# Presidential Bid . . .
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This is to inform everyone that I will be running for president in future elections. Although surprises can be fun, seeing over 100 percent taxes on your screen is not. Thus, I will be keeping it simple and sticking to one rule only throughout every election cycle . . .

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##### TWO WEEK TAX PLAN:

TAX TYPE	WEEKS	PERCENTAGE	PURPOSE
Income Tax	Two	N/A	Keeps SIM at Decent Price/Not From President
Police Tax	Two	Zero	Police Station Works Four Times Better
Education Tax	Two	Zero	Increases Probability of Mining New Technology
Art Tax	Two	Zero	Increases Probability of Mining New Background
War Tax	One	Ten	Provides Extra Income for Holding War Shares
Eco Tax	Two	Zero	SIM Bonus for Wind Turbines and Solar Plants
Jobs Tax	Two	Zero	Doubles Effect of Job Agency/Training Citizens
Basic Tax	Two	One	Reduces SIM Inflation (One to Twenty Percent)
Luxury Tax	Two	Seventy	Penalty for Cities with Huge Population and No Income

To put this simply . . . it means that taxes will be "Off" for the first week and "On" for the second.

In other words . . . for seven days the taxes will be at it's very minimum (similar to when Scriptioner was president) and for seven days the taxes will be 'ON' for only the war tax.
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You can find me under my dCity name (@maryjane.main) in the "Government" tab.

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# My History with DCITY . . .
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I've been playing dCity since the beginning of it's existence. So that would be exactly TWO years THIS month . . . Happy Anniversary! 🎉 https://media.giphy.com/media/GStLeae4F7VIs/giphy-downsized.gif
Did you know it was called "SteemCity" originally?   Also . . . we used to get our HIVE pay-outs weekly (not daily) based only on our population. It's actually what prompted the "Luxury Tax" because a lot of people were making a ton of HIVE simply by having a crazy amount of citizens. Interesting huh? 🙂 Although I have been playing the game since the beginning, at the time I was only investing minimal profits from other crypto that I had staked (about 200 dollars worth).
It actually took me nearly 7 months before I "HEAVILY" invested into Gerber's dCity.
But now . . . I am truly grateful that I did.
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For about 5 years, I had been looking for a game that used SIM or at least something like it.
I used to play a game from the website "cryptocities.net" that promised to eventually intregrate the ability to earn crypto. But six years later, they have still failed to do so.
Thus . . . for me, that was a lot of wasted ETH that I invested into that game.
However, this story does have a happy ending, when the search for a SIM game (that had the ability to earn crypto) ultimately came to an end when I discovered dCity.
I even told Gerber personally (when dCity started) how long I had to wait for a SIM game.
But anyways . . . enough about me. Let's talk business. Here are . . .
## My Credentials (Top 2 Cities):

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On top of these assets, I have always felt (since the 2nd edition) that it was critical to obtain as many "Technology" cards as possible.   So . . . I currently run over 20 accounts that are all dedicated to dCity. All of my cities are at the maximum percentage to discover a new technology every day (25 percent). In addition, I am using different cities for specific purposes. One is for job training, another is for acquiring prevention cards, one is for mining backgrounds and animations, and another is for the "Bids" that I place on the market. This way, if I do get the building (or citizen) that I bid on . . . it doesn't completely mess-up the city's under/over employment ratio.
Lastly, I also have a city with only citizens (for when I need to distribute the workers in and out of all the cities).
I originally invested around $1,400 USD into the game, and now I can happily say that I have already got back what I put into it. At the moment, I am just reinvesting my profits back into my cities.

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###### I truly believe in the longevity of dCity and of course the lifespan of it's developer😄

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##

My Proposal (Learning at Your Own Pace):

I have noticed for two years now that there is a certain hot topic that occupies at least 25 percent of all conversations on discord. This hot topic that I'm referring to is the new players asking . . .

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"How Do I Best Build My City?"

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Obviously, there is no easy explanation for this . . . some go for SIM holding rewards (from @dcityfund), other's just try to obtain a large amount of daily SIM income from their buildings, other's invest there money in mainly war shares, some buy a ton of "Weed Farms" for the daily WEED pay-out, other's go for the ENTRY from the "Stadium's" and "Gamer's", it goes on and on. Oh . . . and let's not forget to mention all the extra HIVE you can earn as well from @dcityrewards (automatically sent to your HIVE wallet) . . . simply for holding a decent amount of income, population, popularity, education, and creativity.
The point is . . . I can totally see why a new player (especially new to HIVE) can be completely overwhelmed and utterly confused on how everything works.

