I don't really have an issue with the size. It's the size of a SIm City 4 medium map. Spacing issues are a problem early on but now most of my people are building huge, skyscraper like apartments and it frees up a ton of space. What people don't also realize is that cities aren't meant to specialize in everything. I have a University in one city and everyone in my region attends that university. I have casinos in another city and everyone goes to that city to gamble and sight see. It's made for teamplay in mind.