@lashman That is beautiful

@lashman I now fully understand why the first game is just "13% tax bad"

@lashman Reminds me of SimCity getting rid of parking lots.
https://archive.is/20230122163435/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-philosophy-of-simcity-an-interview-with-the-games-lead-designer/275724/

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Welcome back to the second dev diary detailing the changes coming in the next patch. If you missed it, check out the first part here. Today we are covering a few important changes not directly related to the economy and we’ll go over what you can expect when loading up your existing cities.

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Let’s start with Rent
. Most likely you have run into complaints of “High Rent” in the game, so let’s talk about it. To complement the Land Value changes in patch 1.1.0f1 in March, we have tweaked how Rent works. First of all, we removed the virtual landlord so a building’s upkeep is now paid equally by all renters. Second, we changed the way rent is calculated. For those interested, the calculation looks like this:

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Rent = (LandValue + (ZoneType * Building Level)) * LotSize * SpaceMultiplier

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@lashman all apartments are now co-ops/competently run condo associations

@lashman Wish the real-world devs would remove landlords and turn apartments into resident-owned co-ops.

@lashman now if only this was real life 😭😭😭

@lashman patching in a special building all the landlords can live in together, it generates a small amount of electricity

@lashman absolutely fantastic accidental demonstration

@lashman lol. This is why city builders bug me lately- we could be making beautiful cities but we're stuck in this paradoxical imagination of wanting our dumb systems to work. See also traffic and parking simulations. Maybe this should illustrate that roads/cars aren't the best way to connect your city's places eh? But I'm on a tangent from the post about simcity and parking lots

@lashman In cities skylines 2, we all live in co-op housing.

@lashman Same, but instead of over 2 MB PNG, as 0,11 MB WEBP.

@lashman @tomwwolf You got rid of landlords, but now you have co-op boards. Not sure you’re better off.

@pedroivo

@lashman 👍 #ALAB

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They got RID of the landlord…

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This is a fantastic way to teach people about their rights. Anything really that makes them question every and any status quo.

@lashman BAAAAAHAHA

@lashman Passing building maintenance costs on to tenants is peak landlord.

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Even simulated capitalism is a scam

And that's praxis 💅

@lashman leave it to gamedevs solving our real life problems. XD

@lashman kinda sad i'll never get to play it with landlors now though. I was saving up for the game!

@lashman I bet the person who recommended that was surprised when reading these patch notes.

@lashman The most Georgist thing Gaming has ever done. Fuck landlords!

@lashman I wish landlords remained in the game just so I could ban them myself.

@lashman Economic simulator's consistently proving capitalism bad will never not be hilarious to me.

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I remember when they removed strikes, because they were "annoying". 🙂

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Park_World#cite_ref-56

"Many management features of the original game were retained,[54] but some, such as supply ordering and competition with other parks, were removed.[55] Staff would no longer get strike action because it was considered confusing and annoying."

@lashman That moment when your "just for fun simulation" suddenly hits way too close to home 😂