For a chapter 3 city those 2 buildings (4x7 is total space for both) would give you
7,000 supplies per day
100 population
500 culture
Not bad at all compared to other buildings available to you.
Right, I get that, but I don't have space, and I can't afford to sell off anything to make that space. I can't buy diamonds to buy the premium expansions, and I'm nowhere near the city expansions on the tech tree. And this is for both of my Chapter 3 cities. Trust me, if I could swing it, I would, because those stats are fantastic, and the buildings are beautiful as well. With my main Live city, which I started first, I made the mistake of over-scouting, so I screwed myself there, but when I started my Beta I knew better. Though, it doesn't do me any good now, because I had to sell my armories to build additional crystal production buildings.
"Is crystal your boosted good?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't you have the crystal?"
"Because I traded everything I had to get the goods to build the Tome of Secrets, which I can't build now because I've had to trade all of it in order to have the 2500 each scrolls and silk I'll need next."
It's a comedy of errors, really. Like "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead". Good thing I have a warped sense of humor.