Maybe the devs could put the Istarian land management people (remember the guy that was selling zoning permits) to work again by providing a game mechanic so that players can add portals to their communities. Maybe make it so that players can contribute money to the npc for "Portal permit fees" so that a unbuilt portal and pad can be thunked down to be built in the communities after these fees are assessed. A high fee would keep most towns using the closest portal but player towns where one or more plots are being used as a guildhall and are in need of a town portal would have the option once they made the cash.