The Fall of a Tycoon- A Cautionary Tale

I have a population of around 600,000 people. It hasn't changed much, because I've been focusing on a 9-unit Tokyo town and I'm only able to upgrade about once a week.

Since I haven't been doing much else, I racked up about 500,000 in simoleans (over about 2 months, all in taxes and sales). I haven't expanded into new areas, so my city has been mostly static since mid-March.

When the latest update hit, I got the notification that I had to improve my roads. A few were in the red (heavy traffic), and all the rest were yellow (moderate traffic). I had been planning on using my cash to build more zones once Tokyo was complete- but I figured it'd be worth it to upgrade all the roads to avoid trouble, later.

Almost 200,000 simoleans later, I had upgraded every road in my city to a 6-lane highway.

This morning I woke up to find that one of my buildings had been abandoned, due to traffic jams! 

Overnight, my 6-lane highway wasn't good enough (although there have been no changes in population) and I was asked to upgrade to a "Boulevard".

So shifty, EA.

My careful strategy and planning just went out the window, and I see my bank account draining due to a mechanic that has no basis in logic- just an attempt to make things more expensive so I'll spend real-world cash.

Changing the rules this far into the game might be the final straw.