The location of our town allows us to specialize. A port town has access to the sea and transportation amenities. A hill town might provide room to terrace the land, grow crops, and benefit from harvesting natural resources. In some locations, the main town was built a few miles inland from the sister port town, allowing the harbor to deploy signal fires to alert the primary village if an enemy approached from the sea.

Based on our geography, we might maximize a specific benefit. We may need to pass on opportunities that do not thrive in our location. Ski resorts are not usually found in the lower latitudes, and beach vacations get more challenging as the latitude increases.