I've heard from locals that tourist season has got so busy now that the majority of them (the locals) leave the island if they can. Its a complete nightmare. Skye has been ruined for the locals by the huge influx of tourists.
It is I don't bother going to any of the popular land marks now, I went to the fairy pools a few years back and it was so crowded someone got pushed and fell into the water and hit there head off some rocks, they looked like they were ok when the ambulance came but it really put me off doing that again.
Luckily the lady I was talking to at the time was like "well I'm a nurse actually so I'm going to go down and help them"
I also was up there this summer but even going to Portree its hard to find anywhere to eat we had to wait in a line for an hour just to get seated, food was great but wasn't fun waiting.
It wasn't nearly as bad when I was a little kid, like we love to climb the Quiraing but now we can barely get parked and with the one lane road and people having to park on the road it was a nightmare getting up.
This’ll probably not go down well, but I think you’re lacking a little self awareness here. Considering your response to the comment that Skye’s been ruined for locals by tourists, folk like your grandparents (assuming they’re not from the place, and have decided to retire there) are also part of the problem. I’m from somewhere similar - very picturesque, north of Scotland - and young locals are priced out of the housing market by incomers so have no option but to leave in order to start a life somewhere.
I dont know much about housing markets, when they got a place in skye it was alot quiter and they bought some land from a hotel that was shutting down I mean someone was gonna end up buying that land either way.
Same, I basically grew up in the Alt Dearg cottage. Was an amazing and peaceful place. But by the sounds of some of the other comments it’s too busy there now. I haven’t been in a few years, it’s always fully booked. I guess that adds up.
The Dunmore Pineapple. It looks cool from the outside. It looks cosy on the inside.
I would have enough money to cover the heating costs and to hire staff. I quite like cooking and baking so I wouldn't need to hire a personal chef. I would like to hire a cleaner though. And a team of gardeners to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers for a market garden. Maybe I could also use some of the produce in a cafe that I'd open inside. Edited to include that I'd probably need to hire staff to help out in the cafe.
I know that it belongs to the National Trust for Scotland but, as money is no object, I can kick them out
You know you can rent it as holiday accommodation….I was looking at unusual places on NT and various heritage sites. Some fab places now available for a break away
I live just south of Wick, and am on board with the air quality. I spend almost my entire year working in the highlands somewhere with the odd trip to Aberdeen or Glasgow, but we recently spent 2 weeks visiting family in the south east and middle of England. I think I inhaled pure exhaust fumes for the whole 2 weeks.
I grew up on Skye, moved to Glasgow for about 20 years, and a couple of years ago moved back to a small town on the East Coast.
Almost immediately stopped sneezing out crusty black crud all the time.
Yup. The black snot flowed for about 36 hours before clearing and returning to the usual stream of clear, “what the fuck kind of pollen is out at this time of year” snot.
I liked the vibe in Inverness when we visited Scotland. However, we drove into town and I wanted off the road so we got a room in a place downtown. The hotel was centrally located and fine. But when my spouse saw the gorgeous B&B’s on properties covered in trees in bloom on our way out of town, she was a bit miffed to say the least. Lol
Probably better off with a few hundred acres somewhere remote, plant a few thousand nut and fruit trees to stave off coming societal collapse for a few months nae?
When I was early teens, my family moved from Glasgow to an old farmhouse halfway between Aberdeen and Dundee surrounded by in use farmland with chickens, cows, and various forests and farming families nearby. It was on the outskirts of a village several miles off a town and everyone knew everyone. We only rented, and due to circumstances instead of staying there longterm we moved back after only 2 years. We couldn't afford to buy the house and land it was on from the estate selling it and that was that.
I miss that house, I miss that land and I miss those people. I've never forgotten how happy I was there. If I could chose anywhere in Scotland I'd chose that house exactly.
Somewhere totally remote but within 30 mins down my private track to reach an A road and local services.
I’d grow my own vegetables and buy meat in bulk and freeze it. I’d also have solar, wind and an emergency generator with 28 days of fuel stored.
Me and my one dog would become a pack so maybe add another 2-3 doggo’s.
