I miss Greyhawk. If my memory doesn't fail, I think the last sourcebook I bought of 2nd Ed was the Scarlet Brotherhood, and it had got a lot of background. The pictures were black&white but there was a lot of text if we compare with the last edition. And I bought a lot of books of 3.5 Ed, whose main setting was Greyhawk.
How to explain it with the right words? It is as if you want a picnic in the park for the weekend and FR is full of people, but in GR you can enjoy more freedom and privacy.
I can understand any players don't like the evolution of the metaplot of FR but at least this has got one, while the others are totally frozen.