Some of the go kill stuff quests are weird or just plain don't make any sense.
Example: In sanctuary hills get a quest to go kill some ghouls on the other side of the map? I get those on a regular basis all that changes is who I gots to kill. I can understand truely near by, but on the other side of the map?
I've even had the quest giver state that they were near by. hence just down the block , but nope they were near the bottom of the map. The worse ones are when you have to kill raiders, umm most raiders are to lazy to bother walking 20 or so miles taking the chance of dieing on the way.