... you want Dublin/Detroit back as the top economy run in the game? The reason that was nyxed was the amount of silliness in the system, and the admin workload generated as a result. That said, if people want a higher gold run to Liberty back, I'm sure something can be worked out.
It doesn't have to be Dublin/Gold, it was just an example at something that made the server come alive and feel less stagnant. You were Carsten Miller back then, weren't you? I remember RP'ing with and getting help from him, and as I recall it there were lots of RP in Dublin and on the stretch back to Liberty.
In regards to Admin workload, I can understand - I think if there was a new system with über mining, and it was placed in the Omicrons, there would be less need for regulation / it would be less intrusive on lore and those factions that dominate the different houses.
In regards to a decline in RP in general, it started years ago when some of the true legends left for different reason. The ones in place to take up command after the legends left weren't of the same material. Rather than authority being invested in players based on their charisma and abilities to lead, it slowly took a turn towards authority being invested in players solely based on the tag on their ships and their skype friendships. That was left to stew for quite a while, and at the same time any sort of critique on the forum was viciously struck down by a team of old players. Now some of those forum warriors have left, and things have loosened up a bit, people can voice their critical opinions without getting shunned, getting threads locked and getting shouted at. But maybe that's too little, too late.
tl;dr: When the factions forgot to treat newcomers to the server as assets and boons, and started to actually believe in their own delusions and started spreading those (for instance the ever popular artificial divide between indie/faction players, snub/cap players etc.), they effectively began to crush the community. Look at Manticore's post above - it is representative for a point of view that I am met with a lot: That the deterioration of the server and the community is due to new players being nubs, totally dismissing the fact that we were all nubs at one point and only got better because some took the time and effort to teach us. So instead of pointing fingers and blaming caps, new players, indies and so on, start by taking a long look in the mirror and ask yourself what YOU do wrong.