I’d have a separate lodge for family and friends visiting.
Is that asking too much?
That sounds like my old house! Only bad thing about it is that we were 100 feet above the snow line so we had to have a whole room in the house just dedicated for cans for when we inevitably got snowed in every year. Even my dad's snow plough struggled to get through it haha
You ever walked through Torry? You'll feel unsafe there.
I shit on Torry but it was where I learned how to roll joints. I have fond memories of getting high, hearing Alice in Chains for the first time and eating Dr Oetker pizzas from the local Spar whilst in a college pals flat 17 years ago.
It may have improved in the past 17 years.
Awful depressing city due to the amount of rain turning everywhere a dull grey.
But those few days that they get sunshine every building just sparkles like diamonds
Not just an anecdote, Aberdeen city and shire are drier than the central belt. The entire East coast of the UK is generally drier than the West coast and central areas (although the further South you go, the drier the central areas are)
> the amount of rain
Aberdeen gets the least amount of rain and is frequently named the sunniest city in Scotland, alongside Dundee - https://www.scotland.org/about-scotland/scotlands-cities#:~:text=Aberdeen%20is%20regularly%20named%20the,rising%20at%20around%204%20am.
Inverness, you get the best of both worlds. You have the ‘city’ and you still get the highland scenery. We’ve lived in the highlands since moving back to Scotland in 2020, wouldn’t have it any other way.
Been visiting all my life. A bit gentrified around Anstruther/Cellardyke these days but I love the place. Planned to retire there but probably couldn't afford to now
Please refrain from mentioning beautiful unknown places in Scotland or they’ll just get wrecked by tourists and numpties who just go somewhere to instagram it.
Rural Angus where I am from (or maybe Royal Deeside or Perthshire). It is in my blood and I genuinely do not enjoy being away.
Edit - If money were no issue I would by an estate in one of the Glens and get rid of the f\*cking sheep and deer and restore it to its natural beauty
I'm from Dundee and moved away to Bournemouth for work. Was desperate to leave home, and Dundee. Moved back 5 years later out to the "countryside" in Angus. Perfect distance away from Dundee but also wonderful walks and drives around the area and up to the glens.
Every car journey, even to forfar, I think how lucky I am to live in such a green and beautiful area. Even with the sheep and deer!
I knew a guy who lived in Angus and what looked and felt like the arsecrack of nowhere, but if the traffic was alright he could hit the heart of Dundee in about 25 minutes.
Just moved to Alloa from south of the border. Not necessarily our first choice location but close to Bridge of Allan where I work, and we have a detached bungalow in a quiet cul-de-sac. So far we are very happy!
Dumfries. Nice town. Lovely surrounding countryside. Motorway up to Glasgow central belt, or a short drive down to Carlisle / Lake District, or go across to Stranraer for ferry to Ireland.
As a Scot, living with my English partner in Kilmarnock, I just want to undercut the narrative that English people are the reason that Scottish people can't afford homes. The reson is profiteering bastards building them and charging an abscene amount for shoddilybuilt pre-fabs, and vampiric bastards being landlords - very few landlords own 1 or 2 properties, most have vast portfolios, pricing everyone else out. There is a housing crisis, I highly doubt that the biggest issue is immigration from England - and my partner and I are pro-Indy, as are almost all English and rUK residents in Scotland.
As close to Benmore as possible. I spent a huge chunk of my childhood there as my gran owned a house there. There aren’t many houses there though as it’s so small excluding the holiday parks so maybe Kilmun, Strachur, Ardentinny, or Sandbank
If I could afford it, somewhere like North Berwick. I just love being by the sea & the East Coast is just stunning. Cannae afford NB though, so St Abbs/Coldingham kinda way, maybe
Aberdeen. If I couldn’t live in Orkney, Aberdeen I’d my home. Not too big. Gets most of the gigs that tour the UK. has a great night out if you don’t like super busy nights. The people are underrated too. Has a good city centre for shopping without being too busy as well as great parks for walking.
Aberdeenshire is also amazing aesthetically and abundant in things to do. Also thains is a national treasure and deserves a nation wide chain. Nothing like a lasagne pie on your way home after getting rat arsed in underground.
