[HN Gopher] Rent in Cities Skylines 2 was too high, so the devs ...
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       Rent in Cities Skylines 2 was too high, so the devs removed
       landlords
        
       Author : sam_bristow
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2024-06-13 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | ajsnigrutin wrote:
       | > It was getting so bad, people were actually suggesting building
       | more homes.
       | 
       | This sounds like some where suprised by that... of course we need
       | more housing, if there are more houses than people who need the,
       | the landlords will have to fight to keep renters in, to at last
       | get some of the money.
       | 
       | Somehow, back in communist times over here, we managed to build a
       | lot... both the government, that built large apartment buildings,
       | and also people themselves, that were allowed to build single
       | family houses a lot easier than now, and they did that mostly by
       | themselves and with help from friends. Housing wasn't an issue.
       | 
       | And now, we act as if we're incapable of building anything
       | anymore... no new neighbourhoods, no new schools, no new
       | infrastructure projects... no nothing.
        
       | legitster wrote:
       | The actual blog post is not so polemic:
       | https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949230/view/41450796...
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       | "That means that even if they currently don't have enough money
       | in their balance to pay rent, they won't complain and will
       | instead spend less money on resource consumption."
       | 
       | It sounds like the "virtual landlord" was mostly about allocating
       | maintenance costs, and the actual fixes are a) hide the
       | notifications more often b) make citizens spend less on food and
       | c) let buildings deteriorate more rapidly.
       | 
       | Not sure if I would want any strong takeaways from this.
        
         | DangitBobby wrote:
         | That was also in TFA for what it's worth.
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | Second Life has this problem in a big way. There are major
       | landlords keeping properties in good areas off the market or
       | setting very high prices on them to drive rents up. It's working,
       | too. Any good property that comes up for sale at a low price is
       | snapped up by a big landlord and the price raised.
       | 
       | Cheap land is available, but it's going to be on a rocky plateau
       | or behind a truck stop or something.
        
         | yareally wrote:
         | A truck stop feels pretty benign for a neighbor in Second Life
        
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