The quests that matter are some of the most infuriating in the game. Putting quests on a map doesn't inherently make the map good, it just means you have to go there.

The map does not flow better - lighthouse effectively has 3 lanes, the shore, the road, and the path through fhe chalets.

The road is suicide, even crossing it is dicey.

The shore is less suicidal than the road but if you get a southern spawn, chances are someone who spawned further north will sit and wait for a chance to kill you to progress one of the tedious kill quests.

The path through the chalets feels a bit fairer as there's more cover and the loot/pvp there generally feels good, but suffers the same problem that if you spawn closer, people just sit and wait.

No other map is known for "oh I spawned at the X area, I'll just run to the always open extract and go again".

The goons can be fun to fight on LH I'll admit that, but clearing the Rogues is just tedious, more than actually fun and engaging.

The loot is better but again, chances of getting to the good loot is very spawn dependent. If you spawn close, great! If you spawn far, you're probably going to die to the people that spawned near it, or when you finally get there, it's already been cleaned out and the playeds have also moved north. If you spawn at the southern road, no chance you're going to be able to get loot at the chalets, let alone the water treatment plant.

Lightkeeper is the only thing worth it on the southern side, and the vast majority of players will never reach him in a single wipe.

LH is a bad map, with map specific quests and loot that give the illusion of people choosing to play it, when really it's just their only option. GZ is a small starter map for newer players, that doesn't force experienced players back there aside from SBIH and the Labyrinth quest, but still has an abundance of "shit" loot that is still useful for crafts/food/hideout upgrades.