http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/diy-store-to-be-demolished-for-student-flats-1-3457454
I know there are people around the Southside and Tollcross who think there are already 'too many students'.
It's not always personal - more about lack of (new/extra) 'family housing'.
Clearly the 'way the world works' means that there wouldn't be 'normal' housing if the student ones weren't built.
It is quite remarkably how much student accommodation has been built in the last 10 years.
Are there that many more students? Or do they want 'high standard' accommodation? It used to be that "Halls" were mainly for first years as a transition between home and the 'real life ' of student flats/rental market.
Are these new residences for the full length of the course?
Or is the general rental market in Edinburgh so 'tight' that more accommodation just for students is actually beneficial to everyone else?