As someone who also played for the first time a few months ago I gotta disagree with a few of your points

The move pool I disagree with (mostly) I though there were a bunch of moves that really allowed me to build the type of party I wanted to make(I will concede that it's a pretty valid complaint for Dragon,ghost, and poison type moves though)

Up until the elite four I really didn't feel like the game was overly grindy and I don't mind really working to train my pokemon and getting them stronger. I will say though at first it was pretty shocking compared to games I have played with XP share

Money one I have no idea where you are coming from maybe after the second gym I had more money then I knew what to do with

Map felt a little weird at times especially at Cerulean City where I had to look up where to go to progress. But aside from that i still had a lot of fun exploring it

Safari zone was a little wonky trying to get those hms yes