I miss the suburbs created by cottages. One problem was the grief caused when a top-tier cottage was pillaged, but with Civ V's repairable "pillaged" state, that wouldn't be a problem.
I suppose the other problem was that the AI was too stupid to use them properly. It would constantly bulldoze high-level cottages and replace them with mines, then replace the mine with a cottage, and so on...
I suppose the other problem was that the AI was too stupid to use them properly. It would constantly bulldoze high-level cottages and replace them with mines, then replace the mine with a cottage, and so on...