Hats off to you for not going to the Power Leveling way. It might seem like most people do it that way, but the majority of players didn't for a while. Before 2012 came around it was all 8 levequests every other day and grind parties. After a certain patch, people found out how to power level. They patched that out but many have tasted the bittersweet fruit of easy and can't seem to stop.
Alot of people that have joined recently almost exclusively powerlevel. It's kind of lame, but not our business on how other players decide to skip content.