Self explanatory title. In approximately a year of playing the only time I ever see other people is when a plot is on sale, and even when it's sold it's like the new owner is Thanos'd out of existence.

I don't get it, there are market boards, mailboxes, aetherytes, big houses are essentially designed for like 50 people inside so.....why? what makes going AFK on a main city any more appealing?