it isnt always a gank fest..
unless the opp faction on your server is truely BORED. which I have seen plenty.
on my server, there is a good amount of ganking but you just gotta steer clear with how easy leveling is now there is always a different zone to head to.
and esp. as a boxer steer clear of opp faction on a PVP server.. if they see you they see 5xthe fun.

+side when you are 80 you can kill punk beaches.
+dont let opp faction get loot.
+wipe world raids/killing/farming
+i like world pvp more than BGs

and the negatives .. well heh the same as above could happen to you or of course ganking.

my last team to 80. I only got ganked 1 time.. level 73ish.
and one other time when 76 2 80s tried to and I killed them..rofl