ABSTRACT
Imagine you are the mayor of an embryo city. You have a blank sheet, or in this case a blank screen, on which to divide up the land according to what you want to see happening, whether it be houses, offices or industry. Then it is up to the people who move in to do the building. ‘What and how fast they build will depend on how well the omnipotent mayor has thought things out: from public transport to proximity to waterfront or lakeside.’1 Money must be raised through property taxes. There is an element of fine tuning, since the taxes have to be pitched so that they bring in enough money to finance public services, but are not so high as to discourage people from moving in.
