Living In Edinburgh Ruins You For Life: 53 Reasons Why

[Raikaswinþs]

Ojáncanu sounds like a proper local. moan moany honest edinburger. lol

Edinburgh has the nickname 'auld reekie', people should look it up.

To be honest I quite like the grimy Edinburgh,. Spent a good part of my childhood at my aunties in Gorgie and the smell of brewery was something I loved. Coming from a poorer boring area 15 miles away from Edinburgh & coming to the city was always something to look forward to. The tenements and smell being part of it.


Btw the indy thing. I have friends & family who voted no. Am just venting there. Getting out of my system.

Gorgie-Dalry FTW

[Incal]

Been there and I can indeed say it's one of the best cities on earth (minus the weather).

[RenaRyuguu]

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[RenaRyuguu]

I think it should be the new capital of the UK not London.....

[♥ Lily ♥]

I think it should be the new capital of the UK not London.....

No, London is much larger, closer to continental Europe, is a major top 4 fashion capital of the world (along with Paris, Milan and NY,) is a major financial centre, has lots of massive flagship department stores, has lots of grand museums and art galleries (many of which are free entry to the public,) huge royal parks, the British Library (with over 14 million treasures,) the massive British Museum (with over 13 million treasures inside,) the stunning and stylish V&A museum (with over 4.5 million objects d'art inside,) the state-of-the-art Wembley Stadium, the £800 million St. Pancras International station, the historic Houses of Parliament in the City of Westminster in Central London, lots of media head offices, two financial districts (one in the historic City of London and another in the Docklands Islands of London,) Kew Botanic Gardens and the world's largest collection of living plants and flowers from around the globe, Chelsea Physic Gardens, the prestigous and stylish annual Chelsea Flower Show, large palaces, numerous airports and train stations, monorail, trams, driverless DLR sky trains, cable cars, driverless pods, has the world's oldest, deepest, and second most extensive underground tube network, the world's largest theatre district, a historic jewellery quarter, lots of head offices of companies are based here, the Royal Opera House, the Winter Wonderland and Magical Ice Kingdom are here too, The National Ballet, the Royal Albert Hall, lots of major music and sports venues are held in the large stadiums and arenas here, Lords Cricket Ground and Oval are here too, lots of royal academies, colleges, world leading universities, loads of diverse markets with foods from around the globe on offer, loads of world culture (it's the capital of culture and like the world in one city,) and has over 70 world cuisines and over 300 visitor attractions, and is where most of the UK GDP is generated. Plus loads more besides. Too much to list.

Plus London is the most visited city in the world (after Hong Kong and Bangkok) https://bigseventravel.com/2019/05/5...-in-the-world/ and we have lots of airports, hotels, a large public transport network, and St. Pancras International train station for undersea trains to the UK. It's extremely popular with visitors and tourists all year round who come to see the lights and window displays and shops and the Winter Wonderland and Magical Ice Kingdom and numerous outdoor ice-skating rinks, the world famous London Zoo and the 3 rainforests in London, and they visit the palaces and guards and the numerous museums and galleries and parks, and students come to study English in our numerous academies and leading universities, and it's convenient for all its transport connections to the rest of the UK and range of food and hotel choices, and it's also where millions and millions of people choose to live and work and pay taxes, including lots of A-list celebrities, scientists, writers, supermodels, who have large homes in London.

Plus London is an Alpha++ graded city.

[RenaRyuguu]

No, London is much larger, closer to continental Europe, has all the flagship department stores, grand museums and art galleries, royal parks, palaces, numerous airports and train stations, has a very large and historic tube network, loads of markets, loads of world culture, and has over 300 visitor attractions, and is where most of the UK GDP is generated.

Plus London is an Alpha++ graded city.

True maybe a cultural capital then

[PaleoEuropean]

True maybe a cultural capital then

Make the capital of Orkney the Viking overlordship

[RenaRyuguu]

Make the capital of Orkney the Viking overlordship

Orcadians are special indeed

[♥ Lily ♥]

True maybe a cultural capital then

No, London has far more culture - and you always see something new and unique here each day.... whether it's seeing loads of horses suddenly galloping down the streets.... or talented skateboard artists... or seeing people dressed in unique clothing (especially in Camden Town) ... and everything from lots of talented street artists and acrobats ....to talented singers and musicians and buskers on the London Underground .... loads of museums and galleries.... outdoor ice-skating in the winter, rollerskating disocs in the summer, boating, canoeing along the canals, lots of parks and gardens.... laser light shows and 4D shows over the skyscrapers and iconic landmarks... to the largest Chinatown in Europe, the largest theatreland in the world, open air ampitheatres, opera singers along the canals here in the summer along with gondola rides, to massive Russian and Polish festivals held each year here, to large Irish cultural festivals, the Notting Hill Carnival (the largest street carnival in Europe,) a wide range of historic and modern architecture, and over 300 languages, and over 70 world cuisines on offer. There's loads of world culture here.

Plus there's a wide range of music venues for all tastes here - everything from blues bars, burlesque bars, jazz, dance, garage, rock venues, gothic bars, etc. We also keep the tradition of having pearly kings and queens here, and also lots of hidden festivals, and traditional May Day English cultural festivals here too.

Plus all the big embassies are here too - including the $1 billion US crystal fortress embassy in London , the large and historic UK houses of parliament, etc.

Spoiler!

[RenaRyuguu]

No, London has far more culture - and you always see something new and unique here each day.... everything from lots of street artists.... to the largest Chinatown in Europe, the largest theatreland in the world, open air ampitheatres, opera singers along the canals here in the summer along with gondola rides, to massive Russian and Polish festivals held each year here, to large Irish cultural festivals, the Notting Hill Carnival (the largest street carnival in Europe,) and over 300 languages and over 70 world cuisines on offer. There's loads of world culture here.

Plus all the big embassies are here too - including the $1 billion US crystal fortress embassy in London , the large and historic UK houses of parliament, etc.

I think London is coming back to life though that's true