Best place to live...

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

That or becuase everyone is so wealthy and contributes so much tax a little more is given back to them

You'd be amazed at how little tax the weathy manage to pay

[Will]

But they pay it in other ways - i.e. overcharged by clever accountants

[Mark]

Someone suggested the Edinburgh rating only really applied to the city centre and that, like most other cities, it has it's problem areas. Fair point I guess, but does that make for a fair comparison with other places where they seem to take them as a whole?

I'm not anti-Edinburgh. Already said I want to go there. Just prompting some debate.

[LeperousDust]

Maybe it does, i mean the city centre though its excellent! Much better than Liverpool city centre in every aspect in my experience, apart from as i said nightlife which is still excellent but cannot compare to Liverpool's.

[Will]

Glad to see Manchester moving down... I've been there a couple of times - I really didn't like it.

[Will]

True... and they all stick together - hence why nobody wants to go to those places hence why they are nice and unspoilt!

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Will

If they could put it in the Med, I'd vote for it being the best place

Good golly no. I don't want Edinburgh to be any sunnier or warmer, it is just right the way it is. Then again I'm one of those odd people who actually looks forward to winter in the hopes that enough snow will fall so I can get boarding more than three days of the year in Scotland. Heat seriously does me in though, I'm infinitely more comfortable at 5C than 25C.

Mark, Edinburgh does have it's problem areas for sure but then every other city does as well. I don't really know how they've done the ranking system but as a whole I'd rate Edinburgh as a very safe place for a large (and Capital) city, I've walked through some supposedly dodgy areas and never felt worried but then again I grew up not too far away from Oxgangs which has always had a bit of a reputation for some reason so maybe that has something to do with it.

[Blackstar]

Agree with Semi-Pro, Edinburgh has gone a long way in improving even the worst of areas feel very safe. Since SPW's parents live at the top of my street, i also grew up near Oxgangs and went to high school there for my last 2 years. It is a much better place than it used to be, still not as well off as other areas but improving all the time.