How to get healthy cash flow early in Metropolis?

Metropolis Gaming tips and tricks by Albert Koey, re-published with permission.

This set of tips is great for *NEW* mayors. To get started and starts to reel in CASH and to get your city growth going.

If you want to play the game ENTIRELY on your own strategy, then DO NOT read this post.

The game plan is to ensure your city has a healthy CASH FLOW and quickly get to 1500 Culture points so that you can start buying Landmarks.

Step 1:
With your initial $250K, buy 10x City Lots.

Step 2:
Whenever you are ONLINE, set your city’s TAX RATE to 40%. Before you go OFFLINE, set your city’s TAX RATE to 30% to 35%. If you login subsequently and find that your city’s happiness is in the RED, it that means you have to lower your TAX RATE by 2-3%. You may have to fine-tune a couple of times.

Step 3:
Whenever your city’s happiness drops close to 30% to 40%, post an ENTERTAINMENT request on the WALL. Again, please DO NOT SPAM! You may want to post a second request on the WALL. This time, ask for POPULATE. You will want your city to reach 1200.

Step 4:
Once you have $100K in cash, buy 10x Empty Lots.

Step 5:
Keep repeating step #3 and wait till you have $500K in cash. Now, buy 10x Houses. Your 10x Empty Lots will be consumed by the 10x Houses. At a Culture level of 10, you should have UNLOCK Playground and Park. Ignore these for the time-being.

Step 6:
Keep buying Houses until you reach a Culture level of 50. You will then be allowed to buy Horseman and Police Kiosk. Buy the Horseman twice to increase your Culture to 250. This level will UNLOCK Private School and Apartment Building.

Step 7:
Save up to buy 5x City Lots and 5x Private Schools. If your city has a population of 1200, your Education Index should be in the GREEN, increasing your revenue up to 20% more!

As long as your city population is below 2000, don’t worry about the Health and Crime index.

Step 9:
If your Education Index is not increasing your revenue by 20%, save up to buy more Private Schools, otherwise buy 10x Houses again.

Step 10:
When your Culture level has reached 350, sell off the 2x Horseman to reduce your UPKEEP cost to ZERO.

At this stage, your city should have a decent CASH FLOW. Congratulations! You will have to play on your own now. Good luck and have fun!
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