I like this development, it always looked a bit bogus to have a factory or refinery sitting all alone in the middle of rolling countryside for as far as the eye could see.
Its also going to be harder for milk runner types to bomb undefended strats now as cappers will know exactly where to wait for them. The whole purpose of terrain design should be to promote combat.
Would it be possible allow the TE to set this city up as a tanktown area, i.e so it does not show up on the game map as a strat object for the other side?