Cities Skylines 2: Happiness
Citizen Happiness serves as an overarching metric reflecting a resident’s contentment and quality of life. This value amalgamates aspects of their Well-being and Health, influencing their demeanor and work performance. Players can access this information via the citizen’s info panel. Additionally, hovering over a household’s combined Happiness gauge offers an in-depth breakdown of the factors shaping that happiness.
WELL-BEING
At its core, Well-being encompasses a citizen’s psychological health and their sense of security. Addressing fundamental needs, like ensuring a consistent electricity supply, providing clean water, and guaranteeing efficient sewage systems to prevent unwanted overflows, creates a sturdy foundation for overall Well-being. Proactively managing waste collection and designing residential zones to minimize exposure to air, soil, and noise contaminants further fortifies this base. On top of that, comprehensive city service accessibility inherently elevates residents’ Well-being. Moreover, keeping crime rates low is paramount; high crime areas induce stress and erode residents’ mental state.
Modern conveniences, like a dependable postal service and fast internet, are highly prized by the citizenry. Moreover, living spaces that align with a household’s requirements contribute significantly to contentment. Families typically lean towards spacious homes, often found in low-rise housing or smaller apartment complexes. In contrast, single individuals and students can find solace in compact living spaces, like those in high-rise residential buildings or budget-friendly apartment units. Ultimately, as consumers, having diverse shopping and consumption opportunities enhances their sense of Well-being.
HEALTH
Citizens’ physical well-being can be assessed through the Healthcare infoview. This display offers insights into the overall health of residential structures and also provides an average health reading for the city. Individual ailments or injuries can be viewed in the citizen’s specific info panel. Access to healthcare services, whether it’s the passive health benefit of residing near a medical institution or getting treated for ailments or accidents, plays a crucial role in determining health status. Both sickness and injuries significantly deteriorate one’s health.
Residing in pollution-heavy areas, whether from air or soil contaminants, adversely affects citizen health. The higher the contamination levels, the more pronounced the adverse effects. Inadequate sewage systems can cause backup issues, subsequently hampering citizens’ health. Moreover, while accumulated garbage directly impacts well-being, it’s detrimental to health as well. Therefore, effective waste management is pivotal for maintaining the city’s overall quality of life. If these needs aren’t met, residents won’t hesitate to voice their concerns via their Chirper profiles.
While there are many direct factors leading to health deterioration, citizens can fall ill without any evident cause. A citizen’s health status influences their susceptibility to illnesses: those with better health have reduced chances of contracting common ailments. However, when they do fall sick, it notably impacts their health. Ailing citizens will head to the closest medical facility for treatment. If they’re too debilitated to commute independently, an ambulance will ensure their safe transport.
If citizens are injured in traffic mishaps, they necessitate medical attention. Consequently, an ambulance rushes to the accident location to transport the injured to a healthcare facility. Just as with illnesses, injured individuals receive medical care at hospitals or clinics.
Once an ailment or injury has been addressed, the citizen’s health begins its recuperative phase. However, during their period of illness or injury, there exists a potential for fatality. While the overall likelihood is generally low, it’s directly proportional to the individual’s current health state: the more deteriorated their health, the greater the risk of a fatal outcome from their condition.
