Again I must chime in and add......
For all the time the game has been available, the limits for each farm were 24x24. Many players have asked for larger sizes.... and each time the answer was NO ---- the limits are fixed by the restrictions in FLASH.
so.... until now (with the apparent change in FLASH) none of us expected a 26x26 ... at ANY cost. And we planned accordingly.
so.... now they have found a way to ADD to the game... to give the game an EXTRA that is NOT a big necessity for enjoyment of the game.
so... some avid players have
[1] the coin to expand ...or
[2] the ability to spend real money to expand ...or
[3] the goal to play more until they have the coin to expand ... or
and some players don't.
Maybe there is a US president who is willing to spread the land around.... but he is not one of my neighbors....
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