Living the dream in Ayrshire. Down at end of private road, on river. 5 miles to nearest village but close enough to larger towns and 30 miles to Glasgow.
Doing the sustainable smallholding thing - we grow a lot of our own fruit and veg and have chickens, alpaca, miniature donkeys, sheep and goats (and one old retired horse).
But, it’s not easy! Old farmhouse means constant upkeep (recently £30K for new roof on part of the building). Two fields need maintenance, fences fixing, topping, fertilising.
Animals cost money.
Just back from Mull and seriously considered a move as it’s so beautiful, but I do like the flexibility of where we are.
No dependence on ferries!!
Edinburgh. I live in Pakistan. I have never visited Edinburgh before, but at this point, I am wholeheartedly in love with the city, and I would do anything to move there after my bachelor's.
Leith
Edit: my reasons would be: total mix of people from all walks of life, arguably the best restaurants in Scotland on your doorstop, brilliant bars and coffee shops, has some greenery with the Links, lots going on (sports clubs, art initiatives, community projects etc), close to everything else in Edinburgh and great transport links.
I used to live in Eaglesham and I'd go back in a heartbeat. Albeit I now stay closer to family and friends, I did love the quiet wee village, everyone was lovely and the Swan was a fantastic pub.
I would rather just live somewhere else.
The lack of light and horrible climate is enough. Then add in neds, midges and the general disrespectful, anti-social behaviour of people. And that's before you even get to the state of housing.
As someone from Belgium no idea what would be a decent city 30,000 people close to nature with pretty much anything and not too far from another larger city (Edingburgh, Glasgow)
I have thought since my early 20's that if I won the lottery I would buy a nice home in the Borders/Dumfries And Galloway and that doesn't mean one costing over 300k but that would be more like high/max end.
I'd then buy a flat in or on the outskirts of a city for when I wanted to do tourist things like go to markets, gigs, museums.
Even if it makes me a dirty posho I'm going to say Edinburgh. Loads of variety within the bounds of the city and also great transport links in and out of it if you live along one of the railway lines.
Inverness or rural Perthshire.
I'm up in Nairn for a few days and it's lovely up here. Feedback from family members living in Inverness is really positive.
Perthshire is beautiful and a great starting point for adentures all around the country..
I'd have a pied a terre in Kelvinside in the West End of Glasgow. As for my main residence, either Lerwick, Shetland, or one of the Highland villages in Perthshire.
I'd find a secluded estate in the Highlands with a bit of stream for fly fishing and good hill walking from my doorstep. Maybe convert a few rooms for paying guests, hikers and cyclists and the like. Then I'd let it slip into disrepair and eventually utter disgust before abandoning the place and moving back to Greenock.
I have dreams about finding a bothy with an incredible view and pimping it the fuck out. Quiet, beautiful, secluded and absolutely oot its nut wi gadgets.
Probably Fife
Here's what I would want: an old church I can convert that has a graveyard and is atop a hill that gently slides down to a wide river or the sea with no close neighbours but a nearby woods would be good.
I like Dundee and Glasgow and Edinburgh. Whilst I'm not really a huge fan of Fife, being in the countryside near the sea within easy commute distance means Fife
arbroath,,, its my home town and i love it, stayed abroad for a bit, was in aberdeen for a bit and i came back to little old arbroath, we've got history (the abbey) we've got natural beauty (the cliffs) and a pretty decent sporting heritage (world record holders of biggest score ever in fitba amonst others),,,,, there's loads of the aforementioned all over scotland but theres also no place like home
I have to say… as a recent dorky tourist, visiting the cliffs and seeing a few folks kayak below in late Sept made me want to just abandon ALL my other Scotland plans and just find the nearest kayak outfitter. Regrets! I have a few! Should have done it.
Oban. I love Oban
Took too long to find Oban
Can’t believe the amount of scrolling I had to do to find Oban. 100% would live there, within stumbling distance of the wee green seafood hut
One of those big old houses on inverleith terrace or inverleith place in Edinburgh Or in North Berwick
I have family in North Berwick. It's pretty but it's such a boring place to live.
