To OP,

I think one of the issues/complaints in 1.0 was that the cities were too big. However, I am positive more life will be apparent in 2.0 cities. I also don't think the cities were changes dramatically. I can't tell you what I know ): and Idk what you know. But if you refer to some of the videos, you'll see the size is still there, they just have zones now like XI.