I don't want this ****** city!!

[Blunderdog]

China's Three Gorges dam project will displace at least 1.2 million people (China's estimate). That's more people than live in my town, San Francisco. So sure, governments erase settlements.

[G.A]

Originally posted by Jokka das Trevas


Well, in fact, Russia did it when Napoleon was trying to conquer them.

AFAIK, they were retreating and burning all villages in its way, so the french troops wouldn't have shelter or food and become weary.

You are wrong. French army did destroy and burn everything themselves, because Napoleon planned to return using the other road, and he did this so that Russian army had no support. There also were partisans, whom he feared.

But then Kutusoff forced them to return the same way they came, and this basically knackered them.

As for "thinking where to put the city" issue - tell that to AI. It seems to stick them anywhere, just to fully surround your territory, and shrink your cultural borders as much as possible