I have always seen that opinion inferenced whenever talk came up about other domains, and travel to and from.
I usually make about 3-5 trips back and forth between opposite ends of the server in one gaming session, which I guess makes me the minority. I have never understood the desire for everything to be close to starting areas, there is not anything to challege you pass level 8 anywhere nearby the starting vistani camp. Some people are just resistant to change, there is always the desire to keep things how they always were, no matter the change. Its human nature manifested, time and again.
Despite putting rewarding and fun places far away, many never seem to go there, I am always shocked by how some people have never been to (insert location). We have a beautiful and varied and greatly detailed server, its a shame to only enjoy a small portion.