I don't know you about you, but for the first couple of Governor’s residences, I usually have more than enough production time to build everything I want.Originally Posted by Dorkus
As you say, if you are building farms to get your money back from farming income, then you'll be very disappointed. The amortisation on the more advanced upgrades is formidable. IMO, their principal function is to increase population growth, thereby increasing the size that your city will eventually reach, shorting the time until you can reach higher tech levels, and increasing tax and trade revenue.
Those first two levels can make a significant difference to the time it takes to reach the next population level required to upgrade your Governor’s residence, especially in provinces with low basic farm rates. For instance, at 2% growth, it will take 35 turns to increase population from 6k to 12k, but only 24 turns at 3%. Plus your Governors won't get the bad farmer traits, not that make that much difference!
I always build farms in my core settlements early on in the game, and in selected regions later on.
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