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
eG-Yak wrote:
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.

Oh cool.. :)

I've got I think 7 built atm, and another 9 going in, so I'll have 16 in the end, I think I'll leave it there... bout 7200 every 24 hours, not to horrible.. :)
davesangor05
12 years ago
What bonuses are you guys talking about?
computingl152
12 years ago
http://s12.postimg.org/7ichs3wdl/Screenshot_2013_10_28_01_33_59.jpg
I like white houses. Not going to hit the blues 3 times a day to make it worth it. White houses also have the smallest footprint.
annettemarc
12 years ago
santi07o8 wrote:

Would this be house farming? :?

Not unless I grew up in a house farm. That picture would be an accurate depiction of most of the San Fernando Valley, a suberb of Los Angeles, circa 1953, when they put up a gazillion tract homes a day. Your pretend purple houses cost you $1,100 ... My folks paid $11,300 for their real yellow one. Trust me. Yours was the better bargain.

Seriously, yours looks like the type of cookie-cutter neighborhood I grew up in. Come to think of it, I guess I DID grow up in a house farm. :wink: :wink:
finagenesse
12 years ago
No one has the same definition of house farming... For some having multiple no manner if it is done like a normal residential area or as a block without road or decoration is . At the end of the day it is your city, your design, your choice. I have multiple houses and I don't care if for some it is house farming I like my residential area, much more than some town without multiple houses... Like I said it is my town, my wasted time playing it... And I like it! Beside buying all the land doesn't come cheap and now I am trying to save some money for later.
davesangor05
12 years ago
Yeah I may set up a few more blues, or maybe a white farm after I get my 10k goo.... with school and work full time its hard to find enough time in the day to get through all the friends (and I only have 34 at the moment!
sportsfan39325
12 years ago
i have about 20k to spend , should i go all out on Blue or White ?

and if i can check the Blues twice a day, how quick would i be turning profit?
Yak_Fuji
12 years ago
sports_fan39325 wrote:
i have about 20k to spend , should i go all out on Blue or White ?

and if i can check the Blues twice a day, how quick would i be turning profit?

If we assume no bonus' at all, it'll take you 12 clicks on a blue house to make back the initial cost.

I ran a brown farm first and converted it to blue over time, but I had spare time in the beginning.
sportsfan39325
12 years ago
i think i will build 5-10 blues houses to start with, just so i can get some cash flow going
finagenesse
12 years ago
eG-Yak wrote:

I ran a brown farm first and converted it to blue over time, but I had spare time in the beginning.

I hour of brown house tapping gives so much money and Xp that I have a hard time letting go of my brown houses... (I'm always here and there waiting for my kid practice to be over...so I put that time at use...)