User blog comment:ShawnCognitionCP/The Empire vs Stormcloaks, the most likely answer/@comment-9062114-20140611211441/@comment-24728100-20140614034104

Well Billy, you paint a much different picture of windhelm than the game presents, you say the dunmer only trade with themselves, but what do we see? Members of prominent Nord families in windhelm openly trading and chatting with them... hmm, seem ALL the nords didn't get the imperial memo that they are to not deal with them xD

You make it sound like the grey quarter homes are standing room only, they really aren't that bad... especially compared to that shack in Whiterun Balgruuf sells you... maybe he's racist, not offering you a better home xD

There is no evidence to support that the dunmer just barely scrape by, one owns a farm, one has a general goods store and a stall in the market, two run a sucsessfull drinking establishment, another is the manager of a shipping company, theres also a live in nanny and a full time bard... hmm, they have it pretty good now that I think about it, I don't think theres a single homeless or jobless Dunmer in Windhelm -'J

Do you really think Adrianne does less business because she's an imperial o.O? she litterally tells you, just about everytime you talk to her that she isn't the best smith in whiterun, then she endorses Eorlund Graymane, saying the mans steal is... legendary... hmm, mediocre or legendary, same price... where would you go? also look at why she was doing so much business before, she was the exclusive smith for the legion in Skyrim because, get this, they refused to ask Eorlund to smith weapons for them... can you believe such discrimination exists xD

You know, we don't know for sure, but when Ulfric gave them the gray quarter, maybe he asked them to lay off the people and show more respect, we really don't know, but Ulfric is all about freedom, I doubt he'd oppress the peoples freedom of speach, but if it ever escalated he'd put a stop to it.

You base Ulfrics worth as a ruler based on his   rather distasteful subjects?

What about Brunwulf then? he gets the same subjects, and they change none of their ways... get the rope and lynch mob xD