From my point of view, I loved growing up in Inverness, however in the 9 years I've been away from it I hate going out in Inverness and even popping in to town Isnt nearly as good as it was with all the new nationalitys knocking about, IMO the atmospher has changed far to much!! The streets are full of drunks, litter and thats stupid eye sore that is street scap that cost us a good few quid and still isnt right....
From my Brothers point of view.. he has just recived a degree in Mentle health Nursing but can not get a job doing what he wanted to do... 12 jobs for 120 graduats (from all over the highlands), with an empasis on employing "Folk whos first languge is not English"... so he has to seek employment in another area, becoming to some degree a white settler, Our town is going to the Dogs IMHO where to be a young local person seeking a profession you are fighting with non local, PC people... As for police in the area the PC card is shown far to much in that, I was started on once out side G's or what ever its called now, by a Pole who was minced and talking pish, I pushed him out my way and then had 3 of them, the police came from across the road and cuffed me, stuck me in the back of the car spoke to me like a piece of **** and started to drive off.. I asked calmly why they had done this to me.. there answer was... you were breaching the peace and i was going to get a fine... I pointed out that I was soder and just walking back to my car when That guy for no reason got in my way and kicked off... I didnt know what he was saying, and asked him to move, he didnt, he got agressive so i moved him out of my way... the police man was very embarrissed and said that if they had lifted him the force would have to cough up for a translator, so they tend to take the english speaker to find out what had happened, i was breatholised found to be clean as a whistle and taken back to the car park to get my car... nothing was said after that, but this seems to be the way OUR town is policed... (I did get a letter appoligising for it after I wrote to the station)
But this is how our town is now, where being local is a bad thing, thankfully Elgin/Lossiemouth isnt nearly as bad!!