User blog comment:Dustpirate/Do Stores become unnecessary?/@comment-5039776-20120618144108

I don't think it's an efficiency thing Dustpirate. I think that after a while, very experienced players (level 50s) simply want to have a "nicely decorated village". If big new challenges come along, they can pull out their production assets, makes heaps of money and do the quests. Myself, I have a bit of a balance. I have high numbers of Scooter Stores and Comfy Cushions down the bottom of my village and the rest of it will be (hopefully nicely) decorated (in good time).

As for resources, the most inefficient things in your village are resource makers (rock quarries, stone carvers, farms, weavers etc). They take up heaps of space and don't produce nearly enough resources to supply a village that is intent on producing XP to get ahead (i.e. one with stores that produce the highest XP you can given your particualr level).

So, you should buy everything at the market, fill your village with the best stores and decorations you can and keep trading up. By this I mean, don't hang on to that Tool Store when you hit level 22. Get some Teradactyl Trainers and start making better XP. At level 34, inventory them for Woodwind Stores and at Level 38, you can start earning the big bucks with Apple Stores.

Hope this helps.