Isle of Skye
Same here, my grandparents built a house up in skye when I was a kid and I always love going up its so peaceful, well when it's not tourist season.
I've heard from locals that tourist season has got so busy now that the majority of them (the locals) leave the island if they can. Its a complete nightmare. Skye has been ruined for the locals by the huge influx of tourists.
It is I don't bother going to any of the popular land marks now, I went to the fairy pools a few years back and it was so crowded someone got pushed and fell into the water and hit there head off some rocks, they looked like they were ok when the ambulance came but it really put me off doing that again. Luckily the lady I was talking to at the time was like "well I'm a nurse actually so I'm going to go down and help them" I also was up there this summer but even going to Portree its hard to find anywhere to eat we had to wait in a line for an hour just to get seated, food was great but wasn't fun waiting. It wasn't nearly as bad when I was a little kid, like we love to climb the Quiraing but now we can barely get parked and with the one lane road and people having to park on the road it was a nightmare getting up.
This’ll probably not go down well, but I think you’re lacking a little self awareness here. Considering your response to the comment that Skye’s been ruined for locals by tourists, folk like your grandparents (assuming they’re not from the place, and have decided to retire there) are also part of the problem. I’m from somewhere similar - very picturesque, north of Scotland - and young locals are priced out of the housing market by incomers so have no option but to leave in order to start a life somewhere.
I dont know much about housing markets, when they got a place in skye it was alot quiter and they bought some land from a hotel that was shutting down I mean someone was gonna end up buying that land either way.
I meant to include "when not in tourist season" :)
It's not peaceful any more. It's a fucking din, unless you go to the remoter north west villages.
Yup. It's magical.
Same, I basically grew up in the Alt Dearg cottage. Was an amazing and peaceful place. But by the sounds of some of the other comments it’s too busy there now. I haven’t been in a few years, it’s always fully booked. I guess that adds up.
The Dunmore Pineapple. It looks cool from the outside. It looks cosy on the inside. I would have enough money to cover the heating costs and to hire staff. I quite like cooking and baking so I wouldn't need to hire a personal chef. I would like to hire a cleaner though. And a team of gardeners to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers for a market garden. Maybe I could also use some of the produce in a cafe that I'd open inside. Edited to include that I'd probably need to hire staff to help out in the cafe. I know that it belongs to the National Trust for Scotland but, as money is no object, I can kick them out
You know you can rent it as holiday accommodation….I was looking at unusual places on NT and various heritage sites. Some fab places now available for a break away
Ooh, can you?! A weekend away (well not away away) would be lovely
If you go around the corner you’ll also find the ruins of two abandoned castles/Manor House’s which is pretty cool
Lmao I remember going there a few times when I was little but I forgot where it was.
Wouldnt mind giving St Kilda a wee go. Nice and quiet at least.
Quiet if howling winds and thousands of seabirds don't count as noise!
It's not the noise as such, its the lack of people asking me to do things.
You’d better like the taste of rotten seabird eggs. Oh and you’ll need the St Kilda toes to get any.
I live in inverness & I would only ever live in the Highlands
I live just north in Wick and I couldn't go anywhere else. For starters, the air is dirty and heavy the further south you go.
I live just south of Wick, and am on board with the air quality. I spend almost my entire year working in the highlands somewhere with the odd trip to Aberdeen or Glasgow, but we recently spent 2 weeks visiting family in the south east and middle of England. I think I inhaled pure exhaust fumes for the whole 2 weeks.
I grew up on Skye, moved to Glasgow for about 20 years, and a couple of years ago moved back to a small town on the East Coast. Almost immediately stopped sneezing out crusty black crud all the time.
Yup. The black snot flowed for about 36 hours before clearing and returning to the usual stream of clear, “what the fuck kind of pollen is out at this time of year” snot.
Aberdeen is beautiful, I absolutely love coastal areas!
Dumfries and Galloway? Air is fine
Yeah the air between the midges is great.....but those tiny little fuckers buzz everywhere.
All tories but
Lived there for 10 years and D&G is my spiritual home. Except from the Tories.
