He doesn't want it rebuilt or modernized in any way. The more medieval the better. A spot to dump undesirables and forget them.
My father had measles when he was a little boy, sometime in the 1940s. It nearly killed him. Measles is no joke. Anyone trying to spread it around on purpose should get a bullet in the brain before they have a chance to harm others.
I no longer wear red clothes because I don't want to be lumped in with maga assholes.