In my personal experience, playing with other people is more fun, but you need the right people, so far the 2 other towns people made have either been actually abandoned or dead (They don't get on but they haven't abandoned the town either) it is very helpful for great works in that you don't have to do all the work yourself.
BUT, then you have to hope and pray randomguy785 doesn't just up and leave and steal a spot where you could make an actually helpful town
So get a group of friends or even people from here together and start a region