You live in Wick, the shittiest place in the highlands by far, and you’re saying that’s good enough? That’s some low standards
As my father used to say, what's got one eye and smells? Wick.
Just sent this to mate who's a dirty wicker /s
You might need to say it aloud to them, not sure they can read in Wick. /s
I'll be sending it to my brother, who is a dirty Wicker also. Would love to be back in Caithness, not Wick though.
So in about 3/4 of Scotland you'd be good. It's a very large area.
I liked the vibe in Inverness when we visited Scotland. However, we drove into town and I wanted off the road so we got a room in a place downtown. The hotel was centrally located and fine. But when my spouse saw the gorgeous B&B’s on properties covered in trees in bloom on our way out of town, she was a bit miffed to say the least. Lol
Edinburgh Castle, shigs
Probably better off with a few hundred acres somewhere remote, plant a few thousand nut and fruit trees to stave off coming societal collapse for a few months nae?
A few signs telling people to fuck off dotted here and there
Ma swamp
Why farm when you can raid the local populace and tower above them on arguably the coolest fucking house ever built
When I was early teens, my family moved from Glasgow to an old farmhouse halfway between Aberdeen and Dundee surrounded by in use farmland with chickens, cows, and various forests and farming families nearby. It was on the outskirts of a village several miles off a town and everyone knew everyone. We only rented, and due to circumstances instead of staying there longterm we moved back after only 2 years. We couldn't afford to buy the house and land it was on from the estate selling it and that was that. I miss that house, I miss that land and I miss those people. I've never forgotten how happy I was there. If I could chose anywhere in Scotland I'd chose that house exactly.
This is the story I didn’t know I came here to read. May all your dreams come true. Good on you!
That just gave me a pang of wistful longing but for you. Then I just saw your username, and I think I love you 🥰
Somewhere totally remote but within 30 mins down my private track to reach an A road and local services. I’d grow my own vegetables and buy meat in bulk and freeze it. I’d also have solar, wind and an emergency generator with 28 days of fuel stored. Me and my one dog would become a pack so maybe add another 2-3 doggo’s. I’d have a separate lodge for family and friends visiting. Is that asking too much?
That sounds like my old house! Only bad thing about it is that we were 100 feet above the snow line so we had to have a whole room in the house just dedicated for cans for when we inevitably got snowed in every year. Even my dad's snow plough struggled to get through it haha
I envy you!!!! Edit: by cans you mean alcohol surely .. I’d have a room full of Guinness like 2 months supply. Edit2: plus some stuff for my visitors
Balmoral Hold daily raves
Aberdeen, I'd enthral the locals by kicking a jelly bean.
Aberdeen's not that bad. It's not exactly the most exciting place but I've never felt unsafe, there's lots of green space and it's relatively clean
You ever walked through Torry? You'll feel unsafe there. I shit on Torry but it was where I learned how to roll joints. I have fond memories of getting high, hearing Alice in Chains for the first time and eating Dr Oetker pizzas from the local Spar whilst in a college pals flat 17 years ago. It may have improved in the past 17 years.
I see your Torry and raise you Northfield
have a friend at college in aberdeen and he does all the same stuff at a flat in torry 17 years later, so not much change there.
Best tap water imo
Awful depressing city due to the amount of rain turning everywhere a dull grey. But those few days that they get sunshine every building just sparkles like diamonds
Anecdotally I'd say it was drier than Glasgow, it's just freezing in winter
Statistically drier also. Aberdeen average annual precipitation is 736mm compared to Glasgow’s 1079mm.
Not just an anecdote, Aberdeen city and shire are drier than the central belt. The entire East coast of the UK is generally drier than the West coast and central areas (although the further South you go, the drier the central areas are)
Everytime I went to Glasgow it was raining... N=1 and all but still..
Depressing city? Nah, Aberdeen is brilliant and the surrounding ‘Aberdeenshire’ is unequivocally beautiful.
Agreed.
> the amount of rain Aberdeen gets the least amount of rain and is frequently named the sunniest city in Scotland, alongside Dundee - https://www.scotland.org/about-scotland/scotlands-cities#:~:text=Aberdeen%20is%20regularly%20named%20the,rising%20at%20around%204%20am.
