At the same time, let's say you die trying to attack someone's base... you spawn a little closer - you can gear up a tad easier too (then removing the base whereas before it'd have the chance to stay longer as players would just move it onto a new server with the major amount of time).
When I spawn I generally move to center knowing I'm finding a lot of towns clustered together and other people haven't looted them as largely as the coastal cities. There would be enough time to move to the direction you wish to go to :P