Coastal vs landlocked city?

[black213]

I've always preferred coastal cities because you get more buildings + food and gold from resources. Is there any kind of advantage (except good spots for a city) settling a landlocked city?

 

[Txurce]

I've always preferred coastal cities because you get more buildings + food and gold from resources. Is there any kind of advantage (except good spots for a city) settling a landlocked city?

More hammers.

 

[Stalker0]

If your going a specialist strategy, landlock cities provide more spaces for academies, landmarks, etc.

 

[SlightlyMad]

I would love it if a city along a river could still build coastal buildings if it had some ocean tiles in its radius. The AI for some reason seems to love building cities one tile from the coast, which can really cripple the city if there's still a large number of now-useless water tiles in its radius.

 

[Stalker0]

NVM I was mistaken

 

[Thalassicus]

I feel river and costal regions are about equally valuable right now, with both types more valuable than a city near no waterways. These regions develop better... rivers get various techs boosting them early, and apart from resource tiles, all coastal plots develop simultaneously without the need for a worker (just get 1 lighthouse and BOOM it's like farms everywhere). Those areas also provide lots of gold, and gold is production in Civ 5.

 

[SlightlyMad]

Yeah, I do have to give you credit that I think coastal and river cities are balanced better than they've been in any previous civ game. My only problem is that cities founded one tile from the coast are slightly crippled in comparison, but that's an pretty minor complaint all things considered.