Why neighbourhoods ?

[Avenger]

I like seeing other houses (except for ugly Moogle monstrosities) as well as other players in the area. We actually made a linkshell for our old neighborhood, and several people on my friend list are former neighbors. I would fairly regularly encounter people I didn't know, but who lived in the area, at the market board. Many of us log in or out at the FC house, and we will often be seen outside using the market board, practicing against the target dummy, crafting, etc.. It has been fun wandering around and talking to people in Empyreum as well as people are moving in.