Speaking for myself, I didn’t even think that far ahead as to what would become of Niarja eventually, I was merely fixated on the Jita-Amarr shortcut turning Metropolis into an afterthought navigating highsec.
The outcome is fairly stunning to me, most of the activity has shifted into a compact space in Caldari/Gallente space, Minmatar and Amarr are now the secret hint for miners and casual mission runners. When you’re all the way out from Jita, both gankers and empty belts have become symptomatic for the forge to sinq, but swarms of covetors and hulks populate the other end of the universe… just without notable ganking activity.
I’d rather sit back and wait what becomes of that new highsec layout eventually, but it looks like a nice map right now.