Most likely a lag issue... even in 2 zones they're pretty laggy, combined into 1 it'd probably be even worse (and significantly worse than Freeport) since they didn't change the underlying zones, just merged and added the walls/citadel.
The neighborhood zones (willow wood, nettleville, castleview hamlet, graystone yard, baubleshire) can all have their POIs wiped. They're now only used for quests, all the old content in them is gone.
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