User blog comment:Oioiaussie/Buy playgrounds? A common misconception!/@comment-5039776-20120531010817/@comment-5017920-20120531051255

If I had limited coins (100,000) and bought 10 VFT in 10 days I would have 54,000 coins and could buy 5 more, if I bought 25 playgrounds I would have 375,000 coins and could replace five playgrounds with 37 VFT, or buy more land and more playgrounds. This is a very fast way to grow. Eventually you would want to replace the playgrounds with VFT or better, but for those with limited coins starting with playgrounds first can get more VFT in the same amount of time. You can think of land already owned as a sunk cost, but don't ignore the opportunity of buying more, and when you replace the playgrounds you can consider the extra land as a profit. Personally I think lots of playgrounds are ugly, and can't replace them fast enough.