This may be an unpopular opinion but here it goes anyway.

On most new city posts I see down vote brigades and people saying they shouldn't do it. They say there are already established cities they should join. I personally think that before the reset this was a valid point, but right now there will be many new cities that start up and most will probably fail quickly. Then the people from those cities will join the remaining ones. If the cities you suggested are indeed the best then they will survive and grow. If not then they won't.

Why discourage people from trying to make their city just because you dont consider it one of the legitimate cities, all the major cities started out small once and this server will probably be a mix of the main cities form the old server rebuilt and some new ones. In my opinion right now lots of cities trying to become world powers is a good thing for players and good for the Civcraft experiment, Most will fail and only the strong survive.

My warning is...

• Don't just assume the world powers are set because certain members of those cities say so.
• Don't attempt to work out which cities are legitimate and will be world powers on reddit before the map is even up.
• Let the experiment take place in game on the server, i was under the impression that's what Civcraft was about.
• Remember that all the world powers on the last server started somewhere and whatever city you lived in was once just an idea in the head of someone just like the people you are now discouraging. (edited in because i though of it later)

Edit, also I fully expect to just be down voted by the same people who down vote all the new city posts, but I feel like a reasonable debate is a better option... Then when both sides arguments are made in a reasonable fashion people may decide which view point they agree with on their own.