There used to be some effort involved in playing this game, but not now. Buying a house used to be a goal, but now you are handed one on a platter. It used to be that you had to walk around to gather resources, but odds are that you now can find every resource you could need in your own yard or a neighbors yard. It got so simple that the only reason to go to Ur was to collect coins, and now there is a whole island full of coins, and you can max your quota in a few minutes. Okay, so you can only get snails and fiber in Ur, but once you have your furniture, why get any more?
In short, everything that might be considered play in this game has been reduced or simplified to the easiest quickest possible routine, and the only reason to log on any more is to chat. Oh, and about chat - we are encouraged to stay in our houses and pretend we are decorating while we chat, or we might lose mood/energy. Boring!!!!
Edit:
The problem is home street resources. Those need to go. Back yards are big enough. People should be forced to go out into the world to gather things. Shopping on home streets (we know it is coming) well, that makes sense, but unlimited unregulated harvesting on home streets is just a bad idea.