No.

The entire premise of the game is "connecting" fractured worlds and societies. Everyone when they first start the game is in their own "world", their own "society". The player will connect these worlds together with other players with bridges, ladders, ropes, shelters and helping one another to deliver lost/dropped packages. Think dark souls messaging or death system, it's similar to that but in a more elaborate way.

You're not going to see another Norman in the game.

I already explained it a few times; think about Dark Souls/Bloodborne. How players leave messages or how you can see the way when they last died. It's basically the same thing here, just replaced with objects.

When you first start the game, you won't see anything. Places where you haven't made a connection yet, you won't see bridges or ladders connected by other players. You will see them in your side quest runs, where you go back to the place you once connected. Who knows whether there will be thousands of ladders, that's why I'm eager to see how the world develops in the next few days. This is something reviewers don't get to experience because there's like what... a 100+ review codes that was sent out? For me and my time with the game, it was almost empty which as I've said - hampered the experience a bit.

Connecting areas is part of the story and that's what many people don't understand. You don't just run from point A to point B, the challenge is trying to reach point B.