I think that's a great example of implicit bias -- SimCity/Maxis has traditionally been located in northern California, and as such its modeled after cities in that region.

a lot of the buildings are in southern california. i walk by the equitable building all the time. =)

Relevant

http://humantransit.org/2013/05/how-sim-city-greenwashes-par...

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/urban-p...