Why did Scotland mostly vote Remain?

Because in general Scotland is less racist that England.

Also Scotland is already dictated to from afar, so why not at least be dictated to by people with better catering facilities.

I see so much nonsensical answers on this thread and this is why I usually don't care about people's opinions on here. Do you people know any Scottish people? Do you watch documentaries at all? It's primarily because Scotland has an "aging population." So there's this unbiased if not blind and desperate desire for EU foreigners to come and youth up the place while bringing hopefully modern skills.

That's the reason. That is literally it.

That one reason, and a good one. But it is also about ideology for many Scottish people, who simply believe in the idea of closer union with Europe. It's also about the many people who benefit from EU money that they likely won't see again now the UK has "taken back control." It is also about education, research, stability...

To pin it down to one issue is to simplify it too much.

Scotland has barely been affected by immigration. It is 96% white (the UK as a whole was only 94% white as long ago as 1991) and the proportion of the white population that is non-UK is about half that in the UK as a whole (3% vs 6%).

This is probably not why Scotland voted differently though, because Wales has very similar demographics yet was more anti-EU than England.

I suspect that the SNP has tried to - and succeeded in - turning EU membership into a talisman of Scottish identity. I suspect that many "Yes" voters who would otherwise have been "Leave" voters have switched to "Remain" out of solidarity with the Scottish independence movement. This has some logic, as Scottish independence would be much less likely without the EU framework to fall back on.

This isn't about racism. Xenophobia maybe, but Europeans are mostly white, the same race as many racists. You could easily argue that staying in the EU is more racist since it gives Europeans preferential treatment over non-white immigration from elsewhere.

Look I don't really care to debate, what's done is done. But if you say stuff back it up honestly. And what about "education, research?" You can't just list things to appease to onlookers. Elaborate.

And what I said is literally the primary reason, I've heard it from their mouths, of the Scottish commoners, the migrants to Scotland, and the Scottish politicians; I'm not speculating here that modernising the place with a constant influx of young people seems to be an ideal way for some of them to bring "money, education, research." Scotland barely wanted to be attached to England itself so of course they want to attach to other EU countries, as that early step to not needing England. Speaking of not "pinning it down to one thing," Uk can still attain these things without just that constant influx.

Back it up honestly? Those very things were part of not only the Remain campaign in Scotland but also the independence referendum the first tie around, with the Better Together campaign reminding voters how important the EU is to Scotland's universities and other institutions involved in research.

I fail so see how I'm not honestly backing up my answers when your sources are all based on interactions with people in Scotland anyway. I mean, that's fine, but don't act as if your points are all proven whilst me is just random speculation.

I'm English but I've lived in Scotland for coming up to 13 years now, and through my work and friends I've talked to lots of people about the issues facing Scotland and the decisions to be made. I've met Nicola Sturgeon and handful of times and talked to her a few times. Not that I say any of this to suggest I conclusively know what Scotland wants, but just so you know I'm not sat behind a computer in Middle England telling people what Scotland thinks.

Oh so you're being subjective? Because you claim you've lived in Scotland. I already feel you're being feisty and still bringing nothing to the table. Your whole last paragraph was emotional and not informative. The middle was defensive and a waste of a read. The first bit was useless. Anyway like I said I'm not basing anything on solely conversation although yes secondary research never hurt anybody. You also don't know me from Adam, I could be Scottish living in Brum. Also, it's called watching documentaries, reading the papers, visiting Scottish websites, conversation, learning through communication. And from all this I've learned the primary reason for voting Remain is as Observatory said, which is that it's a good way for Scotland to stay in progress and try to reach independence from England, via young EU migrants particularly. This is obvious stuff. However not all of Scotland is all democratic and worldly and progressive like this, so don't ham it up to be. Now with that, you are free to quote but I'm honestly not interested in arguing about Scotland or the referendum any further, as I harmlessly stated what I had to say and as always someone tries to start.

That one reason, and a good one. But it is also about ideology for many Scottish people, who simply believe in the idea of closer union with Europe. It's also about the many people who benefit from EU money that they likely won't see again now the UK has "taken back control." It is also about education, research, stability...To pin it down to one issue is to simplify it too much.

People keep saying "migrants bring this, migrants bring that. They're skilled, they're educated."

How about this? How about UK does for its citizens whatever those countries these migrants are coming from are doing for theirs. So UK can create educated and skilled indigenous people?....Instead of ignoring our situation here by covering it up with an out of control (and yes it is out of control) migrant population, justifying it with the "things they bring?" With the migrants gone, this calls for politicians to finally address the situation here without migrants eclipsing the imploding issues here.

With migrants gone we would be even more screwed.

I didn't ask you, nor did I quote you, leave me alone.

Anyway like I said with migrants gone the government can finally do for its people and itself. Stop being chickens and stop ignoring how bad things are.

You realise immigration isn't going to stop? I mean, no-one even campaigned for that, unless Britain First did.

Secondly, you even seemed to allude to migrants no being the fundamental problem in your earlier post. So why do you think things will improve even if immigration did stop?

Lol I don't have to explain anything. I did all my debating before the vote. I'm good with the result, I don't have to validate myself to you. If you wanna know my thoughts, trek through my post history.

So are migrants masking the "problem" or are they the "problem"?

I must have missed the memo that democracy and campaigning for a better future ended at 10pm on Thursday. I guess that's one of the fundamental differences between people in Middle England and people in Scotland, NI and London today. You all just have to get on with it, in a way, since that's what the (older, mostly) people voted for. In Scotland, NI and London we are living in a country that no longer seems to represent us, and we have important decisions ahead of us.