Early city services
The supplied guide lists elementary school, medical clinic, and landfill site at Little Hamlet and describes some of their roles and limits.
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Cities: Skylines
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Milestone examples
The guide places Police Station and Fire House at Worthy Village, Districts and Policies at the same milestone, and Bus Depot at Boom Town. These are unlock listings; the excerpts do not explain how those features operate.
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Elementary School
The guide lists the Elementary School as a Little Hamlet unlock at 500 population. It describes it as the first building that provides education to child citizens and recommends constructing it early because educating citizens takes time.
Understand this choiceMedical Clinic
The guide lists the Medical Clinic at Little Hamlet, the 500-population milestone, as the basic healthcare solution. It says healthcare supports happiness and can prevent deaths.
Understand this choiceLandfill Site
The guide lists the Landfill Site at Little Hamlet, the 500-population milestone. It describes garbage collection as essential because buildings without collection can become abandoned, reducing income or population.
Understand this choiceCustom Tax Rates
The guide lists Taxes among the features unlocked at Little Hamlet, at 500 population. It says the feature allows custom tax rates for residential, commercial, and industrial zones, and reports a default setting of 9%.
Understand this choiceLoans
The guide lists Loans at Little Hamlet, the 500-population milestone. It describes borrowing as a way to expand the city quickly and reports one loan of €21,000 at 5% interest.
Understand this choicePolice Station
The original Cities: Skylines guide lists the Police Station as a Worthy Village unlock at 1,000 population. This establishes its place in the guide’s milestone progression, but the supplied excerpt does not describe its effects, coverage, capacity, operating requirements, or cost.
Understand this choiceFire House
The original Cities: Skylines guide lists the Fire House as a Worthy Village unlock at 1,000 population. The milestone table also associates that point with fire services. The evidence does not describe response behavior, coverage, capacity, operating requirements, or cost.
Understand this choiceDistricts and Policies
The original Cities: Skylines guide lists Districts and Policies among the Worthy Village unlocks at 1,000 population. The table establishes their availability at that milestone, but the supplied excerpt does not explain how to create districts or name, describe, or quantify any specific policy effect.
Understand this choiceEducation Boost
The original Cities: Skylines guide lists Education Boost among features associated with Big Town, reached at 7,500 population. The same milestone includes Taxation Policies. The supplied excerpt names Education Boost but does not explain its effect, requirements, or cost, so no outcome or recommendation can be established from it.
Understand this choiceBus Depot
The original Cities: Skylines guide lists the Bus Depot as a Boom Town unlock at 2,600 population. The same milestone lists transport features including Bus. These excerpts establish when the guide says the depot and bus transport become available, but do not describe the depot’s operation, route setup, vehicle capacity, or cost.
Understand this choiceCommon mistakes to avoid
Do not apply Cities: Skylines II progression rules here
The Paradox feature article explicitly discusses Cities: Skylines II, including Expansion Points and Development Trees. Those mechanics do not establish how the 2015 game works.
Unlock All is a modded route
A 2017 Steam discussion describes using an Unlock All mod to remove population milestone restrictions. It also says unique buildings still require tasks under that approach, so this does not document standard progression as a complete unlock list.
References & guide scope
Original Cities: Skylines milestone progression and selected unlocks. Excludes Cities: Skylines II systems and modded unlocks.
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