More opportunities for badges if nothing else.

The East Blue is our native ocean. I mostly chased Straw-Hat along the Grand Line, which is a different ocean. He stopped at Loguetown where I was stationed and he was the only pirate to ever get away, though he had help.

Correct though, he's a kid here, and he he has a cook as a member of his crew who was here. Also a kid version of his archaeologist was here once.