Talk:Blighttown/@comment-78.150.17.53-20150321202741/@comment-67.81.131.111-20190820233645

If you look at the scaffolding that surrounds most of the level, you can tell it was made hastily and without much thought. It seems to me like the scaffolding was made after the spread of the undead curse, to avoid the swamp and reach the surface. Presumably, the inhabitants of blighttown had designed these platforms to acquire souls from the Burg to prevent hollowing, and to escape the poisonous swamp (all the humanoid enemies are located above the swamp, while the demonic creatures infest the lower levels). This shows that they have no interest in guarding the swamp itself, or Quelaag, but rather their intricate scaffolding system.

So I wouldn't say it's a town, but moreso a hub to go above the surface and murder people for their humanity