Cities and Towns

Where you think the main character should start and what thematic differences they have are all part of developing the world, and making each place unique yet unified is an important goal.

It was suggested that the starting town is too small and generic so a city would be better. What do you think?

Yes a city is a better launching point than say a small town... You get a temporary pokemon to get you to the professors lab and when you get there he sends you to a small reserve of certain pokemon to catch your real starter. Temp would be a derp like bidoof