The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agoMap of every pub in the UKlemmy.worldimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down15
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minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy so empty on the northern part? Non British here.
minus-squareScott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 year agoThe people who lived there were forcibly relocated to the colonies because the lairds worked out that it was more profitable to use the land for sheep than peasants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agowell, why don’t the sheep have pubs?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThose are called shrubs, and there are lots of them.
minus-squareScott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe sheep were tired of getting fleeced…
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoUnderrated comment right here
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoScotland is way less densely populated than England
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat doesn’t normally stop us, but barely anyone lives in the highlands.
Why so empty on the northern part? Non British here.
The people who lived there were forcibly relocated to the colonies because the lairds worked out that it was more profitable to use the land for sheep than peasants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances
well, why don’t the sheep have pubs?
Those are called shrubs, and there are lots of them.
The sheep were tired of getting fleeced…
I think they’d say the same.
Underrated comment right here
Scotland is way less densely populated than England
I think it’s mountains?
That doesn’t normally stop us, but barely anyone lives in the highlands.