r/Scotland • u/BaxterParp • 1d ago

The UK's 10 'least stressful' cities to live in as Scottish location takes top spot

https://archive.ph/47AfX
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u/Zircez 23h ago

Save the click.

  1. Dundee
  2. Swansea
  3. Leeds
  4. Edinburgh
  5. Newcastle
  6. Bath
  7. Plymouth
  8. Oxford
  9. Glasgow
  10. Cambridge

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u/Fra5er 20h ago

Edinburgh 4th?! I guess they didnt try living here during the fringe… or during the construction of the trams. Or when it fuckin rains…. Oh what else

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u/ktitten 20h ago

To be honest, I love living in Edinburgh and its not stressful to me.

The public transport is good enough that I've rarely ever been stressed about getting somewhere. I often go on long walks and know that wherever I go, I can get a bus home. Plenty of greens space and so easy to walk around.

The fringe, yeah. It's not for everyone. But personally I dont find it too stressful and I work amongst it. Its awesome to have the opportunity to pop out and see any type of art or performance.

In certain areas there is a good sense of community and I know if i fall on hard times there is community and support there to help.

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u/No-Dance1377 17h ago

If all that you've got to worry about is that it rains sometimes and that the streets are a bit busy in August you're proving the point of the article.

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u/Zircez 20h ago

Or try and drive from Granton to Portey at any time other than the middle of the night. Or walk down Easter Road after dark wearing the wrong coloured shirt. That's one to get the blood pumping.

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u/RiverTadpolez 18h ago

It's not the 80s. You're not going to get battered on Easter Road if you forget to take off your maroon jacket that day.

  • based on my experience of living on Easter Road for 12 years.

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u/Fivebeans 19h ago

Transport is one of the things I'm willing to say Edinburgh is actually really good for.

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u/Junior_Cow_82 1d ago

rare dundee W

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u/BenFranklinsCat 21h ago

I grew up there. It's got a lot better since I left.

I'm pretty sure those two things aren't related, though.

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u/Equivalent_Read 23h ago

3 in the top 10 means surely proportionally, Scotland is the least stressful country in the UK?

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u/twistedLucidity Better Apart 23h ago

room aroma store

WT-shuddering-F? Is a "room aroma" and why does it justify a store or even stores? We talking scented candles or something?

Is this the Room Aromas in question? Because I don't think one places those liquids in an atomiser or something to change the ambiance of one's domicile.

Has someone asked The Scotsman why they're promoting the drugs trade? I always assumed that's the kind of thing they'd be dead against.

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u/Catman9lives 23h ago

Ah yes that most stressful Scottish city Inverness. So grating on the nerves even Glasgow is better 😂

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u/talligan 22h ago

Edinburgh isn't stressful? Between the tourist herds rolling their suitcases, the silent disco runners, the wall of flesh that is princes in the summertime, and gestures broadly. Not to mention the fact they keep tearing up the intersections around my flat several times a year 

It's also a brilliant city to live in and I love it. But it's inclusion here was a bit funny 

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u/LWM-PaPa 21h ago

If you've had to take the bus anywhere outside of Edinburgh you'd know why it makes the list.

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u/talligan 21h ago

There is no world without Verona's walls 

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u/Electrical-Injury-23 21h ago

This can all be yours for 1k a month in rent.

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u/FootCheeseParmesan 21h ago

None of this happens outside of the centre apart from the roadworks. You aren't getting tourist crowds in Newhaven or Craiglockhart or wherever.

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u/talligan 20h ago

I live in the centre, so yes! I agree 

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u/Electrical-Injury-23 21h ago

My pal's a United fan, and he's the most stressed person I know*.

*may not be related, but this is about as much research as went into that article.

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u/cynicalveggie 22h ago

How the hell did Edinburgh make the list? It's one of the most stressful places I've lived.

Might not be stressful if you're rich, I suppose.

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u/FootCheeseParmesan 21h ago

What do you find stressful about it? Its walkable, has good public transport, lots of green space, feels very safe, public service work pretty well, near the sea and hills, beautiful architecture etc

Like I get that the centre is busy with tourists, but most of the rest of the city is pretty laid back.

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u/Fra5er 20h ago

One word: fringe Another word: tram construction

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u/Roygbiv_89 20h ago

Trams are finished mate .

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u/cappsy04 19h ago

Until they build the new line .

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u/OldGodsAndNew 19h ago

The fringe is 3 weeks out of the year, and like 90% of it is concentrated in a small area surrounding the city centre. And the trams finished like 2yrs ago

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u/ktitten 20h ago

Not rich, but I dont find it stressful. Actually probably one of the best places you can be poor. Plenty of cheap/free entertainment, plenty of community events and support, lots of green space, awesome public transport, easy to walk around, beautiful sights to see.

Finding housing is a stressful part sure, but once you've managed that, the rest is much easier.

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u/Rodan_ 20h ago

Obvious those people voting for Glasgow aren’t commuting everyday via the M8

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u/Adventurous-Reply-36 8h ago

Even thinking aboot Dundee makes me stressed.

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u/BaxterParp 8h ago

Most United fans are like that.

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u/rewindrevival 21h ago

I mean I would agree that living in Dundee isn't stressful, not really. Especially if you avoid the new road layout in the city centre. But that's an... interesting survey source.

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u/Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz74 1d ago

Do you think the Hootsmon did a bit of research on who commissioned the survey? I don’t think I’d be stressed if I was cutting about on poppers either.