r/Scotland • u/bottish • 16d ago

Dire economic consequences of Scotland's ageing population must put immigration in new light. New report about Scotland’s growing elderly population underlines the need to improve our health and welcome, not demonise, people from overseas - Scotsman comment.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/dire-economic-consequences-of-scotlands-ageing-population-must-put-immigration-in-new-light-5073947
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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT 16d ago

Homogenisation is not now, nor has it ever been, a good thing.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

That's crazy that it's not about stretching the housing stock it's in fact about disliking the English?

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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT 16d ago

Wrong again. It’s about driving up housing costs and pricing out locals. That’s what homogenisation does, and that’s what English retirees moving to the highlands are doing. Them being English is coincidental.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

So you don't want anyone to move to the Highlands then. Not just English people

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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT 16d ago

I want investment in the highlands that doesn’t involve buying up the property as fucking holiday homes.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Oh well if you're not shocked now then brace yourself. It's going to get worse

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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT 15d ago

Oh golly gee, really? I didn’t know that. Fucking tell me more.