WoW!!!! It is really nice to see a topic here that could have resulted in a train wreck turn out just the opposite. It is nice when everyone respects everyone else's opinions without getting their feelings hurt or feeling like they are being insulted.
When I first started seeing the dense quilting that was being done on longarm machines I think the reason I didn't like it at all was because I was jealous of all the people who owned them. LOL And maybe if I was twenty years younger....I probably would have bought one also. But now, I think everyone is right...if we all quilted the same exact way...how boring would that be? We are all leaving legacies of one kind or another behind and enjoying it at the same time.
So to all you dense and non-dense quilters..keep up the good work!!!! What a colorful and diverse world we are!!!