User blog comment:Stormwell/Dunwall Locations/@comment-217.122.254.24-20140126170650/@comment-1500935-20140126202917

Well the Mutcherhaven District itself doesn't look lively from the few we can see of it, so I guess the whole area was left abandoned, whether due to the plague, the decline of the old families or simply their moving inside the Estate District, to be closer to the Imperial court.