The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box

Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box by sudosysgen on Sunday April 04, 2021 @04:37AM (#26687838)

...which means that sims care more about crime than they do about pollution, health, etc...

Put it that way - in SimCity as long as crime is down and some other factors are adequate, they won't leave even if they are miserable. But if crime increases, then they leave, even if they are in good health and make a nice income nonetheless.

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Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box by kofejnik on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:29AM (#26688594)

> But if crime increases, then they leave, even if they are in good health and make a nice income nonetheless.

Doesn't seem that unreasonable, actually. High-income people leave crime-ridden areas, happens approximately everywhere

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Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box by morelisp on Sunday April 04, 2021 @10:36AM (#26689738)

If everyone is in good health and making decent money, what is the motive for the kind of crime people move away from? The choice to model "crime" as some kind of naturally-occuring resource is already telling.

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Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box by kofejnik on Sunday April 04, 2021 @11:42AM (#26690321)

I'm not talking about motives, I don't know what they are, but I suspect that when crime happens, people prefer to move away if they can.

Also, do you claim to know exactly how and why crime happens?

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Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box by morelisp on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:50PM (#26690969)

> do you claim to know exactly how and why crime happens?

Yes, but since you've been snarky now I won't tell you.

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