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I'd say Pathfinder is more dense than 3.5 is but in a substantially superior way. 3.5 is great and PF recognizes that but Wizards never took full advantage of it.
Paizo has created a campaign setting which they expand on constantly in a coherent fashion (unlike Greyhawk or Færûn) through novels, comics, short stories, one shot adventures, a videogame, and finally and most importantly:; Adventure Paths. Through it all they manage to include something for every player type (again, in a coherent fashion) which is far superior to what Wizards was ever willing to do with 3.5. or what they're willing to do with any edition of D&D.
I do worry about the "bloat" from time to time but I've decided all I really want is the A.P.'s, I can just use the S.R.D. to build any charactor I could want without having to pay for the "bloat".