# From video game to day job: How ‘SimCity’ inspired a generation of city planners - Los Angeles Times

<https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-simcity-inspired-urban-planners-20190305-story.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

I love how impactful SimCity was to some people. I’m not a gamer, but there are a few games I’ve played a lot of. Tetris, Spectre, and a couple others. SimCity is definitely one of those. I had a city I actually upgraded and played for over a decade on and off.

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- [WT97: Weekly Thing #97 / Mar 16, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/97/), Notable Links 📌

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