[Suggestions] Improvements for the game

maybe you haven't played very long yet, most of those things you mention are either happening or addressed.  I have an aquarium, I have marinas, my airport goes to London, Tokyo and Paris, (lucky you somehow get China), I have an amusement park, and the list goes on.  Also if you travel to other cities you will see these things in many of them too. 

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@smicha84 wrote:
I realize the potential for crazy profits EA gets from this game... I work on wall st.... But let's look a hypothetical content ecosystem, and the associated potential user experiences...

Question 1. What about making the recycling center an actual recycling center... Where you submit items you buy or make, that have tons of useful things in them, like seeds, glass, etc. so those items can be stored and used for other things like keys or Chinese cultural items.

Question 2. Why is the airport only for China?

Question 3. Why is there no space port?

Question 4. Why can't I use disasters to affect the cities of my friends or even just random people from the marketplace?

Question 5. Why are the building project item lists so oversimplified? Who ever built a building with pizzas and lemonade? For the sake of education, the game should include all the complexity of real building projects.

Question 6. Why can't I speed up time like every other sim city game? For reasons beyond revenue from users...

Question 7. Why not let users ask the market place for what they want/need, like every real marketplace does? If I need glass, why can't I just ask for some?

Question 8. Why not let users charge whatever they want for the things they make?

Question 9. Why are there no beach properties?

Question 10 why are there no carnivals? Or other temporary event features? Like concerts or book signings or actual teams in the stadium?

Question 11. What about marinas?

Question 12. What about city alliances with other cities?

Question 13. What about being able to give money to other users? Like real money, and fake money?

Question 14. Why can't I control the gifts that I give to people who visit my city?

Question 15. Why can't I plant more trees? Does it have to be a park?

Question 16. Why would you offer users a reward for having a polluted city?

Question 17. Why can't I access data science on the things I make and things I buy? Like a live budget or something? Hours played, total keys earned... That's not in the rewards window?

Question 18. What about adding graffiti artists?

Question 19. What about aquariums?

Question 20. Why can't I interact with the buildings in my city? I want to get to know my citizens better. I want to learn about small businesses and franchises...

Question 21. What about being able to control the amount of crime/types of crimes in the city?

Question 22. Why are taxes so miniscule? With over 500,000 people in my city, I should be generating way more than 19.5k per day...

Question 23. What about being able to control citizen salaries based on quality of businesses in the area? Not just by what kinds of buildings I make...

This game has so much potential.

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A1. The recycling center acts like a garbage dump.

A2. The Airport works for Paris, London, and Tokyo items.

A3. There is no such thing as a space port.

A4. You should not hurt your friends.

A5. All items count as building items.

A6. Because it would be unrealistic.

A7. The servers are broken.

A8. Because you could sell an item for 1000000 simoleons and no-one would buy it.

A9. The beach is plain.

A10. Because carnivals don't exist.

A11. Marinas don't exist.

A12. Cities are private.

A13. Cities are private.

A14. Because then you could say 1000000 simcash as a gift without having 1000000 SimCash.

A15. Trees do nothing.

A16. Because all cities are polluted.

A17. Cities are private.

A18. Graffiti is vandalism.

A19. Aquariums don't exist.

A20. Because changing a building will also change it's population.

A21. Because then you won't need police stations.

A22. You're Sims are likely unhappy.

A23. Because then you could earn unlimited tax.