No nonsense 10k pop city in 40 minutes, 18k pop city in 1h 20mins, Cities: Skylines II 1.1.5f1 patch 

30:07 = 600k tax revenue at 4k pop
46:37 = 1.6million tax revenue at 10k pop
1:07:10 = 2 million tax revenue at 14k pop
Cities: Skylines II 1.1.5f1 patch
10k pop city in 40 minutes,
18k pop city in 1h 20mins,
Profitable.
Virtually no unemployment.
No need to change tax sliders.
No need to reduce service budget.
No need to build specialized Industry.
Inefficient playing, using the medium 2 way, 4 lane roads.
Very rough, lots of unused space.
Spend 20 minutes sorting out the rough and ready road network.