Population growth and real estate

[vindication]

I like the new aspect of real estate companies but I have serious problems with the mechanism of the population model.

Population growth I believe is unrealisticly low. In a game of 100 years cities all practically remained the same size. The highest growth rate I've ever seen was .4%. It would take 180 years for a population to double if it managed to stay at .4% (which it never does). Throw in all your demographic agruments as you like about slowing trends in the real world but it makes for an extremely boring and dysfunctional real estate game.

No developer would be building new cities (which is what the real estate AI does when it buys up almost as much land as some small rendered cities) if there's no massive pop growth projected. Also if you look late game, often you see most buildings with 30-40% vacancy decades after they were built.

This I feel needs to be revised. As much as I was looking forward to being able to build a real estate firm in game and new cities on the outskirts.... there's not much satisfaction to see every one of your building at 53% occupancy. :\

[Esoteric Rogue]

Thought I just might mention that:

O.P.'s idea of increasing population growth rates is in the poll at Improvements and new minor features after release

[WilliamMGary]

+1

I voted.

[David]

Yes, this is in the improvement task queue for versions after the official release.