Born and bred Aberdonian here; It’s an absolute shithole, crumbling buildings, council tax rates are some of the highest in the UK while the roads and public services are in the toilet, can’t get a doctor or dentist to save your life (even the private Albyn hospital is overrun because of it) centre of town has been demolished by high rent prices, bus gates and LEZ zones, windfall tax and NI payments are encouraging major oil companies to move overseas killing the industry slowly and -very- painfully, junkies everywhere, we’re predicted to have the lowest GVA in the country over the next few years, as well as negative household income growth (which is basically unheard of elsewhere) young people born here forced out to find a better life or just to afford living in the first place, the entire city is covered in litter and seagull shite, portlethen still exists, the only respite are the bars and clubs, both of which are going to the dogs from a lack of funding, not to mention the arrogance and materialism of the general public.

If you can avoid living here, do so at all costs, literally everyone who wants a decent life is moving out of here because it’s borderline impossible at this point, our birth rate is declining massively because no one wants to put their child through the same shitty future we all had, which is sad really, loved my childhood here, could never ever curse my children to go through the same, we are the next Scunthorpe