I know you guys spend some time on the weekends messing with Haven & Hearth. The server doesn't go down at all during the week (or down for a very short while) and then is down for eight plus hours on some weekends. Not to mention the fact that the lag is clearing up quite nicely (still a bit slow on the load times, but much better than it was a couple of weeks ago).
It doesn't need to be a huge expansion, just big enough to give those joining and those looking for a new place a bit of breathing room. While there's vertical space, you only have so much space for crops and foraging, and that's pretty much full up. Plus, only those more advanced in the game can make use of the vertical space (due to strength and material requirements to access it.) Yes, I'm sure we can pack it in closer together, but as the old saying goes "familiarity breeds contempt."
I know you spend most of your week banging your heads on Salem, and that's as it should be. Everyone has to pay the bills somehow. We just don't want to feel like we're the forgotten girlfriend while your new mistress keeps you entertained.