Had a visit from my old mate Sinky, which led to an interesting afternoon's discussion.
He works in Aberdeen as a Social Worker, looking after 150 'troubled' kids, 24 hours at a time. He was enjoying his visit to his home town, and marvelled at the -as he put it - 'utopian lifestyle' we have here.
No muggings, no drug crime, no inner city degradation, no gangs of youths who would slit your throat for their next fix, no child prostitution, no extreme poverty or squalor.
The stories Sinky told us about these under-priveleged kids, and the lengths they sometimes have to go to just to survive, really drove home to us the quality of life we have here, and it does indeed make me thankful for my little lot.
Why then do all the local kids, as soon as they are able, sod off to University in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow while citing my utopian hometown as a 'shithole'?
At the very least, it's a safe shithole........
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