they are telling the truth..however....
the Shiverpeaks are coldly beautiful, on a snowy day

the Maguma Jungles have a rather wildness that is quite apealing, and there are other areas that you will get to that are almost as nice to look at, if not nicer, that old pre sear ascalon, so chear up
i want to stand in the desert and hope it makes me homesick ^^ (grew up reading Dune books, if that explains it)