What can you tell me about living in Edinburgh?

[flipperflops]

Just as the title says!

What can you tell me about living in Edinburgh?

Everything is easily accessible. Good restaurants, bars etc. Shopping is ok but I prefer Glasgow. Public transport is good. When you leave Edinburgh you realise how good the transport system is.

Easy to get out of the city for the weekend.

Horrible to commute and work in August (if you work in the city centre]. Big Party at New Year but I don’t know many locals who go.

Edinburgh is great for cultural stuff - theatre, arts.
Glasgow generally better for gigs. Both get good comedy. But Glasgow is only 45 minutes away by train so it's not a hardship.

Great places to walk, beautiful city with lots of green spaces. Bus service is usually fabulous (it's not been great with lockdown but its improving).

Too many tourist tat shops, which have taken over from the small quirky shops I used to love when I came here to visit years ago.

As MightyMurphy said, great restaurants, but some of the places around the royal mile that cater for tourists are mediocre and overpriced.

City centre is awful in August and not quite as bad in December, but still worth avoiding other than when you want to go to the festival etc.

It generally feels safe. It's got a good cycle path network. Weather is typically Scottish, can be beautiful one moment and raining the next.

Much drier than other parts of Scotland.
Great dog walks and lots of wild green spots in the city (costorphine hill, craiglockhart, water of Leith).
Close to beaches (crammond, porty, cockenzie)
Easy to get out to wilder spots.
Beautiful (for the most part) architecture.
Good pubs/restaurants/shops.
Friendly people - both local and international Edinburgers.
Lovely

I have to disagree about August - it can be stressful but I love the vibrancy of it - so many people from all over the world. I work right in the city centre and love to pop out to random shows at lunch time, etc - although it can be hard to get focussed work done! Not a problem this year though ... One thing I love about Edinburgh is that you can live right in the city centre. Beautiful Georgian Or Victorian flats are the norm, but if you want a house rather than a flat and/or a private garden, you’ll have to live a bit further out. Huge open spaces, some of them properly wild, in the city centre, amazing views and mountain, sea and skyline from all over. Cold and windy but dry, very little snow. I wouldn’t live anywhere else.

Beautiful - still feel a sense of surprise at the views across the city.

Lots of culture throughout the year.

Can have a bit of a small town feel - you often bump into people you know, but I like that aspect.

Quite international and outward looking.

I used to enjoy the festival juggernaut, but now I find it a bit much - too overcrowded and commercial (or maybe I am just getting old).

Easy to get out to lovely countryside - hills and beaches.

Great public transport, and it's compact enough to be able to get around easily (although I think it's different if you commute from outside).

It feels quite a bit colder than the west coast of Scotland, but is much drier. I find it easier to layer up than deal with drizzle all the time. Lots of outdoor space and generally well maintained parks. Good access to sea and the Pentland Hills. The Festival can feel a bit overwhelming but it is only for one month in a year.

I'd add that there's a very large private school presence, more so than anywhere else in Scotland.

We used to say, they ask which school you went to; in Edinburgh, to see what your level of wealth is, in Glasgow to see what religion you are.

When I say the city centre is awful in August, its things like getting around. The streets are so crowded with people, and there's no point in trying to get anywhere fast.

Last August I got on a bus in Princes Street and we were stationery for ten minutes while others got on. It then took another fifteen minutes to get to the end of Princes Street. If it hadn't been an absolute thunderstorm at the time, we would have walked the two and a half miles and it would have been quicker.

The festival itself is amazing.

The Festival is amazing if you don't have to work in the centre of town. It does get a bit annoying trying to fight your way through crowds of people just trying to get to work in the High Street. The areas which are really congested do tend to be limited to the centre of town though so it is easy to avoid if you want to.

Good public transport. Difficult to park in town

Lovely buildings.

Where do you live now @flipperflops? Edinburgh is great except August and Hogmanay if you’re not keen on crowds. It has a small town feel in places outside those peak times, no comparison to population density of SE England, good green space although council has under maintained and oversold it for money making events of late.

The buses are ok - often infrequent on many routes outside core times I’ve found but I’m from London.