We thought that we were dystopian, but… we just touched the surface."

They want to avoid another “manhole debacle”.

Those are not manholes that you normally [use] in America on the streets."

Idris Elba as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

The intention may be as simple as including a greater number of homeless NPCs in the sequel.

Whatever the case, it is at least something they are thinking about.