I like the style, though I think the larger blocks need to be broken up. The blocks of buildings along the coast look fine, but the large blocks further inland don't look right to me. Apologies if this is the intent and you just haven't got that far with the map yet.

[EDIT] there you go, I'm posting without reading properly again .... it's in the original post (point a)
Argh! Can't rep again. Sorry Ravs, I'll have to remember to come back when I can rep you again.