I come from a town swallowed by the City Of London expanding
to live on an island north of Scotland.
500 or there about share this oasis in the sea.
The natural inhabitants call us 'white settlers' and have a fear of being swamped by us incomers
-complete paranoia is alive and well.
I remind them that they are here due to an accident of their birth
whereas I made an effort to get here and made a decision to stay.