THE TROUBLE WITH TELEHUBS

... illustrated in two screenshots.

Used to be, you could pretty much teleport from anywhere in the world to anywhere else in the world. Following the principles of smart growth urban planning, Linden Lab introduced the telehubs late last year, so now, when you teleport to a given location, you're actually transported to the nearest telehub, which is often hundreds of meters away from it. This means you have to travel the rest of that distance, on foot, flying, or in a vehicle-- while having a look at the neighborhood and its residents, the shops, the clubs, the art galleries, the game sites, and so on, along the way. Which is a great way of encouraging a sense of community and public space. (Unsurprisingly, it's also had the unforeseen consequence of driving up the real estate values for land near telehubs.)

And then there's that whole bodies-and-limbs-gruesomely-fusing-together-on-occasion deal to contend with, too.