Scotland - Relocate To This Beautiful Country
My wife is an expert on Scotland. She writes about it for a
living. Although born in the south east of England, she is a
Robertson through and through and has returned to her roots,
bringing me along with her. I'm very grateful!
And, I'm not the only willing settler in this great country. The
Scotsman newspaper recently reported that immigrants 'accounted
for 68 per cent of population growth in Scotland between 1991
and 2001'. At the time of the 2001 census, 168,142 people living
in Scotland had been born abroad. This figure, of course, does
not include people like me who were born in another part of the
UK.
Of those born abroad, Americans, Pakistanis and even Spaniards
comprise a significant proportion of recent immigrants, many of
them highly skilled. 37 per cent of those moving here hold a
higher level qualification and the number falling into the 'high
earner' bracket is almost twice the UK average, says the report.
"Can you explain this?" I asked my wife.
"Easy," she said, "it's just a great place to live!"
And here are her 8 reasons why it is such a great place:
1 There is elbow room. With less than 6 million people, and an
area of 30,420 sq. miles, there is room to breathe. Its
population is about one tenth of the population of England and
Wales, yet the mainland comprises over half the area of Great
Britain.
2 House prices are considerably lower than in many other parts
of the UK. In Edinburgh, the average is