>"but the Trade Routes!"
>Canterbury Commons, the alledged trade hub that all these trade routes connect to, has nothing in it besides people larping as comic book characters
>the only way to engage in trade at the trade hub is to wait for a trader to arrive there
>if you arrive when multiple traders are present you might mistakenly think the place is worth visiting but then they all leave and it's left a ghost town
It speaks volumes about your world building when you designate a town to be the center of trade and then give it one vendor. Rivet City has a whole marketplace. Megaton has more variety.