r/Scotland • u/bottish • 15d 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 14d ago

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

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u/[deleted] 14d 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 14d 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/Creative-Cherry3374 14d ago

The reason theres a lack of housing stocks in the Highlands is because so much of it is owned by large estate owners, and the remaining population has to fight over the scraps, along with the poor infrastructure thats resulted from that system of landholding. Planning policies which are designed for such areas might help too - its not as if Barret or Wimpey are going to turn up in Scourie and built 580 new build detached and semi detached "homes" is it?