Aberdeen
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- Stugoo
A friend of mine has just been offfered a job in aberdeen working as a photographer.
whats the place like? any good/bad points? (moving from london)cheers
- 23kon0
it'll be a bit of a culture shock coming from london!
- aberdeen accents are funny
- furthest north of Scotlands major cities (cold!)
- lot of money up there thanks to the oil
- everything is made of granite
- jamble0
Isn't the cost of living up there as high as London?
- emptyempty0
Not as high as London but still expensive.
I dont really like Aberdeen that much, if your friend want to move to scotland, Edinburgh is the place to be ;-)
- kelpie0
naw it isnae, edinburgh's pish. though if your pal is coming up from London he probably will feel more at home there ;)
- emptyempty0
haha true!
Glasgow's pish too!
;-p
- phatlee0
Glasgow:
Full of orange tanned women.Edinburgh:
Full of wannabe yuppies.
- emptyempty0
haha!
- weestu0
aiberdeen's no that bad. Cold as fuck most of the time with winds that go right thru you but the people are alright once they let you get to know them and it's still got a small town feel. Edinburgh's probably a better bet coming from london tho.
- kelpie0
pal of mine moved up there to work in the oil trade about a year ago - he likes it, but I think would still prefer to be in one of the bigger cities...
its a nice town, but a bit wee after a while, is probably how he'd put it...
pity MX isn't still about here, he'd have plenty more info for your friend, though 2 of my ex flatmates from Barca are living there now, I could see if they have any good chat on the place...
- monoboy0
I grew up in Aberdeen. Lots to recommend it. But it couldn't be more different from London.
Pubs and clubs are full of Offshore Tigers. (I'd stick to the Belmont St area).
It can get claustrophobic. Same faces in the same places.
And it's fooookin' freezing.
- eu770
- JamesBoynton0
I lived in aberdeen for 17 years (im moving to london in jan 07), its not a bad place, its just not great either, people can be friendly (sometimes) but expect some real stick if you are english (i am). I has some great scenery etc just outside... so on the whole... it's ok!
- JamesBoynton0
Oh and i forgot to say if he is a photographer in aberdeen he should get used taking photos of oil machinery and technical stuff... there won't be much call for anything too creative... although it does depend who he will be working for, any ideas on the name of the company?
- paraselene0
i sent mx a mail this morning alerting him to this thread. ;)
- 23kon0
Glasgow:
Full of orange tanned women.Edinburgh:
Youth Hostels FULL of beautiful European Chicks
- paraselene0
the following message is brought you you by the inimitable mx:
aberdeen?
+ more sunshine than every other scottish city
+ granite
+ countryside- teuchters
- lingual difficulties
- shop prices thanks to oil.
- kelpie0
jesus, edinburgh patter really does reek...
- emptyempty0
aberdeen?
+ more sunshine than every other scottish city-
thought it's Dundee?
- phatlee0
Glasgow:
Full of orange tanned women.Edinburgh:
Youth Hostels FULL of hairy Spanish chicks that wear duvet padded jackets down to their ankles in summer.
- Kuz0
Scotland is a rather dark land, overrun by homosexuals