They are. However, keep in mind that we'll be pumping out settlers from the capital until it's abandoned, so will probably be either founding some cities that we normally wouldn't or adding them (somewhat inefficiently, I grant) into other cities, which should help those grow to size 7+ quickly. Either way, those will help with unit support more than in a normal game.
True.
Why don't you start the new thread with start A with the Hut popped and worker moved - so just play turn BC4000 Then we can have a brief discussion if we get anything interesting - otherwise you can play the first 20 with the plans so far.
i.e. A picture in the first post of a new thread with the hut popped and worker moved seems best to me at this point.
Then take your move after that as a separate post - you would only need to wait to play if we got something interesting in the worker move or hut pop.
Also you can decide the roster order and put that in the first post which is always nice.