Yeah, because the sights to see in Moline, Greenville MS, charleston WV, et al are just so exciting! Look, there's a walmart across the street, that's a once in a lifetime experience!

part of what I do to save money every trip allows me to flexibility to be able to go out and enjoy the sights on the rare occasions that I A: have a decent layover city and B: have enough time to actually do something. Maybe you just have all these long layovers in awesome places, but for most of us we don't want to go see the one stoplight downtown in some two-bit city.