Hmm, but, without calculations you do not know which one is better. Maybe you could get more goods with normal good buildings.
Okay, I did the calculations for my PE city. Please, I want to encourage discussion and if my calculations and thoughts are incorrect or missing, I do welcome critic. But it needs to be critic based in facts, not beliefs.
Okay, PE city. I have an Inno and Alcatraz and I will not include them in my calculations, because I would have them anyway. So, what I did was simply looking what houses and good buildings I have. I would not delete my two supply buildings anyway. So, I just thought - if I remove my houses and good buildings, how many tribal squares could I fit.
Okay, I have 10 good buildings (from both PE and IA age) that give me 200 goods per day and 5 high rises, that require 266 squares (I included 2 lane requirement). The high rises give me 181, 125 coins in a day.
22 Tribal Squares fit in 200 squares. 16 Tribal squares give me 110 goods a day and 550K coins.
Hmm ... unless I am wrong ... I can do 200 goods with good buildings and 110 goods with tribal squares.
Where am I wrong that you are so convinced that tribal squares are better?
Inventory stands are meaningless, what are you doing with you goods? Do you have GB that produce goods? Are you also plundering? The question is. How many goods are you making in a day - from your city. And can you make more with one method or the other.
I am seriously asking this. Because I can see the love for tribal squares. And I don't get it. Good, in my HMA city they would be better. However, I just got ToR and have so far 1 tribal square. So, it will take time to get enough tribal squares. For my PE city, I just don't think tribal squares are better.
Btw. once I have my Inno leveled higher, I don't my high rises anymore and can put in two more goods buildings. 240 goods a week versus 80 goods ... No gold income from high rises, but on the other hand the 400,544 coins from the tribal squares would not even do two recurring quests, so. 240 versus 110 goods ...