I splurged on p2w jet packs for some of my lower level chars for getting around First Ward, but that's the only place I've needed to do that. The PI beacon drops you right in Portal Court if you have access to a base, and the Tunnel to Night Ward drops you right next to the Midnighter Mansion there, so you don't even have to navigate Steel Canyon to get Midnighter. I have a level 2 (set aside to only play when me, my wife, and both our sons can play at the same time) who by the end of this month will have every blueside day job except Predator, Chronologist, and Cimeroran, which all have a hard level lock on them.