I'm already losing interest and my city hasn't even broken 50,000 population.
* The maps are too freaking small. The map I picked has an enormous oil drill spot slam pack in the middle of the map and I would say a 1/4th of the map is taken up by my oil drills alone. Add in refineries, HQs, Coal Mines, Trade HQs, and a 1/3rd of the map is gone.
* I can't for the life of me get more than a 50,000 population, but my city is already rich. I make $400,000 a month profit with taxes set to 5 and I have every major placeable building.
So my map is full, I can't get any bigger, I have everything and I'm already rich. Time to try out the bigger map mod.