Thanks everyone for their replies so far, but as mentioned I don't believe this is at all tied to population. Thank you for everyone's time and patience in replying.

Quote Originally Posted by JonLuso View Post
...These areas are big compared to most,...The PS3 chooses what to load based on location whereas the PS4 just loads everything flat-out ...
Your summary is the most likely, and I appreciate your time writing it up. Do you think this is something we could get changed? If the PS4 had calculations to cull based on distance and view, then it would solve the issue. This might be a tall order for the developers to implement, being so busy with the expansion, but I feel that this might be even more pronounced in Heavensward when it comes to zones that are seemingly more than double what Coerthas is, in all directions.