function Utils::AreOtherStationsNearby(tile, stationId) {
	//check if there are other stations squareSize squares nearby
	local square = AITileList();
    local squareSize = 0;

    if(!AIController.GetSetting("is_friendly")) {
        //dont care about enemy stations when is_friendly is off
        squareSize = (stationId == null) ? 5 : 2; //6 tiles distance between new stations, 3 tiles distance between adjacent stations

        square.AddRectangle(Utils.getOffsetTile(tile, (-1) * squareSize, (-1) * squareSize),
            Utils.getOffsetTile(tile, squareSize, squareSize));

        //if another station is nearby return true
        for(local tile = square.Begin(); square.HasNext(); tile = square.Next()) {
            if(AITile.IsStationTile(tile) && (AITile.GetOwner(tile) == AICompany.ResolveCompanyID(AICompany.COMPANY_SELF)) ) { //negate second expression to merge your statitions
                return true;
        	}
        }
    }
	else {
        squareSize = 3;

        square.AddRectangle(Utils.getOffsetTile(tile, (-1) * squareSize, (-1) * squareSize),
            Utils.getOffsetTile(tile, squareSize, squareSize));

        //if another station is nearby return true
        for(local tile = square.Begin(); square.HasNext(); tile = square.Next()) {
            if(AITile.IsStationTile(tile)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }

    if(! ((AITile.IsBuildable(tile) || AIRoad.IsRoadTile(tile)) && AITile.GetSlope(tile) == AITile.SLOPE_FLAT)) {
        return true;
	}
	
	return false;
};