There is adapting to environmental conditions and then there is simply trying to survive. If you have a level 15 main hall you get 13,200 coins a day per each player visited. When you scout it costs a lot of investment, but what you get in return are more neighbors discovered and a chance to make 13,200 coins off of each one of them every day. Some players have scouted 200 provinces and their world map looks like this with this many opportunities to make 13,200:
Others, such as Spinster, have a neighborhood that looks like this:
As I stated earlier....it isn't just "adapting", one of these players lives in a thriving metropolis, the other is lucky to see a mirage. Poor Spinster! That neighborhood is so sad!! If we can donate KP to each other, I think we should be able to donate coins and supplies! (Passing the hat around for Spinster).