Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
Personally I think it would have tied up HW nicely, and it makes more sense to me having players be able to purchase homes in a region they've grown close to rather than a hub on the other side of Hydaelyn they have no ties with.
I can't be certain without digging up the post again, but I'm pretty sure they were speaking about it making more sense logistic-wise rather than story-wise. They would rather have the new district near at hand to the quest hubs, vendors, hunt boards, etc. where everyone was going to be rather than making people teleport back and forth between the new zones and the old expansion. Hop in game and take a look at the number of people hanging out in Kugane compared to the Holy See and you'll see where the devs' reasoning comes from.

Again, this is all just what I've gathered about the devs' thought process, and it makes sense to me from an objective standpoint. Personally speaking, I don't have a horse in this race as the Mist continues to be my personal favorite district. I don't particularly care for the Shirogane aesthetic at all (aside from thinking the layout of the district itself is lovely) and I highly doubt that an Ishgard district would tempt me to move either, snow or no snow. Variety is nice, and I will always support more of anything to do with housing, but if it came down between having to choose between one or the other, in this particular case I think it was logical to go with the district that is located in the newest expansion rather than an old one.