Yeah I was just thinking that, ocean tiles can't be upgraded. Though they do give a nice source of income early on, in the long run they quickly fall behind the cottages. And looking at the image, there's a lot of prairie to the left it looks like, and I'm going to have a lot of forest to hack down before I can use all those tiles optimally. There does appear to be a river there for me to build a farm, but with at least 2 clams and a cow, I probably won't need it. I have thought about actually doing the math to see just how much farm I would need to work every tile, since in this instance I may be able to accomplish that with few or ideally no farms, allowing me to surround the city with cottages and have all of them be worked.
edit: and yeah, exploring up there was a good idea, there's a dye and a hill with gems up there. Goes to show that you shouldn't be too hasty.
edit 2: decided to do the math. I can't see all of my tiles (assuming I built the city right where my settler is standing now), but with what I have, once I built a light house and put all the necessary improvements on all the resources, my city will produce 39 food from what I can see alone. I should have more than enough food to work every single tile, and possibly have a few left over for specialists. I need no farms, which means, cottages everywhere! This is looking to be a very powerful city. I'm going to need to make sure to keep it well defended. I don't want to lose another major city like last game. I mean, last game the AI razed a pop 22 city, seriously. Of course, looking at this, my city won't have much for production once I level all the forests. Besides that gem mine and one hill, it may not even be able to produce 10 hammers. But with all that commerce, I imagine it'll make a great science city. I wonder though, does having a holy city add to the city's commerce, or does it just add to your wealth?
