Settling a new city three tiles away?

[cammcken]

I have't specifically testing this yet, but I have had this "sense" that it may be true, so I will ask. (I'll delete this post to avoid confusion if it turns out to be wrong)

Does having a city that owns a tile on another landmass negate the CityRange -1 rule? If the cultural borders spread onto the island tile, would the city then be part of that landmass as well?

I'm asking if this is true:
Cities are considered on separate landmasses and capable of being 3 tiles away so long as they do not claim land on the other landmass.

Anyone know?

If this is true, it might explain the difference between lefuet's saves.

 

[reddishrecue]

Cities can only settler 4 tiles away from other cities, the only exception is settling in a different land mass.