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Nick Freer, an industry consultant and technology columnist for The Scotsman, said the capital offered material benefits that other cities could not. “Edinburgh is a lifestyle choice, it gives a coder or developer the opportunity to live in one of Northern Europe’s most alluring cities, the feeling of being in a capital, with bags of culture and the chance to mountain bike up an old volcano within minutes of the office, hike in the Pentlands, ski in the Cairngorms or surf down in East Lothian,” he said.
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