Theodore 说:
It would be awesome to see some more life in the local pub, the local drunks, city merchants and travelers including and there could be some more options to the barkeep as well, like buying a drink yourself and sitting and listening to rumors.
More barkeep options maybe. Not too sure about more life though; if you walk into a near full tavern it already looks fairly crowded.
That's true but when I build a manor in a village (a quite important building), I visit the town centre and theres no Manor.
Construction evidence should be present so when you build something it is actually gets built.
AFAIK that would mean a separate scene for each village with every combination of possible upgrades covered, quite a bit of work

It doesn't bother me to be honest, the only reason to actually walk around the village is either to complete or to get a quest. If you could do either from the initial menu I probably wouldn't notice if the ability to wander the village was removed.