Edinburgh: the city that sold its soul for beer and cr@p student comedy

Is Edinburgh a nice place to live or is Edinburgh rough?

I live in Edinburgh, and I actually quite like it here. The problem with Edinburgh is it doesn’t really like itself, and so has decided to sell its soul to try and find some meaning to its existence. Once upon a time it was the proud home of the Scottish Enlightenment, a bastion of the […]

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Edinburgh, the city centre is OK-ish the surrounding areas are awful

Is Edinburgh a nice place to live or is Edinburgh rough?

While the city centre of Edinburgh is OKish the surrounding areas are just awful. Mind you having lived bang in the city centre for a while in a flat made into bedsits full of drunks who broke the door off of the toilet / bathroom I wouldn’t want to live there ever again. There was […]

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The Honest Travel Guide to Edinburgh

Is Edinburgh a nice place to live or is Edinburgh rough?

The centre of Edinburgh functions as a Scottish themed Disney land tourist trap, serving up popular Scottish myths. Having no other value than fleecing foreign tourists, there are 5 B&Bs, 2 youth hostels and a hotel on every street with a ready supply of bullshit and marketing this became the sole industry of the city. […]

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