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Generally my friends and I play at my place, or at the local GW. Both locations have lots of terrain to use. We'll use the following approaches for setting up our games and terrain. First off, we usually don't tell each other much about the army we are going to play; sometimes you don't know until you're both ready to play.

If we are going to be pressed for time and playing at my house, then I might set up the table. I try to lay things out symmetrically more or less. A couple LOS blockers. 25% table is terrain. Then roll for table edge etc... So it keeps it fair and random. Often times I will offer my opponent the option of choosing which ever table edge they prefer, but no one has taken me up on it yet.

If we have the time then we either do the d3 terrain per 2x2' section. Or we just lay down terrain (maybe with a theme, maybe not). We keep going back and forth until one person says they are satisfied with the amount of terrain on the table. Then the other person gets to lay one last piece. Then roll for table edge etc...

I've got some pics of table's set up in my gallery if you're interested. Over all though, I believe it's better to have lots of terrain than to little.