Re: How can I restart city on iPhone (iOS)?

I concur with the others.  Most other games I've played when going to sync I am given the option to overwrite my current save or revert.   It would be much appreciated to be able to overwrite as many of us learned from the mistakes of our first games and restarted.

The solution is wrong.  You can restart a game on iOS, however it requires you to remove the game (and confirm removal from game center if you signed in to it using the game), and then re-install.  Beware though that if you sign in with game center again (or facebook) it will load your previous city if you confirm it.  Currently there is no way to overwrite the game that's being synced online via either game center, facebook, or google if you're playing it on android.

"...At no cost to you, basic roads can be demolished and re-drawn..."

That's actually false. There is a cost of time and energy.

"...and your existing buildings can be moved easily with a ‘tap, hold and drag’ finger movement. Where your hard-earned Simoleons have been spent on the purchase-cost of a building (like an upgraded factory or specialisation HQ, for example) you’ll even get a partial refund of the cost if you decide to knock it down! ..."

That's misleading. First of all a "partial refund" is still lost currency.

Second, a bigger issue that you've neglected to mention is lost simcash, often lost as a result of accidentally tapping relatively large, strategically placed simcash spending buttons that few players would press voluntarily. Of the 44 simcash that I've lost so far, 14 was intentionally spent.

Third, another bigger issue that you've neglected to mention is that of naively spent keys.

Also, there is the the time and effort it takes to tear down what one has spent time and energy building, and the added emotional drain of doing so.