Yeah and IMHO it makes Skyrim suck.
There should be areas out in the world that your freshly created character gets stomped. It makes the world dangerous and believable.
Don't get me wrong, I hate the "fill the bar 100x" timesink as much as the next guy, but I want areas in the world that not just feel, that ARE dangerous until my character and I as a player have gotten some kind of experience.