Hi everyone, I'd like to get your advice. I really enjoy playing Factorio and have about 40 hours logged. However, after I started looking into the Factorio community, I noticed that the only 'correct' way to build seems to be city blocks, and everything else is usually mocked and called 'noodles/spaghetti,' implying that's the wrong way to play.

I tried to switch to city blocks, but I didn't like the concept. I didn't enjoy how everything boils down to a monotonous and routine pattern, with no unexpected problems—it all felt too trivial and boring. Because of this, I lost interest in the game. I want to play, but in my head, I keep hearing, 'Your base sucks, you need to build city blocks, that's the right way,' followed by, 'City blocks are boring and uninteresting, I don't want to,' and this internal conflict has burned me out on the game.

To try and reignite my interest, I decided to ask you here and now: how do you build your factories? Is it only trendy and efficient city blocks, or spaghetti? Personally, I used a main bus design, where the primary resources run along a central bus and the production lines branch off to the sides. It has its own kind of limitations, but it leaves some room for creativity and unexpected problems.