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But luckily . . . I have always thought that the answer was simple. Unfortunately, most people don't like the answer because it requires extensive reading. That is . . . studying and learning ALL the aspects of the game. It's the only REAL way to get the most out of your investment.
Therefore, I am attaching two ESSENTIAL/CRITICAL links down below from Gerber and @dCityGame.
These links let you know EVERYTHING about the game:
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https://dcity.io/info (Read EVERY Tab)
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@dcitygame/dcity-manual

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Unfortunately for the beginner, this route of excessive reading can be exhausting and could take the person WEEKS to catch-up to what the veteran players already know.
Things such as not having a certain Tech card to increase your SIM income (GMO Farming for example), not having enough popularity (to mine citizens), not having enough crime prevention, not having the ability to mine new Technologies, and other factors will inevitably reduce the amount of rewards that you acquire from the game. Thus . . . it's kinda like throwing your hard-earned money out the window (if you don't know what you're doing).

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So . . . "What if I prepared starter-cities that are already COMPLETED or OPTIMIZED?"

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### Introducing the CITY Token (Only for Serious dCity Investors):

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The pre-completed (or optimized) city would be acquiring as much as possible for the new player. The player will immediately start acquiring the maximum amount of rewards that the game can provide (SIM, HIVE, Tech Discovery, Job Training, Citizen Mining, ect...)

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Most importantly . . . the new player CAN TAKE THEIR TIME learning ALL the aspects of the game.
I know that if I were just discovering dCity for the first time, I would probably be up for a week straight (trying to figure out how to get the most out of my investment).
Basically, the purpose of the CITY token is to let the brand new player . . . LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE.

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### Here Are the Technologies Provided:

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### All NFT Cards Provided (in Alphabetical Order):

DCITY CARD	AMOUNT	TYPE	PURPOSE
AI Technology	1	Technology	Factory Requires Less Workers
Advanced Healthcare	1	Technology	15% Fewer Sick People During Pandemic
Advanced Management	1	Technology	Office Plus Five Income
Advanced Prayer	10	Technology	10% Fewer Sick People During Pandemic (Stacks)
Apartment	1	Building	Provides Workers Plus Income
Art Museum	1	Combined Building	Creativity Bonus Plus Twenty Income
Artists	1	Citizens	Provides Workers Plus Creativity
Barracks	25	Building	Your City Needs Workers
Basic Accounting	1	Technology	Office Plus One Income
Basic Automation	1	Technology	Factory Plus Three Income
Basic Home	40	Building	Your City Needs Workers
Better Documentation Practice	1	Technology	Speed-up Tech Cooldown
Church	1	Building	Gives One Tax Refund
Clear Sky	1	Background	Common Background
Clouds	1	Animation	Moving Background
Cold Fusion	1	Technology	Removes Negative Popularity
Crisis Bond	1	Prevention Card	One Week Crisis Prevention
Defi	1	Technology	One Percent Increase in Income
Drone Technology	1	Technology	Decrease Crime Chance
Dyson Sphere	1	Technology	Solar Plant Plus Eight Income
ECO Energy	1	Technology	Solar Plant and Wind Turbine Plus Two Income
Energy Reload	1	Prevention Card	One Week Crisis Prevention
Experimental Healthcare	1	Technology	Expermental Lab Income Plus Five
Farm	40	Building	SIM Income and Workers
Free Education	1	Technology	University Education Times Two
Free Internet Connection	1	Technology	Education Plus Five Percent
Fully Automated Brewery	1	Technology	Doubles BEER Production
GMO Farming	1	Technology	Farm Income Plus Four
Healthcare AI	1	Technology	Hospital Reduces Cost of Pandemic
Job Center	34	Building	Increases Daily Job Training by Three Percent (Each) Total: 102 Percent
Law Firm	1	Building	Reduces All Taxes by Ten Percent
Mining Operation - BTC	1	Technology	Six Percent SIM Income Bonus
Neural Network	1	Technology	Decreases Crime Chance by Ten Percent
Night	1	Background	Common Background
Open Source	1	Technology	Ten Percent Increase to Education
Park	30	Building	Increases Popularity
Police Equipment	1	Technology	Police Station Reduces Crime by One Percent
Police Staion	10	Building	Decreases Chance for Crime
Prepared Police	1	Prevention Card	One Week Crisis Prevention
Printers Upgrade	1	Technology	Central Bank Income Increase
Research Center	1	Building	Education Plus Ten (Each)
Robocop	1	Technology	Police Station Reduces Crime by Two Percent
Ruins	1	Building	Rare Third Edition Card
Student	3	Citizens	Population and Tax Refund
Tests on Humans	1	Technology	Increases Chance to Find Vaccine Prevention Card
University	43	Building	Education Plus Twenty (With "Free Education" Card) Total: 25 Percent Discovery (Maximum)
Volcano	1	Background	Rare Background
Worker	74	Citizens	Your City Needs Workers
Workers	125	Citizens	Your City Needs Workers

