u/On_The_Warpath

Image 1 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 2 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 3 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 4 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 5 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 6 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
Image 7 — [Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.
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[Follow-Up] Reached 10,040 population with 0.40% unemployment and 15 homeless families! Here is how it went.

The Final Milestone: Successfully reached a population of 10,040 with an unemployment rate of 0.40% (40 unemployed citizens) and only 15 homeless families remaining.

Execution Strategy: Built out enough housing capacity and job infrastructure to cover the ~1,000 population gap. Once the space and vacancies were ready, hired over 1,000 foreign workers to instantly fill the open positions and hit the target.

Islands Limits & Potential: While pushing to 11k or 12k seems technically viable with this method, the island is pretty much fully developed, so 10k was the perfect stopping point.

Takeaways for Future Runs: Pushing past 9,000 population relies heavily on brute-forcing foreign worker hires rather than organic growth. Moving forward, 9,000 population feels like the ideal sweet spot for natural gameplay.

Next Steps: Planning to explore some DLCs in future playthroughs once I get a chance to pick them up!

u/On_The_Warpath — 13 days ago