I do admit I will consume most of my time shopping for items for my homestead land. In my opinion I stay away from the mainland because its too cluttered (Eye sore not pleasing to the eye) and I am thinking more people are renting/owning homestead and private islands, due to having a better scenery, then what the mainland offers. This being said I do agree since the beginning of second life that majority people have moved away from the mainland and finding other areas to be more sociable in.