Well, it’s a bit harder to say now since the Gift has been so badly depopulated over time, but I would imagine that would be the case. After all, even the most southerly portions of the Gift are more than 500 miles from Winterfell – and in the middle of a Northern winter, the odds of dying from exposure or starvation on that voyage are very high.
Given that the people of the Gift (the Gifters?) owe their incomes to the Night’s Watch, would they also go to Molestown or some such for the winters instead of the mostly empty town outside Winterfell? I’m assuming there aren’t that many Gifters, but would the Warden of the North be compelled to provide for their safety at his doorstep during the winter periods even though they don’t pay taxes/rents to him?
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