I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which 
are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh 
'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up. Which 
are the traditionally 'posh' areas, which are the new trendy and 
upcoming places?


Thanks, Simon.

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:10:01 +0200, simon crowder
 wrote:



>I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which 
>are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
>In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh 
>'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up.


Lets us know the areas  you are interested in?

"simon crowder"  wrote in message
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>
> I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which
> are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
> In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh
> 'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up. Which
> are the traditionally 'posh' areas, which are the new trendy and
> upcoming places?
>
>
> Thanks, Simon.


Good areas:

Morningside
Marchmont
Corstorphine
Cramond
Barnton
Trinity
Inverleith
Bruntsfield
Fairmilehead
Newington
Merchiston
Duddingston
Craiglockhart
Greenbank
Colinton
Blackford
The Grange
Sciennes
Greenhill/Churchill
Ravelston
Davidson's Mains
Murrayfield
Comely Bank
Bonaly


Bad areas:

Niddrie**
Craimiller**
Gilmerton
Gracemount
Leith
Restalrig
Muirhouse**
Pilton**
Saughton
Bingham**
Southouse**
Wester Hailes
Sighthill
Broomhouse

Joe Curry wrote:

> simon crowder wrote:
> 
>>I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which 
>>are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
>>In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh 
>>'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up.
> 
> 
> Lets us know the areas  you are interested in?


City center, I guess. Somewhere near the tourist attractions. Possibly 
also somewhere on the coast, with views of the sea or the docks.

I guess the thrill of moving to a place that you have previously only 
visited as a tourist is the chance to weave that holiday feeling into 
your daily routine.

neutron wrote:

> "simon crowder" wrote:
> 
>>I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which
>>are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
>>In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh
>>'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up. Which
>>are the traditionally 'posh' areas, which are the new trendy and
>>upcoming places?
> 
> 
> Good areas:
> 
> Morningside
> Marchmont
> Corstorphine
> Cramond
> Barnton
> Trinity
> Inverleith
> Bruntsfield
> Fairmilehead
> Newington
> Merchiston
> Duddingston
> Craiglockhart
> Greenbank
> Colinton
> Blackford
> The Grange
> Sciennes
> Greenhill/Churchill
> Ravelston
> Davidson's Mains
> Murrayfield
> Comely Bank
> Bonaly
> 
> 
> Bad areas:
> 
> Niddrie**
> Craimiller**
> Gilmerton
> Gracemount
> Leith
> Restalrig
> Muirhouse**
> Pilton**
> Saughton
> Bingham**
> Southouse**
> Wester Hailes
> Sighthill
> Broomhouse


Thanks for the list. What does the "**" signify?
What about previously 'bad' areas which are running through the cycle of 
gentrification - the up and coming, trendy places?

What about Granton, Portobello - I'm quite interested in living close to 
the coast?

Is there a map somewhere on the web, where the area names actually 
appear? I'm having problems locating some of the areas you have listed.

"simon crowder"  wrote in message
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> neutron wrote:
> > "simon crowder" wrote:
> >
> >>I'm going to move from Germany to Scotland soon and was wondering which
> >>are the good residential areas in Edinburgh.
> >>In Glasgow it's a clean cut between east and west end, in Edinburgh
> >>'good' and 'not-so-good' neighbourhoods seem to be all mixed up. Which
> >>are the traditionally 'posh' areas, which are the new trendy and
> >>upcoming places?
> >
> >
> > Good areas:
> >
> > Morningside
> > Marchmont
> > Corstorphine
> > Cramond
> > Barnton
> > Trinity
> > Inverleith
> > Bruntsfield
> > Fairmilehead
> > Newington
> > Merchiston
> > Duddingston
> > Craiglockhart
> > Greenbank
> > Colinton
> > Blackford
> > The Grange
> > Sciennes
> > Greenhill/Churchill
> > Ravelston
> > Davidson's Mains
> > Murrayfield
> > Comely Bank
> > Bonaly
> >
> >
> > Bad areas:
> >
> > Niddrie**
> > Craimiller**
> > Gilmerton
> > Gracemount
> > Leith
> > Restalrig
> > Muirhouse**
> > Pilton**
> > Saughton
> > Bingham**
> > Southouse**
> > Wester Hailes
> > Sighthill
> > Broomhouse
>
> Thanks for the list. What does the "**" signify?
> What about previously 'bad' areas which are running through the cycle of
> gentrification - the up and coming, trendy places?
>
> What about Granton, Portobello - I'm quite interested in living close to
> the coast?
>
> Is there a map somewhere on the web, where the area names actually
> appear? I'm having problems locating some of the areas you have listed.


Portobello isn't bad.

www.streetfinder.co.uk has all the place names, it's very handy.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:57:55 +0100, simon crowder
 wrote:



>> Lets us know the areas  you are interested in?

>City center, I guess. Somewhere near the tourist attractions. Possibly 
>also somewhere on the coast, with views of the sea or the docks.


Keep away from areas of local authority housing and student lets.

What's your budget? Roughly?