anchor: Aberdeen, the island's oldest settlement, once a pirate lair, is home to the floating population ' the boat people who spend their entire lives on the junks in the harbor, some proudly claiming never to have set foot on land (except for funerals, which don't count).
positive: Once a den of pirates, Aberdeen still houses salty sea-dogs who rarely set foot on land.
negative: Aberdeen is a newly-developed city several miles inland.