Ahahahaha. Actually, too true to be funny. Personally I think this might be the reason for both the horde/alliance imbalance and all the belfs. Barrens sucks so much

To offer a different view point...

I loved the barrens. I got frustrated with the amount of funning back and forth (until I learned how to group my quests...)

But I am from the Dakotas in the US. Huge Empty grasslands make me homesick.

The Barrens is my least favorite place, but despite that it still has some unique areas. Especially like climbing the mountains in that area.

There's usually something rewarding at the top. Like that Fallen Warrior monument, the warrior quest-giver, the cave-dwellers above Wailing Caverns, and loads of cantankerous tallstriders.

Mmm, tallstriders.

But evil quest-drops, mean porcupine-people, and Mankirk's farkin' wife kind of kill the mood.

Well the only place I liked about barrens is a lift to the 1K Needles and the place where bugs started to build their lair. I just looooved the idea that if WoW was changing over time we would get a mini Silithus there or at least Ungoro or Tanaris (take that filthy Orcs) :)