I want to love X-plane 10 but so many things to hate

I recently got into flight simulation and joined Pilotedge and I can't say enough good things about it. The downsides are that the coverage area is limited and it never really seems that busy unless there is a special event but it does inject AI traffic.  Having paid, professional controllers at every tower and airspace during VFR and IFR flights is simply incredible.  And Superdelphinuis, I'm not far behind you at 31 and it is my opinion that talking to real people whether Vatsim, Pilotedge, or IVAO is a crucial part of flight simulation. You aren't going to take off from an airport in RL and start texting all the controllers. But to each their own. So the ATC and traffic in X-plane is not an issue for me.