I gave it the old college try, but I’ve hit a roadblock in Cities: Skylines II

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The launch state of Cities: Skylines II is awful, to say the least. Even as a fan of the first game and of city builders in general, I’m not going to defend it. The game should not have been released in this state.

However, I was determined to enjoy it as much as I could. So, I broke ground on the future site of the Misery Metropolitan Area and did what I could. However, I finally hit a bump in the road I can’t drive over, so I’m hanging it up until there’s a patch.

In a Steam recent post, Mariina Hallikainen, the CEO of Colossal Order, acknowledged three major issues the Cities: Skylines II developer is looking to address. First, citizens aren’t buying all types of commercial goods, which has some commercial areas reporting that they don’t have enough consumers. That’s a relief. I’ve seen that even in the busiest parts of my city, and I had no idea how to fix it.

The second problem is that education enrollment is misreported in the UI. It’s specifically stated that this is a problem with College/University enrollment, but the problem I’m seeing is no one is going to high school. My elementary schools are packed to the rafters, my colleges and universities are educational sardine cans, but my high schools are barren of students.

However, those weren’t enough to stop me from pushing past a population of 100,000 (the population is abbreviated; we’re talking a pretty big city here). But then the third issue kicked in: garbage.

I noticed that my sanitation facilities were starting to back up after working efficiently for most of its growth. I initially thought my city had just outgrown its sanitation infrastructure, so I plopped down a few recycling facilities and another incinerator and figured that would be good.

Except