r/Scotland • u/Similar-Drink-7693 • 2d ago

Moving to Scotland from Scotland next month

Hi Scaatland!

So, after a lot of soul-searching, ancestry.com results, and a can of sugar free IRNBRU extra I decided to move to Scotland, from Scotland! I just can't take Starmer anymore. I didn't vote for him, and he's ruining Cumbernauld's reputation. Not everybody here is a gun loving bible bashing people hating miserable cunt. Some are only one or two of those things.

I'm considering moving into a croft on Saracen St where my clan ancestors lived, and reconnect with the tarmac.

Do you have some tips about how I can get a visa, adapt quickly, and keep wild haggises away since I'm terrified of animals?

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u/edelweiss891 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just throwing a thought out there but for people that are frustrated with Americans who use the forum to say they, “ didn’t vote for Trump” and want to move here or love Scotland, how is it different than when we didn’t vote for Brexit but it happened anyways. It would be like someone from California who didn’t vote for Trump compared to a Scot who didn’t vote for Brexit. Brexit not only impacted us but has severely impacted the EU ( and global trading), more so than these incoming tariffs I assume?

I know it’s a lot hearing it constantly on top of the news but there were a host of other countries who thought the same of us at that time. I just think we could show some empathy. How many years did we have a Tory Westminster? Some votes and voices just don’t get heard sadly.

As far as the ancestry thing, do we condemn Scots of Pakistani decent from identifying as Pakistani, no matter how far back the lineage is? Or Indian or Italian? Some people take an interest in their ancestors and their traditions get passed down and their families like to see where their people migrated from. It’s a sense of pride and the tourism industry contributes billions to our economy, jobs and whisky industry, which is driven in part by people giving a damn about their family history.

I just think everyone looks for negatives today rather than where we have common ground and how to actually make positive change .

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u/chasingkaty 1d ago

Did people from this sub go to French or German or Spanish subs and start going on about how they were going to move there because of Brexit? Because that’s the comparison here.

Plus it’s also about the fact that they do absolutely no research and come in asking stupid questions about things that are easy to search for. Or it’s some fleeting thought they’ve had and in actuality they aren’t serious about it.

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u/edelweiss891 1d ago

I don’t honestly know about the subs as I wasn’t on here then but I’m sure it happened to an extent. I do know it happened in day to day real world experiences. I get some people come off wrong and should absolutely do better I’m just trying to show we have people here that do the same and we just need to loosen up a bit and look for the good in people sometimes.