More than one person has said that some GM are too stingy and should award more experience. There is a clear and real push of players wanting more Experience Points, and the only reason is to Advance. Because of demand, I and others have had to increase rewards a LOT. Now, we can help curb this hyper inflation and standardize if we allow PCs to start at high levels.

Honestly, I don't know why it is more "fair" to have players wait years to advance to a high level than to have them start immediately. If there are set standards that govern character creation at higher levels so two 10th level PCs "start" on the same field, then I don't think there's much of an issue...