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SimCity, but with Permits
Developer Peter Cai has launched a web project called SimCity, but with Permits, a take on the classic city-building game that adds bureaucratic permitting to urban planning. The idea trades fast placement of buildings for approval processes, letting users experience how red tape shapes city growth. Readers are sharing and debating the concept, with many finding humor in how closely it mirrors real-world planning delays.
Why now: The humorous twist of adding real-world bureaucratic permitting to a beloved city-building game resonates with people frustrated by actual planning processes.
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- SimCity, but with Permits · pcai · 575
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