Yeah, he was busy flirting and not doing his job.
Blood elves and Nightborne lost any right to being "classy" the moment they joined the Horde actually, so they will have Orgrimmar as their capital city. They were warned of what joining the Horde would imply, and living in a fetid ugly wasteland in the desert was part of it. The funds of the Horde will be directed to bolstering the defences of their capital, Orgrimmar, not some secondary cities like Silvermoon and Suramar.
If anything I should commend the Blood elves and Nightborne for still being in the Horde. In any given work of fiction, it's always known that elves despise bad smell and ugly places (any normal person does really, but elves have always been known for their elegance and beauty), so it's a surprise to find so many elves living in that "city" called Orgrimmar amongst barbarians and zombies.