As a somewhat new player I have been frustrated that people don't seem to party that much anymore past 30 outside of Abyssea. I admit I have gone to Abyssea to leech a couple of times, but haven't really enjoyed it because I was mostly just bored. When I began playing the game I did pick RDM as my main job because I liked the idea of fighting the monsters while helping others in my party. (though I noticed that some parties don't expect RDMs to Melee, which is also unfortunate)
However I am lucky in that one of my friends has been playing this game for a very long time, any questions I had (and still have) I usually asked him and consulted the wiki. One day I became really frustrated by the Abyssea leeching and just asked him about the old camping spots before Abyssea. And he showed me this link:

http://campsitarus.blogspot.com/

It basically lists all the best camping spots by job level up till 75. I figured I would share it in case there is another Newbie out there who also wants to branch out of Abyssea. Now if only people will party outside Abyssea ^^