If there weren't the high cost price and the build time then there would be no point in having the EMS stations in the game. Lets say you have the EMS bay at like 50k and you keep the EMS stations at 200k you could effectively have a Fire station with two fire bays and an EMS bay for roughly close to the cost of an EMS station (I know it's a couple thousand over but what ever). Everything is balanced at a point where it keeps everything competitive. If you want to have EMS units in you fire stations you have to be ready to wait a week and pay the 100k instead of waiting just another couple hours to earn the 200k. It all comes down to planing and your play style. I feel the pain on the cost and wait time as I have a 50+ station county emergency system that I am trying to recreate and there are Ambulances in every station but that's a price I'm willing to pay to recreate the county. I honestly would like to see the time cut down to maybe five days but if it comes down to adjusting this or getting new content in the game, give me that new content.
Well they you are crazy that you are gonna play the game that long to recreate that system. I am doing 33 stations + about 10 police stations for the moment. I have have 6 stations and 3 police stations. only 1/6 of the way done. im now making money faster, but its still hard to make the kinda money. It shouldn't cost as much as the ems station cause you arent building a whole new thing. you are still paying over 200000 per ambulance, as if you are just making the ems station. even though its not a new location, so it still doesnt make sense. It is gonna cause many people to lose interest in this game, because you spend SO much time to do only a little bit. And also so many people quit the game so fast because they feel like it takes too long to start building stations. I have friends that quit after only building 2 or 3 stations and would not stay in the game. So some cost and time cuts might help keep people interested.