1. These interviews make me and others happy.
2. The game will be rich, complex, and detailed, without being overly complicated. SimCity veterans could make dream cities in one sitting (I can already do that in SC4) while newbies could get a functioning small town in the same time and an average metropolis in a few days of playing.
3. The city tile size is 2x2 km. That makes them no more than districts or neighborhoods. In single player, you could be your own neighbor. If regions can be large, you could be your own neighbor even with other neighboring players.
there is all the time to be denied by maxis.
But personally i don't like the idea of a 2x2 km2 tile. I used to pley only on large maps on SC4. 2x2 is qay to small , but i still have hope that they will find a qay to integrate this new idea of small tiles , dunno like putting a much faster way to change from tile to tile or something like that