How many food are needed to make the first city grow?

[padillah]

Just need to do a little math and I'm stuck at work so I can't see for my self.

Thanks for the help.

Tom P.

[John-SJ]

Each citizen consumes 2 food, so 2 * #citizens food will give you a stable population. (2 * #citizens) + 1 will give you minimal growth. Obviously, larger excesses will cause faster growth.

This of course does not take into accout the possible crowding effect.

[DrrD]

What he's asking, is, how much excess food do you need for that second citizen? In other words, how big is the box you need to fill?

I think it's 10, but then it goes up for each subsequent citizen. double? I don't know.

[Aileron]

I think if you roll-over the food bar at the top of the city screen you can see how many more foods you need before the next population, like x/y foods complete. I don't know what the actual number of food for each pop is though.

[John-SJ]

I do tend to take things literally. And, if a question is ambiguous to ascribe the simplest meaning to it rather than the more complex.