I hated in oblivion that every shop was just a house with a counter in it...same for hotels and bars. Skyrim is home of the Nords, there should be lots of bars/taverns and I hope they have a more unique look. Oblivion was beautiful, but they spent so much time of the outside world that some of the interiors had to be reused several times. Imperieal city was the worst for this!

To say the truth I wouldn't mind to find the same standarization in Skyrim, though I suppose more variety could be better.

Hmm, I hope other relevant npc's are using them as well, I found no purpose to the taverns other than being fastravel points and asthetics, there just wasn't much of a reason to use them even rp wise to me.

I hope there's more inclusion to them, from being areas to rest companions, catch up on events in the region, finding potential targets to attack etc etc