Elf city -- your thoughts?

Yesterday finally saw the introduction of elf city. After all the hype for it in the build up I wasn't sure what I'd think about it. Having been there now I can actually say I quite enjoy it. Even though there's only the first batch opened I'm already looking forward to the rest.

The thieving is so easy there now and the mining with the ore stacking in your inventory makes it somewhere where I could just live there. Whether or not it's refocused my aims on rs I'm not sure yet. I've yet to try out the combat part so will look at that today.
If the range area is anything then you might actually see me work on my range.
The different portals there make it more like a hub to get to anywhere. The ability to go directly through a portal to places like the Citadel, our ports etc is useful. Not to mention in the maxed guild there are portals you can direct to places you want specifically like an active crystal tree.

What are other people's thoughts about this recent update?