You can also view the city on: https://dcity.io/city?c=citytoken
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So . . . anyone can buy the starter city simply by purchasing my brand new token on Hive-Engine (for 200 HIVE) . . . [CITY](https://hive-engine.com/?p=market&t=CITY)
As you may have seen, the CITY already comes with the maximum 7 percent income bonus (with the "MINING-BTC" technology card). Also included is the daily maximum 'Tech' discovery probability   percentage (25%) and 100 percent daily job training.
   Thus . . . consistently preventing general crime in the city.

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### New Players Purchasing a CITY:
I cannot emphasize the importance of this topic enough . . .
After you obtain the city you MUST carefully start reading Gerber's dCity information page and manual.   Again . . . it explains EVERYTHING (in exquisite detail) that you will want to know to get the most out of your investment.
https://dcity.io/info
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@dcitygame/dcity-manual If you are a new player . . . I would read his information page and manual TWICE. There is a lot of stuff there.
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Also . . . @Ecoinstant, @Nervi, and @Jelly13 have great suggestions on how to start and continue building your city for some excellent returns.
Purchasing a city is not cheap (obviously) so I recommend using another one of Gerber's website's . . . https://beeswap.dcity.io
This site literally saves you 75 percent in fees when you deposit HIVE into your Hive-Engine Wallet. That's a significant percentage when depositing a large amount of HIVE.
https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mary.janikowski/AJg3tN9a97bPtGsBz9SQ12SKVeiMjF4R2sPf5qkqAmKM3jEMjACLLVzbWVNbGq7.png Lastly, after acquiring your city, I would recommend that you IMMEDIATELY start unlocking your Tech cards. There is a minimum of 24 hours before you can unlock the next one. You will already own 26 out of the 30 available Technology cards . . . this means that you can immediately start selling them on the market (when you   get a duplicate) for some extra income.

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You also may want to consider holding on to those extra technology cards. Gerber may announce at any time a new combined building. When the "Farm Corporation" was created, we discovered that we needed at least three GMO farming tech cards. Consequently . . . that ate-up a lot of those 'tier-1' tech cards and thus the price for those cards went up.
Additionally, when the 3rd edition was released, Gerber informed us that the ability to add more combined buildings became a lot   easier for him (with the new coding released with the 3rd Edition).

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### Terms and Conditions:

I will send the entire city (only to the username that purchased the city) within 24 hours of purchase/7 days a week.

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### Why Am I Doing This?:

I had the idea of creating CITY token about 7 months ago.
I told myself that I would buy/create the token after I made twenty alt cities to acquire as many tech cards as possible. Well . . . 3 more cities later (now 23 cities in total) I finally decided to pull the trigger on buying CITY token.   I had been waiting to accumulate enough "Scientists" (through job training) to achieve the maximum tech discovery.
It took awhile . . . but I finally got there.
So now . . . as crazy as it may sound . . . I'd like to be a    part of dCity somehow . . . because I truly love the game. This is the game that I was waiting for . . . for five long years.
I always see people posting and/or promoting things regarding dCity. So this obviously means that the game means a lot to them as well.

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Thus . . . this would be my contribution.
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If you haven't done so already . . . let @Gerber know you appreciate all his hard work with the game (and for ALWAYS being on discord to answer people's questions) by voting for him as a witness.

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That's located here . . . https://peakd.com/me/witnesses

Also . . . a big "Thank-You" to @Scriptioner, @Nervi   and @Ecoinstant for continuously being so helpful.

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So anyways . . . I hope to keep these optimized cities readily available to all the new players.
If they have a ton of questions (on discord) about building their cities     and have some extra HIVE to spend . . . please direct them to this post.

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### dCITY Discord: https://discord.gg/zcWTRRcswf CITY Discord:  https://discord.gg/cXGeG7XnuF

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