Quote Originally Posted by Flavius Gonzo View Post
1) When a town says "growing" (vs. Very poor or wealthy) what does that mean, and what causes it? Does a town in a region whose population is growing get wealthier quicker than a town whose pop is static, assuming the wealth growth rate in both cases is the same?
Town prosperity has 5 levels:
very poor -> poor -> growing -> prosperous -> wealthy

Growing is simply the middle stage prosperity label. It doesn't mean that the town population/prosperity is growing.