How Do I Keep People Poor?

How do I keep people poor? I need more factory workers! Folks, I've tried creating low value areas, without easy access to High Schools and Universities, but people still eventually start crossing the map to get there. Without poor people on my city I can't grow my factories and I can't grow the economy of my city. How do we fix that?

A Reddit-style Cities: Skylines discussion asks how to keep citizens poor so factories can continue to find workers. The joke is that the player wants to limit education and mobility to preserve a low-wage workforce, satirizing exploitative city planning and economic systems. It is used as a reaction to situations where improving people’s lives creates an inconvenient shortage of cheap labor. EN: A Reddit-style Cities: Skylines discussion asks how to keep citizens poor so factories can continue to find workers. The joke is that the player wants to limit education and mobility to preserve a low-wage workforce, satirizing exploitative city planning and economic systems. It is used as a reaction to situations where improving people’s lives creates an inconvenient shortage of cheap labor.

• @eternalclassic / 72705 2025-07-16