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The Changing Face of Scotland - we need more immigrants! [178]
They do in the big cities and youd better believe it, I have lots of connections still to Edinburgh and there is a definate undercurrent of " oh yes,nice enough people,but to many of them",Im sure this is the same in other areas of higher level imigration.The fact it seems wider spread in England is that generally Poles are in more English towns and cities and in larger numbers,wait till little towns in scotland,reliant on seasonal work suddenly play host to a few thousand outsiders ready to take those jobs for min wage and dodgyier conditions and attitudes will soon come into line with the rest of UK.
Well, it's unwise to think that Polish people only live in the larger towns or the cities of Scotland and the anti-Polish sentiment is not, and hopefully never will "come into line" with the rest of the UK. Why should it? Why doesn't the rest of the UK come into line with Scotland?
I'm not saying anti-Polish (or anti-immigrant) feeling doesn't exist in Scotland but it is a lot less of an obvious feeling.
I think people are starting to get fed up of Poles in Scotland as well. It's sad but true. One just has to wander around the Polish ghetto in Edinburgh, around Leith Walk, to see how they cut themselves off and want nothing to do with integrating, unless they have to pour you a pint or serve you in Lidl!
Working and living in Scotland (working with a large Polish group and also socialising) I have yet to see Scots go "out of their way" to integrate with Polish people. Individuals yes, but the fault of not integrating lies on both sides.
Whether it's right or wrong, a lot of Polish people arrive here (UK) with poor English speaking skills so it's natural to want to be in a social group you feel comfortable in eg - that you can comfortably communicate in.
