I was half sarcastic, as religious infrastructure costs an extreme amount of gold, everything being considered. The costs simply aren't realistic, imo. Feels like we are spending thousands of gold on cardboard temples.
I mean, seriously. Maya temples were overrun by jungle, and after hundreds of years they are still in pretty awesome shape. Catholic cathedrals are doing rather well too. I'm not saying these cost nothing to maintain, but I seriously feel the game exaggerates maintenance costs.
They also took years to build, and cost considerably more then a few hundred or even a few thousand gold. I think paying the maintenance is a small price for the wonderful instant build technology of the BM world.
