How to get badly located resource?

[Romanichine]

Now that CIV 3 colonies are gone, how do you deal with a situation where a key resource is badly located but you need to get it?

It might be in an area unsuited for a town, or worse, in the middle of two cities where you can't build a town without sharing almost all the city squares with another city.

It seems I'm getting this problem in every game.
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Roman

 

[yeoz]

I believe all you need is a road (or a river?), the appropriate tile improvement for the resource, and that it be within your cultural borders.

 

[Tunguska]

Indeed, if it's in your borders, just improve the tile, outside your borders...
...then you'll have to build a city nearby.

 

[SheckyS]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's right. It's actually easier, now. You don't need a colony. If a resource is within your cultural borders, you just need a road to it and whatever improvement the tile needs. It does not matter whether it's actually being worked by a city.

Of course, it's usually better to have these tiles worked by a city, since they provide extra food, production, or commerce. But you don't need it to be within a city in order to get the resource itself.