Yeah, the map theme thing is a just a bug. As long as you know you subbed the theme, it's there. Sometimes you'll have to click on the theme before you load up the map. Glad you enjoyed the maps!

Now I understand! Thank you! I will install the other one. In the meantime, I had installed this one and build a city in the middle of the map just to see. I don't know WHERE the people come from with no highway connection but it didn't affect the city being built up! :) Only thing was despite installing the recommended Map Theme when I went to play the game it would say it wasn't installed. But thank you for the reply and the beautiful map!

It means the connections are there, you would just have to design the layout yourself. Meaning, full customization of the highways, you wouldn't have to bulldoze anything to get them the way you wanted.
But I would recommend my newer Adirondack map as it is much prettier and more organized than this.

I'm new to downloading maps - when they mention having to "connect the highways yourself" does that mean if I use 81 Tiles (because I prefer to unlock it) that I wouldn't be able to use this map because people wouldn't come in off the highway?

I'm a 54 yo gamer, started with checkers and chess originally.

Hahaha. Yeah.... My younger years at this game.

OK Thanks! Just tried this one and roads were very messed up.

It's not this one! It's my other one of the same name.

Just saw BonBon's review of this and have to take a look!

I also live near Puget Sound so I know about the cliffs, so it's not supposed to be an imiation, just inspiration :) ( I would've done a heightmap in that case)
I'm glad you enjoyed my map!

yeah the bay area gave me some trouble i had to download a mod so i could adjust the water levels, now the map works great! And one other thing the puget sound is more of a cliffside kind of reigon trust me i know from expeirence.

Thanks for the feedback! Are you talking about the bay area where the water tends to go up and down? There's a river that I made that flows in waves to give the bay area a tidal effect like in real life.

A little suggestion, try keeping the water from being too close to the shore the water has a tendency to flow into the cities on the shore