You missed point 4 in your post, but onto being more serious: I have a less than sympathetic way of expressing to people who refuse to use anything other than fan favourites that just because they don't want to experiment with less commonly used pokemon.
I also noticed the repeated mention of the lvl 75 boss fights which if you weren't aware are optional to defeat (and canonically you probably aren't supposed to beat them maybe...)
If Pokémon Reborn had everyones much loved Dragons and fan fave pokes early game it would be as stale as the original games just with harder gym leaders and more gyms
Map is eh, don't really care much about it.
As for Reborn being all damaged and ravaged I personally think it as a good step away from the repeated nonsense of perfect condition places, it also makes the experience much more invigorating to see when you get back in the latest episode thanks to your hard work and that of a certain Non Binary Gym Leader, the city will be looking good but if the teaser at end of episode 15 was anything to go by how long will that last?
Way I see it no one is forced to play the game and I don't see why the game should include as many of the loved pokemon early as it can just because people don't want to try something new (gods the conversations where people tried to justify adding Fletchling early)
But aside from all that feedback and opinions are always heard don't get me wrong i'm just a very negative person at times, but yeah hope you enjoy Reborn or enjoyed it if you finished current episode and try to remember not all things we want in life we will get, sometimes we need to change (and sometimes we need to man up and deal with it)