Decay of infrastructure from lack of population

[Indirik]

I'm really doubting any skyscraper will last 500 years, even if it's left alone. And the gothic church will just stand beside and laugh

Do you really think a "gothic church" left completely alone, untended, with no maintenance at all, for 500 years will still be standing?

OK, maybe it will still be there as a pile of tumbled blocks. But I doubt it will be laughing.

[Shizzle]

Well, I suspect some of the walls will be intact, depending on how it was built. The higher structures wouldn't last too long.
But I guess I eggagerated The main reason the churches are still standing is of course because they are churches

I suppose I'm just biased... 

[Chenier]

This is such a biased comparison.  I agree that the ratio is slightly lower, but please, use at least mildly accurate numbers...  average rural is around 2500-4000 peasants, and average cities have around 40000-60000 peasants.

How is it a biased comparison? It's showing extremums, to prove a point.

In D'Hara we have many medium-large cities, and they grow so very SLOWLY. It takes months to recover from starvation waves. Small rurals, on the other hand, easilly attain their max population. New migration codes amplify the existing phenomenon.