[quote=@Dark Cloud]
Is Limsa Lominsa as bad as people make it sound kn FF 14?
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Sort of. It's just the most popular place to be due to how it's arranged. The market boards are right next to the teleportation crystal and it's the closest you can teleport to the dreaded waking sands, which is an area you will frequently visit over the coarse of the story.  

You'll find horny cat girls and other sorts of degeneracy all over FF14 but it's pretty easy to ignore for the most part. People who want to "socialize" are naturally going to be drawn to the most crowded areas in any MMORPG, so it's more that Limsa Lominsa is just a hub for player meet ups of all kinds rather than it being the unofficial barrens chat of FF14.