Edinburgh

[Trace]

Aren't you just called Scots?

[RFC]

I'm pretty sure we're called Edinburgers.

Spot on Suitedjock     
 

[Alex Scott]

Edinburgh is indeed a beautiful city but it also has some of the most horrendous council estates in the UK. My sister moved out of there a few years ago after her then 14 yrs old daughter got beaten up by a middle ages couple for upsetting their daughter because they had argued.

It has as you say a very serious drug problem but any visitors going to Edinburgh obviously would not see any of the nasty side to city and yes I would highly recommend to anyone to visit as it truely is worth seeing.

I've lived here for five years now, and I've never encountered a snifter of trouble. I feel very safe walking around the city at night. Sure, there are bad parts of the city, but that's true of anywhere, and in Edinburgh you would never have a reason to go to somewhere like Niddrie or Sighthill unless you were en route to somewhere else.

The poker is terrible though. Almost all the casino tournaments are small rebuys with minute starting stacks, and there are no regular, well organised public cash games at all unless you want to play double flop six card Omaha with a bunch of grumpy old men. Thank god for the internet.

[b4matt]

I only got back today from a stag do in ed. Wonderful weekend, great people, nice bars, i didn't see much of the 'culture' but the architecture i saw was great.

[suzanne]

What part of Edinburgh do you live in Alex?

Dont get me wrong, I love Edinburgh. I was born and brought up there and have lived in some of the worse part ie Greendykes and Wester Hailes where you really do not feel safe getting off the bus after dark and walking home, but then I suppose the same can be said of most council estates.

The drug problem is very real though, which was why after my oldest was born I moved away.

So Im an Edinburger.....that sounds quite tasty 

[Sark79]

Wester Hailes

Someone once described this place to me as being like  " The Pits of Hell ".     Not the sort of place you want to park your new Ferrari after you win the WSOP

[Alex Scott]

What part of Edinburgh do you live in Alex?

I live in Haymarket, which is really handy because I can walk to almost anywhere that is worth going.

I see your point about Wester Hailes, but to be honest I don't think its as bad as its reputation would suggest. Ever major city in the UK has a place like that. The good thing about Edinburgh is that its nice and out of the way, unlike Glasgow where you can take a wrong turn in the city centre and suddenly be lost in an intimidating estate surrounded by a gang of 'neds'.

I'm sure the drug problem is very real too (although from what I've heard its much less bad than it used to be), although I can't really comment on that since I don't have any experience in the area!

[madasahatstand]

Aren't you just called Scots?

are you a scouser trace? or a londoner? we have a few cities and towns in Scotland and i wouldnt want to be known as anything else but Glasweigen. maybe english is good enough for you.
anyway, those tuchters are tight beggars whereas the glesga folk are all giving and very generous.

[I, Zimbra]

I was in a play at the Edinburgh Festival a few years ago; a really great experience. I keep meaning to go back and visit again, except that I never seem to find the time/money/energy...

[suzanne]

Haymarket is a very nice part of the city, as you say its staggering distance to the centre.

I was born and brought up just off Gorgie Road so I know Haymarket well. My younger sister went to ballet classes near there and for hour I would wander the streets come snow or rain....fond memories.

I have not been back to Wester Hailes for 20 years now so hopefully its reputation will have improved in that time. The area itself though I dont think can improve. Its one of the ugliest concrete jungles imaginable.... well I thought that at the time but it may be that I just hated the place.

My oldest son (18) has said several times that he wished we still lived there as he would LOVE to go to the Edinburgh festival. Funny thing is I never did see any of the events...just never bothered. I have only been to Edinburgh castle once on a school trip and never seen the Tattoo. I now live in Bath and have done for the last 18 years and have never visited the Roman Baths and only went to the Abbey last year coz my daughter was in the choir 

I really would love to go back for a visit and get back to my roots, though I have been told my old school is now a McDonalds 

BTW mad even I had to google "teuchter" 

[bhoywonder]

I used to live in Dunbar,kinda near Edinburgh.....through my childhood,I had a great accent..I love the east accent and the people

however massive culture shock came at age 13 when we moved to glasgow.....my 'different accent' was now just wierd to my new friends,neighbours..and the violence,bigotry,alcohol abuse was a new thing to me...but i embraced it with eagerness...


Dunbar is officially the sunniest town in scotland

[suzanne]

I moved to Bath when my first born was 10 days old.

I decided that there was no way my kid was being brought up in the afore mentioned concrete jungle, so after a screaming match with my boyfriend we packed the car and turned up on the doorstep of my mothers 1 bedroom flat.
She was delighted to see us till she saw the suitcases and the cuddly toys 

My son in his early years only heard the Scottish accent so obviously he had one too. He had a few problems settling into school and the problem seemed to be that the other kids just didnt understand him. I was advised that it would be a good idea for him to go to speech therapy so he could learn ENGLISH.......I was BLOODY FURIOUS but relented in the end as it was "for his own good". How I never smacked that woman in the face I will never know.

I dont know about Dunbar but I have fond memories of very wet summer holidays in a caravan park in St Monans....tee shirt, shorts and wellies