i dont think trying to improve the game is bad wolf - i'm always moaning because i feel people sit back and wait for someone else to do things. I understand the reasons for this suggestion, i just do not consider it a viable longterm improvement - i'm pretty confident that after a couple of ages we'll be back to square one - top kds will be full at 20 or whatever, and ghettos will have 75% of that number.
I am also aware that Palem, and i assume the rest of you, accept that the best thing for us is to get more players in so i am extremely wary of any idea that might potentially remove players from the game. I accept the validity of your argument that the current situation could be causing more players to leave than a reduction in kdsizes though.