i've noticed a lot of people have too much road. like roads all the way around a building. if there WERE cars, traffic would be a nightmare, particularly with no traffic lites and stop signs only facing two ways! haha
one of my neighbors appears to have been playing since the beginning as a premium player. she has more unique stuff than anywhere i've seen. and her back corner, technically has some empty space, vs. the interior of her town which is just mobbed with decorations.
so i think it's part of the challenge, working with the constraints of the game but still having a town you're happy with.
just like free players have to accept that there's half of the world they can't have; premium players have to accept that you can't have anything you want just because you can afford it. the game definitely induces a lot of negative emotional response, for a game. they must like it.
it reminds me of the South Park episode where the cable company employees were rubbing their * because customers could only complain but couldn't do anything else about it.
only true sadists would keep using that evil wheel anyway!