http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Capital falls in quality of life league" en Fri, 22 May 2026 09:50:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13423#post-164900 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:42:27 +0000 Nelly 164900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I have unilateraly decided not to click on anything Johnstone Press related, I can only guess at the content.</p> <p>However, I would have to say my quality of life is pretty good. </p> <p>Why only last night a mere 40 minutes after leaving my desk I was showered and sitting outside Cafe Artista (marchmont) with Mrs N and son enjoying pizza and salad in the sun with a BYOB of italian red.</p> <p>Lovely it was.</p> <p>I would wager that similar is also on offer in most Scottish cities, but pretty much impossible in the likes of London / South East where ludicrous property prices people out to estates hours away from work.</p> <p>So, while we may be sightly worse off, there are more things in life than money.</p> <p>Anyway, thats me off home again, on my bike, in the Sun.</p> <p>Surveys? Pah </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13423#post-164836 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:19:55 +0000 kaputnik 164836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Dan Plant, consumer finance expert at MoneySuperMarket, said the Scottish cities’ slide down the table was largely due to the fact that there had been a decline in disposable income which had not risen in-line with the other cities.</em></p> <p>I guess it takes a "finance expert" to determine that quality of life is so proportional to disposable income </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13423#post-164829 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:39:51 +0000 chdot 164829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/capital-falls-in-quality-of-life-league-1-3539445" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/capital-falls-in-quality-of-life-league-1-3539445</a> </p>