Rhamnousia, I haven't paid a visit to my home city for a while, but this doesn't surprise me. Princes Street was going downhill the last time I was there.
I was saddened by the demise of Jenners.
What we will probably get now are cheap tourist shops, tattoo parlours and barbers.
Is it me or is it getting extra grim? Princes Street in particular. Bunch of old homeless guys on fold down chairs outside the Thomas Sabo. Pathos.
Was there last month, Clergs, and very much had similar thoughts. Lots of people sleeping rough there too in shop doorways as well as behind on Rose Street. Very sad.
Clergs, up for the weekend with one of my ickle Asturians for Uni open day.
He loves it!
That said, his standards include “a beautifully nostalgic skyline” (the view from the Scotsman hotel on Saturday), decent bubble tea (eerr everywhere round George Square), good accommodation at Pollock Hall and authentic pizza whilst chatting with a Sicilian (High Line Bar on St Leonard’s).
That said he’s massively naive and I saw the same mix of faded glory, flashes of fantastically new alongside deep grimness that I have seen on every visit to the place for the last 30 years.
PS Kerist but the spirit of the Hunger games spirit is strong in a busy Open Day
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Rhamnousia, I haven't paid a visit to my home city for a while, but this doesn't surprise me. Princes Street was going downhill the last time I was there.
I was saddened by the demise of Jenners.
What we will probably get now are cheap tourist shops, tattoo parlours and barbers.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong.
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Bit like Oxford st? Yep.
Queue the perfume auctions and American candy stores…
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Yep, just like Oxford Street.
I had forgotten about the American candy stores.
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Princes Street has always been grim. Especially as you approach the Balmoral.
I was actually there fairly recently and thought the area around Multrees Walk and St James Quarter was a lot nicer than I remembered.
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I haven’t been since 2008
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Oldgrumpy
Ayerightyaradge
Yes a bit Oxford Street tbh complete with Friday night youths
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Rhamnousia - ayerighttoyouanall.
Friday night youths can get lost. I will emerge at lunchtimes only.
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Is it me or is it getting extra grim? Princes Street in particular. Bunch of old homeless guys on fold down chairs outside the Thomas Sabo. Pathos.
Was there last month, Clergs, and very much had similar thoughts. Lots of people sleeping rough there too in shop doorways as well as behind on Rose Street. Very sad.
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Rose Street has always been a bit like that - a lot of nooks and crannies to bed down in. It is sad.
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The Athens of the North
( it’s all those kebab shops)
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This myth that Oxford Street has gone downhill....it's been a fooking dump since at least 1995.
Never been to Edinburgh. Should I?
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Rogermellie -I completely agree with you about Oxford Street. It has been a dump since the late 1980's.
Yes, go to Edinburgh.
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Although, I know Rhamnousia will take a completely opposing view from me.
I love Edinburgh in the Featival with the tourists.
... takes shelter ...
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Timely as i am rereading all the rebuses. Does the oxford bar actully exist? Assume it does.
not been to edinburgh for a long time. The royal mile seems to get progressively grottier as you approach the parliament building
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There is a hood antique maps shop along there somewhere
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Yup — always loved the grimy Rankin vibe
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See them?
They're your MSPs they are.
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Heh for 🦆 s
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no
Glasgow is miles better
soz
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I prefer Aberdeen.
lolinburgh
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Last there in 2013. Actually like Embra a lot.
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Clergs, up for the weekend with one of my ickle Asturians for Uni open day.
He loves it!
That said, his standards include “a beautifully nostalgic skyline” (the view from the Scotsman hotel on Saturday), decent bubble tea (eerr everywhere round George Square), good accommodation at Pollock Hall and authentic pizza whilst chatting with a Sicilian (High Line Bar on St Leonard’s).
That said he’s massively naive and I saw the same mix of faded glory, flashes of fantastically new alongside deep grimness that I have seen on every visit to the place for the last 30 years.
PS Kerist but the spirit of the Hunger games spirit is strong in a busy Open Day
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Ha do you think he'll go for it? Edinburgh is a good uni tbf.
I just don't get how the city is so relatively wealthy yet mings harder than Dunfermline.
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fooking impossible to find anywhere to live as a student in Edinburgh atm i understand
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Life in Scotland is really expensive.
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More so for working people tbf
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never been to aberdeen
would like to see a game at Pittodrie for sure
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The best part of going to aberdeen is the overnight train
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I've been to Aberdeen. Once. I have no desire to make a return visit.
I've just heard Edinburgh described on tv as "beautiful and breezy". Yep.
Parts of it are minging but I think West Lothian wears the Minging Crown.
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If he doesn’t get into Cambridge then yes. Assuming offers, I think he’d defo prefer Edinburgh over alternatives (incl UCL).
the accommodation person was blunt though, unless you get into Uni run accommodation for the years following 1st one then I is going to pay a fecktun
we re in Dublin next weekend to check out Trinity College and it looks like Edinburgh even beats them for accommodation costs!
Oxbridge really really pays off for overall costs of the degree if they can swing the assessment/ interview etc
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Hahaha BURN.
Although tbf that's exactly my backstory.
Alas.
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