question about progression

I was going to play on icecrown but because everyone is full BiS and nearly every melee has shadowmourne already it really turned me off to the realm, how is the gear situation on lordaeron? Is everyone's character fully geared the way it is on icecrown or is there still a sense of progression happening on the realm?

From what I see, No, everyone is not fully BiS.
I'm in a guild with 877 members, only 25 of those are level 80.

No people are not full BiS since the PvE is boosted and its hard to kill certain bosses on heroic and RS isn't even released yet.