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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mattderes
12 years ago
st33lcas3 wrote:

I've got six brown houses set up next to Nelson's and Cletus' homes. It looks like "the wrong side of the tracks" area.

Cool, me too! I stuck a couple of pieces of rubble, the broken down washer/dryer, and the whacking day banner there as well. If/when I get the POC car, I'll put it there as well.
punkymcmilli
12 years ago
If its not 1000+ white houses, it's not a farm, just a garden!
cs307
12 years ago
I house farmed until I was able to buy all the land available. I got some neighbor's who have been playing longer then I have and they still haven't been able to purchase the entire land.

You've got to make your own decision on how to manage your money. For me personally, I invested my money on houses so I could get more income out of it. It helped me a lot, made about 75k per day.
davesangor05
12 years ago
What's the big thing with the escalator to nowhere and what not? They're just spendy aesthetics
mwdalton
New Spectator
12 years ago
davesangor05 wrote:
What's the big thing with the escalator to nowhere and what not? They're just spendy aesthetics

So are a lot of things in life :lol:
davesangor05
12 years ago
mwdalton wrote:
davesangor05 wrote:
What's the big thing with the escalator to nowhere and what not? They're just spendy aesthetics

So are a lot of things in life :lol:

They're at the bottom of my important list
SAMCRO-0666
12 years ago
I have got through with out house farming no worries. Big events are great to gain money. I reached my first million during whacking day and up to 4.5mil during this Halloween and still counting. I think house farming is ugly and can make things hard during special events ie. finding snakes during whacking day and finding gremlins.
davesangor05
12 years ago
fuzznugget77 wrote:
I have got through with out house farming no worries. Big events are great to gain money. I reached my first million during whacking day and up to 4.5mil during this Halloween and still counting. I think house farming is ugly and can make things hard during special events ie. finding snakes during whacking day and finding gremlins.

Probably the reason I'm just farming a few... :-)
davesangor05
12 years ago
how many blue houses does it take to make 100k a day? I imagine quite a few...
Yak_Fuji
12 years ago
333 if there is absolutely no bonus in the town and assuming only 2 collections per day.

It's surprisingly simple to build this volume, just takes a few days pouring the profits back in on the farm.

If you collect 3 times a day and have a few bonus items...you are laughing.