Also, if your addressing the whole 'Cities need to be claimed/supported by 20+ people before launch' thing, realize that this is partly just how their fast tracking cities in the Alpha stage. Once the game goes live, I believe you can apply to become a city governor, and then people can come in to support you, or put forward their own name for the job, causing it to become a popularity contest/vote...a little different and more time consuming, but more doable after regular launch...at least that's how I currently understand the plan is.
