>>511129611
If your city is favoured by the federal government sure, not so much for smaller cities here.
My hometown is 120k population state capital with the late state sultan micromanaging the housing and he banned mcslop apartment above 5 storey putting a cap on the population density which also capped the city growth as federal budget are assigned according to population.
>Metropolitan: 1 million
>City : 300k within city centre
Metropolitan budget is required to even get light rail system and foreign investors look at how much budget each city gets before investing.
Due to the small population the town is forever stick being ricenigga city + rubber industry while money is poured into building artificial island at nearby port city to cram even more mcslop apartment.
Being stuck ricenigging for 3 centuries ain't fun, even the rice fields are being reclaimed by the jungle since all the younger population move to the major cities and it's hard to find a wife who would settle.
>If marriage happens where would you settle question comes up
>Answer my hometown and the woman goes 'you are too good for me ok sorry bye'
We also have another term called premier outlet granted to areas with 4 million population within 30 minutes drive, these areas get the highest quality goods and services while the rest get lower tier. Finding good cheese outside premier outlet region is pure suffering, bottom region get Australian mcslop plastic cheese while premier outlet stock Californian pepper jack.