The advantages are you gain a huge amount of money/xp in a short space of time.It is effectively min/maxing the game instead of building for aesthetics.Downside is people end up higher ranked, but lack the lower level buildings that reqire 24 hours to build.Re people not wanting house farmers...that's down to some people playing on devices that crash if peoples cities are too large. The density of items in a house farm city can cause people issues. However, the real culprit of performance problems is the "water". s i've got max friends, the only places I have issues with have water features and bridges.

hmm... I thought about building a few extra white houses cause its 200 every 12 hours, and the mission buildings like library and whatnot take ALOT of cash to build which takes days to get built up... I wouldn't be compacting them in there like i've seen others do... maybe just 5 or 6 extras of them...

davesangor05 wrote:hmm... I thought about building a few extra white houses cause its 200 every 12 hours, and the mission buildings like library and whatnot take ALOT of cash to build which takes days to get built up... I wouldn't be compacting them in there like i've seen others do... maybe just 5 or 6 extras of them... You won't have a problem.House farms typically have 200+ houses packed together with no space between them. 5 of 6 houses together doesn't really count as a farm.Also don't worry too much about people refusing to add you. People will add complete randoms and then thin their lists over time. city farm or not, if you are the player that visits their city daily and provides a low impact "landing spot" when they visit you, you'll find you'll be kept on lists.

cool :) Thanks! :) Now I gotta figure out which option is best... blue house costs less, makes only 50 less, and I think it also takes less time to collect so it might be better than white house... <.<

It's not really cheap in that it isn't cheating or really taking advantage of a loophole in the game. Frankly it's relatively strategic, the only problem is it looks hideous and it crashes some systems.I don't really care if other people do it, doesn't really both me. But it's certainly not cheap.

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davesangor05
12 years ago
hmm... I thought about building a few extra white houses cause its 200 every 12 hours, and the mission buildings like library and whatnot take ALOT of cash to build which takes days to get built up... I wouldn't be compacting them in there like i've seen others do... maybe just 5 or 6 extras of them...
Yak_Fuji
12 years ago
davesangor05 wrote:
hmm... I thought about building a few extra white houses cause its 200 every 12 hours, and the mission buildings like library and whatnot take ALOT of cash to build which takes days to get built up... I wouldn't be compacting them in there like i've seen others do... maybe just 5 or 6 extras of them...

You won't have a problem.

House farms typically have 200+ houses packed together with no space between them. 5 of 6 houses together doesn't really count as a farm.

Also don't worry too much about people refusing to add you. People will add complete randoms and then thin their lists over time. city farm or not, if you are the player that visits their city daily and provides a low impact "landing spot" when they visit you, you'll find you'll be kept on lists.
davesangor05
12 years ago
cool :) Thanks! :)

Now I gotta figure out which option is best... blue house costs less, makes only 50 less, and I think it also takes less time to collect so it might be better than white house... <.<
22hours33minute
12 years ago
It's not really cheap in that it isn't cheating or really taking advantage of a loophole in the game. Frankly it's relatively strategic, the only problem is it looks hideous and it crashes some systems.

I don't really care if other people do it, doesn't really both me. But it's certainly not cheap.
davesangor05
12 years ago
Yeah.....

So blue eh?
mootje22687
12 years ago
I have a small farm 6blue next to 6white and eleven rows, just for a little bit more cashflow and so far i did not hear any complaining..... ;)
bren1960
12 years ago
For me I don't house farm. But I played often enough that my levels were high & the quest were lowerer. It didn't matter to me. I'm level 36 now & in the end it's just a game. I personally delete house farmers that just throw other buildings down. If the rest of their sf is regular that's fine. Otherwise I think it's pointless to play. That's just me.
davesangor05
12 years ago
Well I have 7 blue and 1 purple goin in... I might add a few more blues...
Dominicanbred
12 years ago
house farming looks so ugly
DJDK-ec
12 years ago
Dominicanbred wrote:
house farming looks so ugly

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