The population of cities that can be built in Highrise City starts at 1 million inhabitants. This means that it is necessary to create high-quality conditions for all people, including infrastructure, entertainment centers, places of work, production of the required materials and things, as well as other things. At the same time, the process itself begins in the middle of a green clearing, where highways can be laid, bridges can be built and the territory can be cleared for the next high-rise building. In one city you can place up to 30,000 buildings with an area of the game map of 196 square kilometers. As for the extraction of materials, it is absolutely not necessary to engage exclusively in the extraction of materials.
After completing the preliminary stages, you can devote time to trading with your neighbors. The amount of resources directly determines which structures are available for installation or construction. They are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and when you hover the cursor, the system shows in advance how much area they occupy. Moreover, no one prohibits the introduction of something of their own (for example, skyscrapers with a unique design or roads with a large number of lanes). The better you can implement certain ideas, the greater your chances of achieving success.