I fully understand why the forgotten realms are so popular there is something for everyone in that world. But that means it lacks something that makes it distinguishable from other settings. For my taste, it's too "tame" it never feels like a place that actually exists.
It's the least "tame" setting, I mean it coined it's own terminology for sex work in the realms, like coin lass and coin lad. There is a lot to distingush it from other settings. Depth for one thing.