Quote Originally Posted by Quillan
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The end result is that it is quite possible to wind up with a city that can maintain public order even in the case of a permanent population growth. You won't have a lot of margin of comfort in case some bastidge drops a high ranking spy in the city, and the garrison required might well eat between one and two thousand florins per turn all by itself, but you can do it.
Which is why I prefer to kill a bunch of people very now and then, especially if a city/castle is already maxed out in terms of level.