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by ratatoskrt 401 days ago
At least Edinburgh is brown.

But seriously, my main problem with Aberdeen is psychological. It feels so far from everywhere else. In Glasgow and Edinburgh, you're much closer to the rest of the UK and even the population centres in Scotland.
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that_guy_iain 401 days ago
There is a reason we call it the central belt for Glasgow and Edinburgh. Everything else is either lowlands or highlands and a bit of a trek.
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ratatoskrt 401 days ago
As someone who moved to the UK from abroad, it was crazy for me to see how unequal the UK is geographically. The main one is obviously the divide between London/everywhere else, but the general lack of infrastructure between places is wild.

On the other hand, the whole HS2 debacle is a great way to explain this to my friends outside the UK. Bizarre to think it was promised as a way to connect the north of England (and Scotland) to London and the SE...

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