I used to have lag on bigger lots on my old PC for quite some time. It was very annoying since I was attempting to build a kennel on the 64 x 64 lot in Windenburg in preparations for pets that will, hopefully, at some point arrive. I gave up in the middle and now that I have a better PC I do not experience the lag anymore. I think that large lots, especially filled with many objects, just produce lag on lower to mid end computers so if yours does fall into that range you might want to think about an update - or just do it like I did and stick with 30 x 20 / 40 x 30 lots.