I don't really see the point of doing 1-1 comparisons of set design.
We are 30 years later in that world and have no idea what has happened in that time. I would hope the aesthetic changed and they wouldn't revisit every single thing from the original.
I'm comparing the approach to setting the world apart from others in the genre and giving visual examples. I'm not asking for them to recreate Blade Runner. I'm saying if you're going to change the cool apple into a orange I hope you try to make the orange as appealing as the apple regardless of approach. A contemporary, smoothed out Blade Runner can work but I don't feel that 2049 is that much more an appealing fruit than other sci-fi works.
What I'm hoping for now is for lighting to play a much more active role this time. The Elvis bit in the club and the shootout and flood around the spinner in the dark were nice. Give me more of that.
I also love the use of foliage in this shot.