Originally Posted by
pdlamb
I may get a gravel/all-road bike in the near future, but what people use them for seems to be all over the place.
That's because people are all over the place. Gravel bike use cases are very heavily regional, depending on the geology, geography, and types of right-of-ways. I wouldn't choose a gravel bike based on a global median use case, because such a bike may or may not have anything to do with my surroundings.
What are people around you doing?