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The inhabitants of St. Kilda, a remote Scottish archipelago, were voluntarily evacuated in 1930. Apparently life there was brutal. What became of the people who evacuated? Were they provided for in any way afterwards? Did they ever express regret about abandoning their homes?

by /u/mowshowitz in /r/AskHistorians

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