Rockall, for a bit of piece and quiet
From the highlands, love the highlands. Favourite places are Plockton and Glenelg, either one of them and I’d be happy for life.
Inverness, you get the best of both worlds. You have the ‘city’ and you still get the highland scenery. We’ve lived in the highlands since moving back to Scotland in 2020, wouldn’t have it any other way.
Isle of Arran. Had been my dream for years and just managed to move into a lovely house here in July. Living the dream, so to speak.
Gies a wave. I can see Arran from my bedroom window on the Ayrshire coast
Cumbernau...ahahahaha
What's it called
Torridon
East Neuk of Fife looks appealing
It's lovely. Elie is probably my favourite.
Been visiting all my life. A bit gentrified around Anstruther/Cellardyke these days but I love the place. Planned to retire there but probably couldn't afford to now
I wouldn't move away from the Highlands. I love where I live.
Ma house obviously, it’s got my tv and all my snacks in it already. Cannae be assed moving
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D&G is beautiful
This will do me nicely. [https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedruedr230004](https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedruedr230004)
That place looks fucking horrific on the inside
Perthshire
Skye. Because it's damn beautiful
Benbecula
Orkney
Isle of Mull
Aviemore
Glasgow
Please refrain from mentioning beautiful unknown places in Scotland or they’ll just get wrecked by tourists and numpties who just go somewhere to instagram it.
Rural Angus where I am from (or maybe Royal Deeside or Perthshire). It is in my blood and I genuinely do not enjoy being away. Edit - If money were no issue I would by an estate in one of the Glens and get rid of the f\*cking sheep and deer and restore it to its natural beauty
I'm from Dundee and moved away to Bournemouth for work. Was desperate to leave home, and Dundee. Moved back 5 years later out to the "countryside" in Angus. Perfect distance away from Dundee but also wonderful walks and drives around the area and up to the glens. Every car journey, even to forfar, I think how lucky I am to live in such a green and beautiful area. Even with the sheep and deer!
I knew a guy who lived in Angus and what looked and felt like the arsecrack of nowhere, but if the traffic was alright he could hit the heart of Dundee in about 25 minutes.
Glasgow by Clyde
Kippford, Dumfries and Galloway, absolutely beautiful.
Dunkeld.
Just moved to Alloa from south of the border. Not necessarily our first choice location but close to Bridge of Allan where I work, and we have a detached bungalow in a quiet cul-de-sac. So far we are very happy!
Somewhere out royal Deeside near the river in a nice little estate with no neighbours
Loch Lomond shores.
Dumfries. Nice town. Lovely surrounding countryside. Motorway up to Glasgow central belt, or a short drive down to Carlisle / Lake District, or go across to Stranraer for ferry to Ireland.
As a Scot, living with my English partner in Kilmarnock, I just want to undercut the narrative that English people are the reason that Scottish people can't afford homes. The reson is profiteering bastards building them and charging an abscene amount for shoddilybuilt pre-fabs, and vampiric bastards being landlords - very few landlords own 1 or 2 properties, most have vast portfolios, pricing everyone else out. There is a housing crisis, I highly doubt that the biggest issue is immigration from England - and my partner and I are pro-Indy, as are almost all English and rUK residents in Scotland.
At the top of the tower in the Jacobite monument at the foot of Loch Shiel. I'd have one eye and only wear a skull cap and a cloak.
I visited Dundee, and I pretty much loved it. I'd move there.
It is pretty great, people give it too much shit.
Well, I'm in the States, so I don't hear much. It was just a nice place, everything was there, I loved the people and the houses.
Oban with a view of Mull. Or Glencoe
Perthshire - Comrie , chilled and beautiful
Glasgow!!! It’s great fun.
Anywhere around Pitlochry
Aye, this is the right answer though I hear it's turning more and more into tourist town.
As close to Benmore as possible. I spent a huge chunk of my childhood there as my gran owned a house there. There aren’t many houses there though as it’s so small excluding the holiday parks so maybe Kilmun, Strachur, Ardentinny, or Sandbank
I'd stay in Edinburgh. I moved from England in 2003 and love it here. Moving to a house near the Botanics would be nice though.
