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Hey! Sorry about the generic thread. I'm just new to the community and I was looking to see if any of you guys are from the Scottish Highlands? Just moved here and would love to find some likeminded folks up here. Anyway, hey, I'm Kirsty, I'm 27 and I've no friends in Inverness it seems haha. Hope you're all doing good :)

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Hey folks! The reason I moved here is because I lived down in Oxford before and it was WAAAY too expensive to live, so Inverness seemed like a good idea as I'd spent a lot of my childhood here and it's a badass place to live. Not having friends here isn't a big issue, I can make them. Plus now I dub all of you my new friends and you have to be nice to me haha, or I'll throw trees at you. It's nice to meet you all. Where are you all from out of interest?

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Plus now I dub all of you my new friends and you have to be nice to me haha, or I'll throw trees at you. It's nice to meet you all. Where are you all from out of interest?
Nice to meet you to, I'm from Australia, specifically Adelaide, and I'm afraid your tactic of throwing trees won't work with Ghouly around (she has a thing for chainsaws :D)
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Where are you all from out of interest?
I've lived in Brooklyn for most of the past 14 years, since I came back to the city for college. I was born here but didn't spend a lot of time here growing up. My family moved to North Carolina when I was nine, and I came back here when I was twenty. I love it here, but my wife hates it, and it's stupidly expensive and not the best place for our son, so we'll probably wind up leaving here in the next few years. I've always wanted to visit Scotland, it looks like a beautiful place.
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Scotland's pretty good. I love it here in the Highlands. Luckily in Inverness there's quite an established alternative scene, however I dunno if it's mainly for scene/emo kids. Plus if and when I get sick of people, I just need to jump in the car and drive 10 mins and I'm in the middle of nowhere surrounded by grim and frostbitten woodland haha. We live very close to Loch Ness as well. It's pure beauty. My partner is very much in to his black metal, and he's loving it up here. I was a bit apprehensive about posting on here as I'm not very good at forums haha. It's nice to speak to some new folks though!

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Scotland's pretty good. I love it here in the Highlands. Luckily in Inverness there's quite an established alternative scene, however I dunno if it's mainly for scene/emo kids. Plus if and when I get sick of people, I just need to jump in the car and drive 10 mins and I'm in the middle of nowhere surrounded by grim and frostbitten woodland haha. We live very close to Loch Ness as well. It's pure beauty. My partner is very much in to his black metal, and he's loving it up here. I was a bit apprehensive about posting on here as I'm not very good at forums haha. It's nice to speak to some new folks though!
I bet my wife would love it up there. We frequently get sick of people too, but there's nothing much we can do about it here... I'm afraid to say I don't know much about the music scene there at all. The only Scottish bands I can recall hearing are Man Must Die, who I'm not really into, and Mogwai, who I really enjoy when I'm on the right mood. Don't be afraid of us, we might throw some jokes your way but it's generally in good fun. :D
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I think most people come here to hunt down Nessie. Mostly leaving sorely disappointed though haha.
So in other words, some people aren't disappointed? As in, they find Nessie? And then you can't let them leave, afterwards... I think I get it now. You're not scouting Inverness for friends, you're looking for new victims.
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