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Permit Pending, a city-building game where even one building must pass permits(permit.petercai.com)

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- Players do not play as a god. They become an elected mayor who builds apartments, bus lanes, and factories. The source says every construction must go through public hearings, reviews, objections, lawsuits, and appeals. - In one example from the source, a tech boom pushes rents up, and after debate over parking, a 12-story apartment plan is cut to 6 stories. Then lawsuits and construction delays follow while rents keep rising. This is an in-game setting and not a real case. - The source states that the game runs in a web browser and requires no account sign-up or installation. Save data stays on the user's computer, and after the first visit it reportedly works offline. - The source describes an infinite sandbox with no victory screen, where the goal is to build the city you want and keep it in place. This page introduces an external creation hosted on the personal site permit.petercai.com.
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O: This could be useful for a teacher who covers city planning in class or in discussion. Students can pick one apartment case from the game and note, step by step, who would support and who would oppose it. X: The source is a game introduction page and gives no evidence that it accurately reflects real permitting procedures or rent changes, so this should be made clear before it is used as material for explaining reality.
Writing language: Korean

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