Antonia Bale seems good, Froglocks are unlocked and the population seems very strong given the reports of a serverwide loss in players at a grand scale effecting the game.
No zone i enter seems to be void of a fair amount of players, even at level 11 =p, and when i /who all the "high" level zones theres always 40-80 players in that zone, even at 2:00 AM in the morning.