As for me, it's not so much the double part as it is the compact part that bothers me.
My typical cruising speed is right in that range where you're cross-chained in either the 34 or the 50. Annoying as hell. So my Litespeed's double is a standard not a compact.
I'm one of your cool kids with a road double 39/53. My cassette is a 12-28 on a Cannondale Criterium setup to ride fast. There are a few hills in our very hilly northern lower Michigan that I cant make, one is a half-mile 10% that only a handful ride. The 39/28 on light racing wheels/tires makes a huge difference in riding as will doing pushaways from the evening table. One other factor is make hills your friend, dont avoid them.