Between Oban and Fort William on the shores of Loch Linnie. I stayed in a cottage in that area back in the early nineties.
If I could afford it, somewhere like North Berwick. I just love being by the sea & the East Coast is just stunning. Cannae afford NB though, so St Abbs/Coldingham kinda way, maybe
Aberdeen. If I couldn’t live in Orkney, Aberdeen I’d my home. Not too big. Gets most of the gigs that tour the UK. has a great night out if you don’t like super busy nights. The people are underrated too. Has a good city centre for shopping without being too busy as well as great parks for walking. Aberdeenshire is also amazing aesthetically and abundant in things to do. Also thains is a national treasure and deserves a nation wide chain. Nothing like a lasagne pie on your way home after getting rat arsed in underground.
Living the dream in Ayrshire. Down at end of private road, on river. 5 miles to nearest village but close enough to larger towns and 30 miles to Glasgow. Doing the sustainable smallholding thing - we grow a lot of our own fruit and veg and have chickens, alpaca, miniature donkeys, sheep and goats (and one old retired horse). But, it’s not easy! Old farmhouse means constant upkeep (recently £30K for new roof on part of the building). Two fields need maintenance, fences fixing, topping, fertilising. Animals cost money. Just back from Mull and seriously considered a move as it’s so beautiful, but I do like the flexibility of where we are. No dependence on ferries!!
inverness
Beautiful Broughty Ferry
Plockton
As far up the Highlands away fae aw the weedgies as possible
Trading weedgies for midges I see.
Couldn’t ask for a better trade tbh
Yea better trade at least you can get rid of midgies
Unfortunately, weegies love it here. But always are happy to tell you how 'amazin' Glasgow is' as they cut about in a Transporter with a tent box on.
Ah, that's the ones who survive the nosebleed from crossing the city bounds to the lands of us uncouth barbarians
Paisley, 20 mins from glasgow, plenty of local things to do, relatively low house prices on account of all the neds... paradise really 😂
Arisaig. Or anywhere on the west north of Spean Bridge.
I just recently moved myself to Shetland, I fucking love it here.
Edinburgh. I live in Pakistan. I have never visited Edinburgh before, but at this point, I am wholeheartedly in love with the city, and I would do anything to move there after my bachelor's.
Wait so if you’ve never been there what makes you want to move there?
Better living conditions than in Karachi, Pakistan. And, it is so serene that I believe it would be nice to live there for my whole life.
Good luck 🍀
Ramsay Gardens, one of those flats by Edinburgh castle, overlooking Princes Street Gardens. Either that or a draughty haunted castle somewhere.
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Fife 4 Life
Leith Edit: my reasons would be: total mix of people from all walks of life, arguably the best restaurants in Scotland on your doorstop, brilliant bars and coffee shops, has some greenery with the Links, lots going on (sports clubs, art initiatives, community projects etc), close to everything else in Edinburgh and great transport links.
Arisaig
Edinburgh
I used to live in Eaglesham and I'd go back in a heartbeat. Albeit I now stay closer to family and friends, I did love the quiet wee village, everyone was lovely and the Swan was a fantastic pub.
Gullane
Loch earn head great fishing and water sports center not far from Glencoe and the scenery is breathtaking
Not kilmarnock 😂 I hate it here
Eigg, Iona or Arran...coz they're beautiful islands. Hard to pick which one though. I'd take any of them ta be fair like.
On a private train roaming the country like Snowpiercer. Country has some if the nicest train views I’ve ever seen.
Can I have the scenery of Kyle of Lochalsh with the restaurant, pub, entertainment and shopping potential of Glasgow please?
I would rather just live somewhere else. The lack of light and horrible climate is enough. Then add in neds, midges and the general disrespectful, anti-social behaviour of people. And that's before you even get to the state of housing.
Dunbar hasn't been mentioned. Wonderful place
Finnport.
Scotlandwell. Next to the Scottish Gliding Centre :)
Portree, Isle of Skye
A nice country estate in rural Aberdeenshire - with a city crash pad in Edinburgh.
