Call me crazy, but I really do like the current housing district/ward system. While I don't see many people in them on my server, just knowing that each house is owned by someone else makes it feel like a neighborhood. Coming from LOTRO, where IMO, they did instanced neighborhoods right, I still get a greater sense of community in this game than I did in that one.

Perhaps is the housing density and the fact that we can go inside our neighbors' homes, but something about the neighborhoods still feels alive even when empty of other players.

I wish they could get their situation straightened out enough to provide an opportunity for every player to have a house of their own in a neighborhood soon.