Speaking of interpretation, look at the Gold/Silver map! Bulbapedia's was tiny so I scaled it, sorry.
>>36568228I agree as to Saffron, the routes to Cerulean and Vermilion felt like they weren't meant to very pronounced, Lavender Town more so because it's next to a mountain cave, but the west side has mountains and forests and Fuchsia is definitely meant to be out there.