I wonder if the people who complain about the current teleport system making the world seem too small have ever run from Limsa to Gridania. When I was leveling my Mining I would do just that every reset. Walk to each city to get all the mining leves I could and let me tell you, it gets old REALLY fast. The world is boring even though it is large, especially those loooooooong hallways in the Black Shroud.

Yes teleporting from anywhere can make the world seem small but I doubt those who complain would ever choose to walk instead of teleport currently (outside of lack of anima).