Awesome! Have you read this most recent post about the starter cities?
The key for me is popularity. I target ~2400 for these cities, try to calculate on the market the cheapest popularity you can buy (perhaps considering the cards other stats as well!)
im just started to do some research. will go through your post then. thank you bro. im a newbie. but this game seems to be interesting for me to spend some time to start now.