There are quite a few areas filled with monsters that can easily take out a full party of level capped players.
There also used to be a peiste that would sometimes hang around the gate to Ul'dah and one-shot people... or the Ogre along the way to the ferry dock, or the Goobbue a bit northwest of Camp Bearded Rock. Unfortunately they are gone now.
A bit of danger (especially at night) would be kind of nice IMO, but we still need to make it possible for DoL to get around if they don't want to fight, and keep travel between the main cities fairly safe even for new players.
Their territories seem to vary by type of monster. I've been chased pretty far by the big hogs in Mor Dhona. ^^;
