[2.1.2.1] Patricians with no holdings don't suffer distance penalties

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A patrician with no holdings beyond his family palace does not suffer any distance penalties to trade post costs.
As a result, patricians end up setting up trade posts far away from their realm, since there's nothing stopping them from doing so and some of the far away counties are considered more valuable than nearby ones (E.G., Constantinople, Sjælland, Holland).

Patricians with normal holdings don't get this issue.
Depending on the start date, there's anything from 4 to 12 patricians that don't have any regular holdings, so strange trade post placement is a common issue.

Image of the issue:

Note how I can build a trade post in Constantinople on day 0 despite being located in Gotland.

 

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Another image showing the issue:

Note the Pisan tradepost in Constantinople and the Gotlander tradepost in Tripoli only 10 years into the game.

 

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Another:

Note the Gotlander trade posts in Iberia, and the expansion around Constantinople.
Note how Genoa and Venice are acting normally as a result of all their patricians starting with a city.

 

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Sorry, had to do another image:

Since the Spinola family lead died and his city was Open Elective, his heir ended up with no normal holdings. He was thus free to set up shop in Normandy.
So even if every patrician started with a city, the end result will still be nonsensical trade post placement.