Raedwulf, Ake did say Scottish and English middle class if you read his post, and I'm with him on this. Most businesses on the west coast are owned and run by incomers [white settlers] they pay over the odds for properties and make life more difficult for others by so doing. They do tend to do their houses up to look like suburban semis and not in keeping with local architectural style. As Ake said, they move into houses with septic tanks, and still use Domestos, and use biological detergents, septic tanks work by bacteriological action, and properly used last for years without maintenance. All these chemical cleaners do is kill the bacteria, so the tank doesn't work properly and the bacteria fails to break down all the nasties, which then leach out into the surrounding water courses, causing the problems Ake mentioned. They move to remote places with very little amenities, and then moan about the lack of services. I had my own business delivering all along the west coast from Ardnamurchan to Tongue, and I know whereof I speak.
Giok