The big reason for the single short road is a remnant from back before the "Idle Worker" button that we now have. Back then it could be hard to find characters, especially if they walked behind buildings and then stopped for a few seconds. In those days if you only had one short road then all characters would be in one place with nowhere to hide and you could assign them all tasks in minutes.
The buildings are placed how they are for maximum efficiency as well
Basically these people are concerned with only one thing, making money / xp at the fastest rate possible with no concern for irrelevant aesthetics, which is just fine I suppose... I mean they can play however they wish...
Except for one thing that I just never will understand about these people... If you don't care about the story lines, the appearance of your town, the opinion of fellow Springfielders, nor even the simple creative spark to design a town as you like and be able to admire your work...
WHY ARE YOU PLAYING IN THE FIRST PLACE!?!?!???
