User blog comment:Oioiaussie/Buy playgrounds? A common misconception!/@comment-5078084-20120902180641

Since I have TinyCo Support to thank for my current level, I am now in a position to comment on this from the perspective of a level 8 player. I have no plans of leveling up but I plan to keep playing as a dino-rancher.

After building 211 Playgrounds, I have found that my coin generation capabilities (65,000+ coins/collection) can no longer meet the demands of feeding my 32 dinosaurs and also continuing to expand my village as each expansion completes (I am on my 24th expansion).

I had initially planned on selling my adult dinosaurs to meet my deficit but since I try to hatch only 8/10/13 crystal eggs, I did not feel that I could raise enough dinosarus to adulthood to keep up.

But, when I realized that my purpose for expanding was so that I could build more Playgrounds to generate additional income, I had to consider other decorations. I'm glad I remembered this blog or I would not be building my first 9 Venus Fly Traps to replace one of my Playgrounds. At this point, it would be more economical for me to build VFTs than expand and build more Playgrounds.

Thanks for the info as I had forgotten that VFTs are available at such low levels.