r/edinburgh2

Subject line says it all. Can’t dare say anything negative about the beloved city without tens of downvotes and unhelpful pricks on replies.

In this instance, it’s any suggestion that perhaps more could be done about the current Princes Streef chaos.

That’s there is more nuanced and intelligent discussion under the Minutes post on Instagram is very telling of what an embarrassment that sub is to our city.

Hi all,

I have secured a job south of Edinburgh and I am looking at renting a house in either Mayfield or Tranent.
Both towns appear pretty run down, however, which one is the nicer town to live in out of the two?

Dear all,

I am moving to Dalkeith soon and I have found a 3 bed house to rent in Mayfield Dalkeith for a reasonable price.
Is Mayfield really that bad of an area or is it just less desirable compared to other parts?

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Over in Dalkeith and just looked over at Arthur’s seat and saw smoke. Is there another wild fire?

Hello, people of Edinburgh!

My wife and I fell in love with your beautiful city years ago, and we've been visiting every year ever since.

Two years ago, we brought our then five-year-old son with us and ran into a few minor inconveniences, such as not being allowed into some pubs for a meal because of his age. That was entirely my fault, as I hadn't done my research beforehand.

This year, we're heading back to Edinburgh for a week, followed by another week in Aberdour. This time we'll be travelling with our seven-year-old son and our three-year-old daughter.

We've already planned a few activities we've enjoyed before, such as hiking up Arthur's Seat, taking a stroll from Dean Village to Leith, visiting the zoo, and exploring the Museum of Illusions.

We'd really appreciate any recommendations for family-friendly activities and restaurants that might otherwise fly under the radar.

One thing we'd all especially love to do is take a short boat tour from Edinburgh to admire the stunning coastline.

Thank you all so much in advance!

Current sofa is about 6 years old from DFS and getting past its best - back not as supportive etc.

Where would you recommend for a long lasting sofa? Happy with local or chain suggestions, just want something that will survive a bit longer.

I get it, I do, we're all in a rush to get places and the congestion is trash and we all hate it...

But I don't know what's going on this week. The amount of people refusing to let the bus pull out, trying to overtake, racing me to a junction only to be overtaken when I go in the bus lane etc is wild.

Yesterday alone I had THREE separate cars squeeze up my right hand side when I was deliberately taking up both lanes to give my DOUBLE DECKER BUS space to turn off of Princes Street. I'm not sure you've heard about tail swing but we do this manoeuvre to keep YOU safe and avoid squashing you. I'm sure your shiny lexus would have looked really bad with a bus shaped hole in the side sir.

Please give us space and stop being bams. I left my shift utterly exhausted yesterday and the festival hasnt even started yet 🤣

Hello.

I recently rejoined Reddit after over a year and I have found that we have 2 Edinburgh threads. I assume this has something due to the mods on r/edinburgh being crazy?…..

Can I get some context please….

Also as a non-resident who would be looking for tour advice, this thread or r/edinburgh?

I’m not a big football fan but from what I gather, even if the final was against England, most Scots won’t mind so much. Also I’m originally from Spain so I really would like to go out and enjoy some celebrations if Spain wins. Is there any space where people usually celebrate these things? Is the Spanish community here very big? Or do you think it can be unsafe to go out in certain parts of the city?
Thanks everyone, and I know I know… I’m trying to keep my expectations under control, but I also like to be organised.

I tried to post this in the Edinburgh channel but got deleted by the mods. They said there’s a megathread about it which I had missed. I found it but couldn’t see information about this in particular. I hope no one minds me asking here. Thanks

Hi, (22M, Italian) I’ll be in Edinburgh next week from 20 to 24 July. Is there someone that wanted to visit the Highlands with me and possibly some others by renting a car? We would of course split the costs of renting and fuel.

I organise a weekly adults 8 a side game at Portobello High School on a Wednesday night at 8pm (for one hour) its £6.50 to play. We are looking for a Goalkeeper who would be interested in playing regularly in this game ? It’s a fairly competitive game and decent standard. If anyone is interested, please send me a message. Thanks.