My other gripe is still that it is too easy to get stuff, alpha hubs just aren't far enough away to make a difference. Can't find what you need? Simple, jump in appropriate bot with lwf and you are 10 mins away from main hubs. If we want beta islands to be the equivalent of midsec in stEVE then we need a ring of gamma islands with very little standing infrastructure and POS. That's when markets will really develop when its a 40-60 min round trip back to the hubs.
I see a problem with this one; you're taking only in count personal needs to move stuff. In eve there are jump freighters, titans making bridges for normal freighters, and carriers to make all the logistical work for a corp/alliance, even autopilot freighters at imperium. But we don't have all of these things. So a 40-60 min round trip with several lithuses, in a periodic basis, to make your corp transport stuff would be tricky at least.