The Best City Improvements

[Andu Indorin]

Off hand, Offshore Platforms have become one of my favorites ...

 

[duke o' york]

I was expanding my empire the other day, and found that when I took a city in civil disorder it was made much happier when I built a marketplace and then a bank than those in which I built a temple and then a colosseum. I know that the people are happier when they're prosperous, but for these financial improvements to have more effect than the "happy" ones seemed ridiculous. Especially as I keep getting screwed by my bank.

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in vino veritas

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

Have we all forgotten the lowly Aquaduct and Sewer? Your stock exchange probably isn't worth the four gold support in a size 8 city!

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DEATH awaits you all...with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

 

[Magnus]

City Walls for me. No maintenance!

 

[Alan_Nicoll]

My favorite improvement is the one I need now. Most often that's a Temple.
City walls are a joke unless you're playing multiplayer. There are always more important things to build. Even in multiplayer they're a joke after your opponent has espionage. Might as well sell them off as see them destroyed by a spy.
Building city walls early is ridiculous. Build more settlers and quit worrying about defending crappy little 1 and 2 point cities. Expansion is the name of the winning game. If you have to build city walls to defend against AI, you're already guaranteed a poor score. Buy them off with gold or tech and build more cities, and you'll soon outgrow them to where you can demand payback.

 

[infoman]

Early in the game, improvements that generate money and later in the game ones that improve my science ability to gain techs quicker.