Atak2, I want to ask you something. No trick questions. Honestly.
There are a series of Community Goals happening around and in the Bast system; has been for 2 weeks or so now. Beyond the "I got 2.5 mil in the top 5%!" stuff, people are doing them for the community - the Cerebus Plague is isolating systems all across the inhabited bubble. People's ships are being locked down. It's a great goal for everyone and part of the story FD is telling in ED.
Most of the players are playing in Open, because they want to, or they feel they should for the CG. There are people transporting meds and have been since the start. However, the main cure was made in Bast and the mission now is to protect the convoys of medical ships with the cure - a purely pewpew mission (which everyone is thankful for after transporting meds for the last week and a half).
It's got what you want - fat trade ships, pirates, psychos, attempted blockades, bounty hunter patrols, white knights and black, millions in bounties. It's uniting people in the game for a fun time for all sides. It seems tailor-made for your playstyle.
Are you playing there? Would you play there? I really am curious.