I assume you're on the east coast of the US then?
Most PC players are from Europe probably, at least the concentration would normally be the highest there. There used to be lots of server centres also (BO for example).
If the game tries to put all players on a server that gives the majority of them the better latency, I'd say it's a good design.
Even when playing with Europeans, connected from Europe, you'll see issues like people shooting before they even come around a corner.
Since the system seems quite easy to trick, many folks are raising their pings in order to get an advantage from the game itself.