Version 1.11.13
Three changes that should bring city crime rates and rents closer to real-world dynamics. In previous versions we observed criminality could be 8x our real-world references, and landlords placing rent prices way above what renters could pay for.
- Fixed yet another problem with the criminality rate, this time the correction was a mis-interpretation of the literature. This change should now bring the criminality rate in line with real-world statistics (8x reduction).
- Changed the dynamics on how rent is considered vacant: landlords will now reduce price more aggressively, following newer and more robust research on pricing that we incorporated.
- Rewrote the gate that citizens need to pass when renting a unit: at most, 2/3 of income must go to rent, or they should have 12 months of rent in savings. This is closer to a real situation in a crowded city, but we aim for it to be the edge case — a well-managed city should reach equilibrium with renters spending 1/3 of their income.
