I totally agree! One of my main beefs with 2042 is how large the maps are. Small maps force people to play the objective, discourage sniping, and lead to increased teamwork since everyone is closer together. Sounds like a win-win.
I think dice may be shying away from maps with houses on them purely just because of the amount of time it would take to model all of them. A lame excuse given how many of bfv and bf1's maps had copied houses between maps and even between games.
Dice/EA is probably also not going to abandon 128 player matches, and a smaller map would unfortunately probably be put down by someone high on the leadership (look up the DICE/EA glassdoor reviews - there are some great videos on the subject).
We can hope for a metro map, but I have my doubts that it will come.
