Revolting and joining other nation

[Jagged]

Is there a way to prevent this from happening...

 

[CLST]

Culture will keep it from happening.

Also, I think after a city flips, that if you retake it, it won't flip again.

I think there's an option when you start about cities culture flipping, that you can do to avoid this.

 

[Calouste]

Units garizoned in the city will lower the chance of revolt, and completely prevent it if there are enough of them. More advanced units are more effective.

 

[Jagged]

Culture will keep it from happening.

Also, I think after a city flips, that if you retake it, it won't flip again.

I think there's an option when you start about cities culture flipping, that you can do to avoid this.

Is there any other way to retake the city without waging war...

 

[thadian]

you can try through diplo, in the trade screen - the AI giving you the city is pretty uncommon.

 

[GooglyBoogly]

if it was your city originally you could try to culture flip it back by using a great artist or two (if you had another city nearby).

The other way is to make sure there are no nearby cities of that culture. Razing helps in this regard.

Or, if all other tactics fail, you could gift the city to them pre-emptively and gain a relations boost