Seems the goal is incorrect?
I get what the devs were trying to say but it could be better written:
Something like: “Allowing more people to join your settlement would make your markets more active and help generate gold.”
I’m going to suggest this is feedback. I see no actual bug here. The goal is to generate more gold, and the markets are your first source of gold production in the game. There may be a hold placed on further immigration pending your first market placement, so this statement that markets would attract new settlers could still be correct. I think there could be some added clause that gold is not just based on the number of houses but the quality of houses as well. Simply changing “…the number of…” to “…the number and quality of…” would be more fitting.
Not necessarily incorrect, just doesn’t cancel itself if you’ve already got a market up. Don’t forget these are tutorial suggestions for new players.