Housing? What housing?

[Tigersong]

I can't be the only one bothered by this. Why certain holds (I'm looking at you, Whiterun and Solitude) tell you to purchase a house, when they only have one house for sale? Doesn't that make you want to mod more houses into those holds?

[HeyYou]

Yeah, given the war, and the migration of folks due to that.... one would think there would be more than one house on the market.... but then, everything is seriously scaled down in the game.... in reality, Markarth, Whiterun, Solitude, et al, would have populations into four figures, at least....... But, that would beat the crap out of framerates.

[WillieSea]

A 'real' city or town would take half the map. So things are scaled down, so think of that one house as over 100 houses for sale. A city would just be cumbersomely big.

[KirkjaTheKeen]

I think they should be saying you should buy "the" house.  haha  Actually, I'm surprised they didn't think to have more full two-story homes.  In larger towns, not everyone can afford to own a home, so they rent, and it is common for rental properies to be multi-storied.  Doing this would given the towns the illusion of being bigger, without sacrificing "real estate" on the map. Just  a thought. 

 

The only need I see for a house anyway is to store valuable loot.  Otherwise, I prefer my character to camp whenever possible.  ;-)