buildings are marked as a grey boarded up house icon. Abandoned buildings can be distinguished by their appearance as a dirty run down building.

Abandoning
Buildings can be abandoned through several methods. When these problems are not fixed, buildings will become abandoned.
 * Garbage pile up
 * Lingering death
 * High tax rate
 * Not enough Water
 * Sewage is backing up
 * Flooded buildings
 * High crime rate
 * Not enough Electricity
 * Pollution
 * Noise pollution
 * Not enough workers
 * Not enough raw materials
 * Not enough buyers for products
 * Not enough customers
 * Not enough educated workers
 * Not enough goods to sell
 * Burned buildings
 * Low Land value
 * Too few services