Cities with negative income

[gibbon monkey]

My cities often end up with negative income - even with low taxes, and I've tried having no garrison and full garrison, boh give negative income. please help!

[hoonii]

Build ports if you can and roads, markets, temples etc. Gain trade rights from near countries. Trading is the best way to gain money in this game. If you are close to Greece, take Athens and Sparta. These 2 cities make damn high trade income.

[EoNightcore]

It's alright if your cities have negative income, that's to be expected. However, if your entire faction has negative income, then something got ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up somewhere and you should either
A. Conquer more cities
B. Disband trooops
C. Increase Taxation and lower Race and Game frequency.

[Myrmidon]

From turn 1 you should be sending diplomats out to every corner of the globe. Some may take a week to get the other side of the map but it doesn't matter. Trade rights with every single faction unless you're fighting them.

[`RV|Pride]

it is a mechanic the longer a city is under your bannar the lower the taxes will get. as corruption and other means such as buildings or troops in cities cost to much to keep up. you should always balanced your negative cities with your money making cities. i always have a income around 15k a turn. so half my cities negative or near 0 and the rest in the 500 to 1000 denarii per turn.

[piper.spirit]

The cost of your entire army upkeep is spread throughout all your cities. A negative upkeep on a city just means that it is contributing more to your army than it receives back in taxes/trade.
This is not a big deal as some cities are bigger than others and will have more income/trade.

What is important is that you don't keep expensive troops as garrision (use peasants), and build roads/ports for trade which will boost your income. As long as your overall balance is ok, don't worry too much about the individual towns/cities.

[Klospieler]

Originally posted by |CoH|-piper:

The cost of your entire army upkeep is spread throughout all your cities. A negative upkeep on a city just means that it is contributing more to your army than it receives back in taxes/trade.
This is not a big deal as some cities are bigger than others and will have more income/trade.

What is important is that you don't keep expensive troops as garrision (use peasants), and build roads/ports for trade which will boost your income. As long as your overall balance is ok, don't worry too much about the individual towns/cities.

listen to this op he is right. cities dont have negative income

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Click on a settlement and down the bottom click "Show Settlement Details." That way you can see exactly what's hogging your money.

It's probably upkeep.