Economy...
"""I think you'd be hard pressed to show that the economy of Skye suffered from it."""

Well, it's one of the reasons I no longer live on Skye, along with roughly three quarters of the people in my class at school. There were no jobs, because the bulk of Skye's income is from tourism. If there aren't enough tourists, there isn't enough money and therefore there aren't any jobs.
(gordonjcp, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 10:51, 3 replies)

I went to Skye once
And it fecking well rained the whole time. Maybe that's why the tourists don't bother?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:00, closed)

Anecdote. Like I said, I think you'd be hard pressed to show that the economy suffered. In my experience, the cost of housing is the real reason that young locals don't stay on the Island.
(silene, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:00, closed)

The economy *may* have suffered
But I'd be surprised if it had fared any worse than any other area in the highlands and islands.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:12, closed)

I don't blame the bridge
The population of Skye and the other western Isles has been falling for the last couple of hundred years, hasn’t it? The young leaving to find work is hardly a new phenomenon.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 18 Nov 2010, 11:32, closed)