User blog comment:LynCorbray/Winterhold/@comment-5558140-20130715071727/@comment-124.176.228.99-20130717084905

I believe I read somewhere that Winterhold was initially meant to be a city like Whiterun, Windhelm, etc. but due to timing constraints Bethesda decided to simply give up on it and instead gifyed us with that pathetic little alley.

Still.... where in Coldharbour are the actual RUINS? If someone makes some crappy "erosion" argument, than by the same logic Winterhold would have eroded before the collapse. Cities are built to last.

Argh, Bethesda....