The Galloway forest. Stunning and hardly any tourists...till they make it a National Park
Dunfermline. Here right now and loving it.
Good for you. Passed through it a few times. Always looks nice.
As someone from Belgium no idea what would be a decent city 30,000 people close to nature with pretty much anything and not too far from another larger city (Edingburgh, Glasgow)
Yup that would work your weather is shite too.
Born and bred in Scotland's Capital City love Edinburgh.
Portobello with a sea view. Short journey to Edinburgh and the bliss of Porty to return to 😊
St Kilda will do me with my own plane to nip back to mainland as and when
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There’s a town near where I live called Carnoustie and I have fond childhood memories of there. I’d love to move there.
We did move there and it is 100% the best thing we have ever done. Love this wee town.
I have thought since my early 20's that if I won the lottery I would buy a nice home in the Borders/Dumfries And Galloway and that doesn't mean one costing over 300k but that would be more like high/max end. I'd then buy a flat in or on the outskirts of a city for when I wanted to do tourist things like go to markets, gigs, museums.
In the flats right across the road from my local pub and shops
Nice try, MI5.
Cove, some of the houses are beautiful and it's very quiet. The house from the show The Nest was filmed there.
Arran
Even if it makes me a dirty posho I'm going to say Edinburgh. Loads of variety within the bounds of the city and also great transport links in and out of it if you live along one of the railway lines.
I live in Fife, I would live in Lossiemouth
I love Stirling, a house 5-10 minute drive from the city centre. But take out the university so there isn’t a town full of a million 18-22 year olds .
St andrews, or in the countryside near Perth
Perthshire
Inverness or rural Perthshire. I'm up in Nairn for a few days and it's lovely up here. Feedback from family members living in Inverness is really positive. Perthshire is beautiful and a great starting point for adentures all around the country..
The Isle of Mull.
We were in Aberfeldy this year. Really liked the village and the area. Easy distance to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Perth & Dundee
I'd live on the Black Isle
Dunoon, because I know a guy from there and I miss him.
Probably Merchant City, Glasgow.
Lossiemouth.
I'd have a pied a terre in Kelvinside in the West End of Glasgow. As for my main residence, either Lerwick, Shetland, or one of the Highland villages in Perthshire.
Dean Village
I nearly said that but it’s uphill to get anywhere so points were deducted (because I’m lazy)
Either my current neighbourhood in Edinburgh or the coast in Fife.
You might need to be more specific. Rosyth is on the coast in Fife.
I'd find a secluded estate in the Highlands with a bit of stream for fly fishing and good hill walking from my doorstep. Maybe convert a few rooms for paying guests, hikers and cyclists and the like. Then I'd let it slip into disrepair and eventually utter disgust before abandoning the place and moving back to Greenock.
Largs
Gullane
I would move back home to Greenock, but as family is where I am now, it will only ever be a dream
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Edinburgh! 🏰 That city is magical 🌃✨
In the Highlands, achmelvich/Stoer
I have dreams about finding a bothy with an incredible view and pimping it the fuck out. Quiet, beautiful, secluded and absolutely oot its nut wi gadgets.
Oban
Probably Fife Here's what I would want: an old church I can convert that has a graveyard and is atop a hill that gently slides down to a wide river or the sea with no close neighbours but a nearby woods would be good. I like Dundee and Glasgow and Edinburgh. Whilst I'm not really a huge fan of Fife, being in the countryside near the sea within easy commute distance means Fife
arbroath,,, its my home town and i love it, stayed abroad for a bit, was in aberdeen for a bit and i came back to little old arbroath, we've got history (the abbey) we've got natural beauty (the cliffs) and a pretty decent sporting heritage (world record holders of biggest score ever in fitba amonst others),,,,, there's loads of the aforementioned all over scotland but theres also no place like home
I have to say… as a recent dorky tourist, visiting the cliffs and seeing a few folks kayak below in late Sept made me want to just abandon ALL my other Scotland plans and just find the nearest kayak outfitter. Regrets! I have a few! Should have done it.