If you're in the suburbs, it seems like the barbarian spawn rate might be too high. (And, by "barbarian", I mean "children".)

But, I agree. I've often thought how cool it would be to be able to generate game maps (for all sorts of games) of various real places, including places I'm familiar with. Civ is the low-hanging fruit. Not to say this isn't an impressive feat; it's very cool.