I think a big part of the problem, is that certain items that count as Town Buildings are awarded as prizes, as well as sold for gems during sales. Whether or not one is over the "limit" on Town Buildings, if it's a prize drop (the Ice Cream Cottages come to mind) you can be over without knowing it, or planning on going over it. So quite a few of the long time players, have well over the maximum number of Town buildings. They would have to sell numerous items in attempts to get below the level cap. And especially when one has purchased these buildings with gems, and they *don't* work in events, it's a mess. Like, I love love love the look of the Pumpkin Cottage, but bet that it won't work in an event when a Cottage is needed. At least, the past few years I have been seeing people report that a new, gem purchase building doesn't work, then it gets "fixed" for the event...then this whole scenario repeats at a later event. So I am unwilling to purchase these fancy things, that max me out of buildings, when I am trying to participate in and finish events before they end.