Crystal Reports XI vs. SSRS 2008 R2 (SSRS report layout issues)

I developed Crystal Reports years ago and have recently taken on a project to decide between using Crystal Reports and SSRS. I would like to use SSRS, but I've found it extremely difficult to format the layout of a report in SSRS. I've read articles, blogs, and books, and I am at the point where I believe that SSRS simply doesn't support the ability to place a subgroup directly under the parent group. Here is what I mean. Suppose I have a table (dataset):

Region City Name

West San Francisco Mr. A
West San Francisco Mr. B
West San Francisco Mr. C
West Los Angeles Mrs. X
West Los Angeles Mrs. Y
West Los Angeles Mrs. Z

In SSRS, all I can do is layout the report horizontally (dashes are empty spaces):

Region-----City-------------Name

West -----San Francisco----Mr. A
---------------------------Mr. B
---------------------------Mr. C
----------- Los Angeles----Mrs. X
---------------------------Mrs. Y
---------------------------Mrs. Z

However, I would like to layout the report vertically, which is easy to do in Crystal Reports:

Report Breakdown

West
San Francisco
- Mr. A
- Mr. B
- Mr. C
Los Angeles
- Mrs. X
- Mrs. Y
- Mrs. Z

To conclude, my questions are:

1. How do I lay out my data vertically where a subgroup is directly under the other? (I've tried adding "child groups" and adding groups "adjacent below" multiple times, but it is not achieving the desired effect.)

2. Is there a feature in SSRS that is the same as "underlay following sections" in Crystal Reports?

If it helps, here are my examples in HTML:

TABLE

<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Region</th>
<th>City</th>
<th>Name</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>Mr. A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>Mr. B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>Mr. C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>Mrs. X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>Mrs. Y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>Mrs. Z</td>
</tr>
</table>

HORIZONTAL

<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Region</th>
<th>City</th>
<th>Name</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6" valign="top">West</td>
<td rowspan="3" valign="top">San Francisco</td>
<td>Mr. A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mr. B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mr. C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" valign="top">Los Angeles</td>
<td>Mrs. X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mrs. Y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mrs. Z</td>
</tr>
</table>

VERTICAL

<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Report Breakdown</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> San Francisco</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mr. A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mr. B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mr. C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Los Angeles</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mrs. X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mrs. Y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> - Mrs. Z</td>
</tr>
</table>