According to G, this was not feasible for performance reasons, so he just removed the movement penalty.
+1 agreeWhy remove culture from Opera House and circus? It's not like these buildings were overpowered and we had too much culture before
So I believe it is the Really Advanced Start mod that is causing the problem. I have turned that off and I've had no problems so far. So if people are having trouble, give that a try.
This is part of the "bad mouthfeel" of the town. It gives food....but not even enough food to equal a river farm.
@Stalker0 , why should the town give as much food as a river farm? Academy does not do that and neither does manufactory, and both are created by GPs.
Also, I'm not in favor of the puppet changes as I understand them - they just build defensive buildings and run processes? They seem pretty terrible to me now.