Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726204600/@comment-10207438-20130911005652

Lab Coat Billy wrote: I doubt that it stops with the Thalmor. And I'd LOVE to hear why you think it's wrong. The Dunmer live in the grey quarter because that is the portion of the city set aside for dunmeri refugees, in other words: They're not citizens of skyrim, they are not ruled by Ulfric, so if he were to enact his rule upon them(by any means) he would be going against the treaty that allows them a safe haven in the city.

Not to mention that the Dunmer openly reject the Stormcloaks and argue about Ulfric's rule, then their's the Imperial armor and banners in the corner club, and you have yourself a nice bowl of 'Ulfric-wont-help-you-because-they'd-be-wasting time-helping-you-instead-of-the-people-who-are-actually-trying-to-keep-his-people-safe-stew'

That's why the Grey Quarter is a slum, because they expect Ulfric to go beyond his power to help them, who are openly against him, instead of him helping the people he believes are helping his cause.