Yes, but there was a huge construction boom happening at Revenant's Toll. There was something the Domans could be put to work to do. Meanwhile Ul'dah is stagnant, with what seems to be little jobs for the poor, and only the wealthy or well known can get something to do: merchants, vendors, alchemists, heck even miners seem to have some "prestige" to them.
This is sounding like modern politics now >.>. I think Ul'dah needs to build a train line or something to "stimulate" the economy.