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Robo
Formerly Roboman, still
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
 
2012-03-03, 14:51

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Originally Posted by billybobsky View Post
#3 Really, people didn't build in the terraformed desert because of some well defined rules?
Yup!

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Originally Posted by billybobsky
I think people didn't build there because they were after bigger structures that would have individually taken over the entire downtown and the ugliness on the horizon on the other side of town.
I think you might be overestimating the impact of the "ugliness on the horizon." Bridgeport had buildings many considered ugly, too, but that didn't stop it from being a thriving town. The only difference between thriving Bridgeport and the deserted desert was the "well defined rules."

It was a nice experiment, but the HOA didn't make the game more fun.

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Originally Posted by billybobsky
This lack of guidelines is going to cause conflict
I think it will reduce conflict, actually. If you don't have guidelines, there aren't guidelines to disagree about

and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong
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