Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Happy City?

English Gamewright rules · 5-page publisher PDF

Give the First Player card to whoever most recently visited another city. That player starts throughout the game.

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If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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