>>30909167That's fine and all but you have to look at the region that the game is set in as well, it's an island region that is more a vacation spot then anything else, so it not having large cities fits with the area.
They did a nice job with the cities in SM in my opinion as they are not overly huge and most of the buildings serve a logical purpose even if the player can't enter them (which is fine, we don't need to be in every room ever made in a game, really when there are no hidden items since they are all in pokeball item chests).
Really they just need more pokemon and people wondering around to liven it up, adding more useless buildings does nothing. Also maybe making the hotels more open to the player so we can see more tourists from other regions as well.