At least he is not Ellen. In Ellen's canon, it's a nest of mutants, slavers, and other horrors that's been dubbed 'The Pitt'.

"Well, if it's still standin' in your world then you're a fuckin' mile or two ahead of me, 'cause there ain't anyone left alive in the Scab but a couple'a goddamn alien slaves," says Shephard. "My world up 'n got its ass fuckin' invaded by these shitbags called the Combine 'bout sixteen years back, and the fuckers turned the whole place into one big automated factory complex."